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16 Years Old: Educational Outcomes Of A Subsample Of The Irish Iea Preprimary Project Within The Contexts Of Home, Preschool And School., Siobhán Keegan
16 Years Old: Educational Outcomes Of A Subsample Of The Irish Iea Preprimary Project Within The Contexts Of Home, Preschool And School., Siobhán Keegan
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This thesis considered the bio-ecological model as a research frame with which to develop policies and practice that are important for the academic development of children and young people, in Ireland. The research aimed to build on the IEA Preprimary Project by investigating the relative impact of children’s experiences at age four on their development (cognitive, social, academic, physical and language) at ages seven and sixteen, by using the data collected for the two Irish publications of the Preprimary Project and supplementing it with data collected on the academic outcomes of the original sample at age sixteen. The research questions …