Irish Education

Written in an accessible, easy-to-understand style, this guide introduces the sixteen Síolta standards, explaining how to practically implement them within an early childhood setting.  It links the theory of Síolta to daily ECEC practice.

A comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of inclusive education and care of children with additional needs in the ELC setting.

Written as an essential text containing specialist knowledge on all necessary professional practice procedures to assist in becoming an Early Learning and Care (ELC) professional practitioner.

This book explores the access and participation issues present within Higher Education in Ireland. It examines policy, pedagogy and practices in relation to widening participation and documents the progress and challenges encountered in furthering the `access agenda' over the past two decades.

With thorough coverage of the essentials of clinical practice, this new edition is also a good refresher for audiologists and speech-language pathologists who are starting out in their practice

This book is the first definitive review of bullying in Irish education written by researchers and practitioners working in the field. 

The extraordinary rise of musicology in Ireland over the last twenty years has generated an increased interest in the sister discipline of music theory and analysis. This volume highlights this development and presents a substantial cross-section of the current state of the discipline in Ireland in two main parts.

2014 1st Edition Hardback

Starting out as a small but energetic and, above all, committed group of parents in County Down in the early 1970s, All Children Together (ACT) believed that, as long as children continued to be educated separately, there was little hope of healing the festering wounds in a society blighted by bitter division. . .

This practical book examines the legal issues surrounding teaching and education, such as tortious liability for injuries to teachers and students, the employment of teachers, school discipline, and the State's responsibility for educating children with special needs.

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Maria Montessori describes the child with warmth and the exactness of a scientist. She also discusses the array of materials and techniques needed to release his learning potential.

Maria Montessori went beyond the conventions of the day to seek a new way of knowing and loving a child.