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Early Intervention Speech And Language Therapy Service: Meeting Needs Of Children, Families, Practicioners And Communities: Policy Brief, Noirin Hayes, Siobhán Keegan, Eimer Goulding Jan 2012

Early Intervention Speech And Language Therapy Service: Meeting Needs Of Children, Families, Practicioners And Communities: Policy Brief, Noirin Hayes, Siobhán Keegan, Eimer Goulding

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No abstract provided.


Reporting The Rhetoric, Implementation Of The United Nations Convention On The Rights Of The Child As Represented In Ireland's Second Report To The Un Committee On The Rights Of The Child: A Critical Discourse Analysis, Rachel Kiersey, Noirin Hayes Oct 2010

Reporting The Rhetoric, Implementation Of The United Nations Convention On The Rights Of The Child As Represented In Ireland's Second Report To The Un Committee On The Rights Of The Child: A Critical Discourse Analysis, Rachel Kiersey, Noirin Hayes

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Ireland’s second periodic report to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) presents the government’s case that it is succeeding in protecting and promoting the rights of all children in Ireland. This article presents a critical discourse analysis of the governments Report to the CRC. Using a refined critical discourse analysis (CDA) model, based on the framework proposed by Chouliaraki & Fairclough (1999); the linguistic structure of the Report is examined alongside consideration of the wider socio-political context in which it exists. The Report is itself a promotional genre . It lists legislative change, strategy plans …


Early Childhood Education And Care In Ireland: Getting It Right For Children, Noirin Hayes, Siobhan Bradley Jan 2008

Early Childhood Education And Care In Ireland: Getting It Right For Children, Noirin Hayes, Siobhan Bradley

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Seminar proceedings edited by Noirin Hayes and Siobhan Bradley. Contains two presentations: Beyond Childcare, Markets and Technical Practice – or Repoliticising Early Childhood by Peter Moss; Irish Approaches to ECCE – Keeping Politics Out of the Nursery by Maura Adshead & Gerardine Neylon.


Play And Technology For Children Aged 4-12, Stella Downey, Noirin Hayes, Brian O'Neill Jan 2007

Play And Technology For Children Aged 4-12, Stella Downey, Noirin Hayes, Brian O'Neill

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Research study commissioned by the Office of the Minister for Children, Government of Ireland, 2007.


The Role Of Early Childhood Care And Education: An Anti-Poverty Perspective, Noirin Hayes Jan 2007

The Role Of Early Childhood Care And Education: An Anti-Poverty Perspective, Noirin Hayes

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The Transition From Preschool To School For Children In Ireland: Teachers Views, Mary O'Kane Jan 2007

The Transition From Preschool To School For Children In Ireland: Teachers Views, Mary O'Kane

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There is a wealth of international research on the transition from preschool to school from a range of perspectives. Following on from such research, the issue of transition is emerging as an important new construct in early childhood care and education (ECCE), with a transition-to-school framework replacing the construct of school readiness as a focus of research interest. There has been limited research into transition practices in Ireland and this study is the first comprehensive research looking at this area from an Irish perspective1. Phase I of this study involved conducting a questionnaire on the transition from preschool to formal …


A Decade Of Reflection: Early Childhood Care And Education In Ireland 1996-2006, Noirin Hayes, Siobhan Bradley Nov 2006

A Decade Of Reflection: Early Childhood Care And Education In Ireland 1996-2006, Noirin Hayes, Siobhan Bradley

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You are welcome to the first seminar in a CSER series intended to consider aspects of early childhood education and care1 [ECEC] from a policy, research and practice perspective and promote discussion and debate. In this introduction to the seminar I want to outline some of the thinking behind the topic for today and present - with limited elaboration - a personal reflection to add to the discussion and debate. In choosing to reflect on the development and impact of early childhood education and care policy in Ireland it is no surprise that the decade 1996 - 2006 should act …


An Accessible Childcare Model, Noirin Hayes, Siobhan Bradley, Carole Newman Jan 2005

An Accessible Childcare Model, Noirin Hayes, Siobhan Bradley, Carole Newman

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Report commissioned by National Women's Council of Ireland, 2005


Transformations: Theory And Practice In Early Education: Proceedings Of The Conference Held In University College Cork, Saturday, 5th April, 2003, Noirin Hayes, Margaret Kernan Jan 2003

Transformations: Theory And Practice In Early Education: Proceedings Of The Conference Held In University College Cork, Saturday, 5th April, 2003, Noirin Hayes, Margaret Kernan

Conference Papers

No abstract provided.


Parents, Children And Prison: Effects Of Parental Imprisonment On Children, Deirdre King Jan 2002

Parents, Children And Prison: Effects Of Parental Imprisonment On Children, Deirdre King

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Children's Rights, Whose Right?: A Review Of Child Policy Develoment In Ireland, Noirin Hayes Jan 2002

Children's Rights, Whose Right?: A Review Of Child Policy Develoment In Ireland, Noirin Hayes

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Seven Years Old: School Experience In Ireland: National Report Of The Iea Preprimary Project (11), Noirin Hayes, Margaret Kernan Jan 2001

Seven Years Old: School Experience In Ireland: National Report Of The Iea Preprimary Project (11), Noirin Hayes, Margaret Kernan

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Early Childhood Education In Ireland: Policy, Provision And Practice, Noirin Hayes Jan 2001

Early Childhood Education In Ireland: Policy, Provision And Practice, Noirin Hayes

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No abstract provided.