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Too Much Freedom and Autonomy in the Enactment of Assessment? Assessment in Physical Education in Ireland
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MacPhail, Ann; Murphy, Frances – Irish Educational Studies, 2017
This paper sets out to outline current discussions in Ireland around teachers being responsible for assessing their own students' work, and the subsequent impact such a perspective is having (or not) on the delivery and assessment of physical education in Ireland. Our intention is to contribute to assessment considerations, while acknowledging the…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Foreign Countries, Teacher Responsibility, Student Evaluation
Including Pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disability in National Assessment: Comparison of Three Country Case Studies through an Inclusive Assessment Framework
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Douglas, Graeme; McLinden, Mike; Robertson, Christopher; Travers, Joseph; Smith, Emma – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2016
The assessment of educational progress and outcomes of pupils is important to all concerned with education. This includes testing which is undertaken for accountability and award bearing purposes. This article examines how students with special educational needs and disability (SEND) are included in assessment. An "inclusive assessment"…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Inclusion, Cross Cultural Studies, Mainstreaming
Regaining Focus in Irish Junior Cycle Science: Potential New Directions for Curriculum and Assessment on Nature of Science
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Erduran, Sibel; Dagher, Zoubeida R. – Irish Educational Studies, 2014
The Irish national discourse on curriculum and assessment reform at the Junior Cycle level has been fraught with controversy in the past two years. The introduction of the new curriculum and assessment framework in 2012 by the then Minister of Education, Ruairi Quinn has led to significant media coverage and teacher union response. In this paper,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Education, Scientific Principles, Science Instruction
Cross-Nation Research into Mutual Recognition of Teaching Qualifications. Final Report
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Filmer-Sankey, Caroline; Pye, David; Kerr, Karen; Nicholas, Jane; Whitby, Karen; Murphy, Colette; Powell, Robat – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2006
In December 2005, the General Teaching Council for Wales, acting on behalf of the General Teaching Councils' (GTCs') Five Nations Group, commissioned the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) to conduct research into the contents of the standards and routes to teaching qualifications in the UK nation states and the Republic of…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Teacher Qualifications, Quality Control, Foreign Countries