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Direct linkMurphy, Colette; Mullaghy, Mary; D'Arcy, Alice – School Science Review, 2016
Research globally has shown that many children lose interest in science towards the end of primary school and throughout the post-primary phase. This article explores children's experience and views in Irish schools that have adopted innovative practices that aim to empower, excite and inspire children in science. One of these focuses on explicit…
Descriptors: Scientists, Learning Processes, Teaching Methods, Instructional Innovation
Download full textKennedy, Declan – Science Education International, 2014
This paper describes recent developments in Ireland to promote a greater interest in science among students in the 12-15 age group by means of practical work involving Inquiry Based Science Education (IBSE). The tasks, know as Investigations, are a component of the assessment of the subject Science which is studied as part of the Junior…
Descriptors: Science Education, Inquiry, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students
