Ireland’s Yearbook of Education 2018 2019

EARLY CHILDHOOD CHAPTER

Tara McCallion-Gleeson, 3, investigates a slide under a microscope at the annual Sligo Science Fair held on 10 November 2018 in IT Sligo as part of Science Week Ireland.

ECEC in Ireland 2018

Where to from here?

By Dr Margaret Rogers | National Manager, Better Start National Early Years Quality Development

Key Messages on Partnership with Parents

Supporting parents as primary educators of their children

By Dr Josephine Bleach | Director, Early Learning Initiative, National College of Ireland

Tuning into Babies

Nurturing relationships in early childhood settings

By Dr Geraldine French | Programme Chair and Assistant Professor on the Bachelor of Early Childhood Education degree at the Institute of Education, DCU

Transition from Preschool to Primary

A Case Study

By Dr Margaret Rogers | National Manager, Better Start National Early Years Quality Development
& Niamh O’Brien | Early Years Specialist with the Better Start Access and Inclusion Model (AIM) Programme

Update from Early Years Education Inspection 2018

By Dr Maresa Duignan | Assistant Chief Inspector, Early Years Education, Department of Education and Skills

Early Years Inspection

A case of two masters

By Dr Mary Moloney | Researcher, author, and lecturer in Early Childhood Education and Care at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick

Reimagining Early Childhood Education and Care in Ireland

A competent system and a public good

By Prof Matthias Urban | Desmond Chair of Early Childhood Education, Dublin City University