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O'Farrelly, Christine; Tatlow-Golden, Mimi – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2022
Formal consent for children's research participation legally resides with adults, and guidelines typically recommend consulting children about their participation only from 7 years of age. How can researchers support younger children's informed decision-making about their research participation, particularly in larger-scale studies without…
Descriptors: Young Children, Informed Consent, Decision Making, Research
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Murray, Colette – European Journal of Education, 2012
This article discusses recent policy developments in Europe regarding Roma and Traveller integration and Early Childhood Provision. After a long history of oppression, Roma issues have recently become prominent on the EU policy agenda. The article discusses how these relate to developments in other areas of policy: the European children's rights…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Social Justice, Social Isolation, Preschool Education
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McGettigan, Ita L.; Gray, Colette – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2012
In contrast to a burgeoning literature examining the experience and management of children's start to school, much less is known about school readiness in rural Ireland. On this premise, a questionnaire survey was designed to explore the views of parents (n = 145) on their child's preschool experiences and readiness for school. Due to a paucity of…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Rural Areas, Foreign Countries, Economic Factors
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Piburn, Donald Edward – Young Children, 2010
A gender-diverse workforce is becoming the global goal for high-quality early childhood programming. Having a balance of female and male early care and education (ECE) professionals supports greater flexibility in the gender role expectations of young children and helps girls and boys avoid stereotypic assumptions about gender. This article lists…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Sex Role, Young Children, Males
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O'Flaherty, Julie; Hayes, Noirin – International Journal of Early Years Education, 1997
Describes Ireland's participation in an international comparative study investigating childhood services settings, types of services used, and reasons for particular choices (the IEA Preprimary Project). Provides account of recent developments in early education in Ireland, addresses the question of quality in service provision, and describes…
Descriptors: Achievement, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, Educational Quality
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Fallon, Jacqueline – Child Care in Practice, 2005
It has been recognised for some time that the effects of disadvantage are in place early in a child's life, and early intervention has become an established element of efforts to alleviate such effects. This paper describes the range of interventions that exist to address disadvantage among children in the birth to six age range in Republic of…
Descriptors: Age, Early Intervention, Young Children, Foreign Countries
O Baoill, Donall P., Ed. – TEANGA: Journal of the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics, 1981
Papers from three conferences on applied linguistics include the following: "Evaluating Language Success in an Irish Context" (D. P. O Baoill); "Facilitation of Language Development in the Deaf Child" (M. Nicholas Griffey, Sr.); "Observations on Thematic Interference Between Irish and English" (M. Filppula); "A…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Auditory Perception, Bilingualism, Children