Foley, Niall
(1997)
The Rhetoric and Reality of Transition from Primary
to Post-primary Schooling.
Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.
Abstract
The origins of this work stem from the researcher’s observations of
disenchantment among some of the student cohort who transfer from primary
school to post-primary school. The research project set out to determine the
nature of the disenchantment among the first year post-primary students in the
post-primary schools in a town in the west midlands of Ireland in which the
researcher works, and to explore if it were possible to identify these students
while in their fist year in the school. The research project involved an
examination of the induction programmes used in the post-primary schools.
The aspirations of the school managements as articulated for their fist year
pupils were compared with the actual provisions which were made in the
schools.
A variety of research instruments was employed. These consisted o f :
1. a survey among all the students transferring from primary to secondary
school in the catchment area in September 1996;
2. a semi-structured interview with the principals of each secondary school
in the town;
3. an analysis of the timetable in each secondary school;
4. an analysis of the attendance figures of the fist year students in the school
year 1996-1997 in each secondary school in the town;
5. an analysis of the detention (punishment) figures in one school in the
town over a period of four school years.
The relevant current research in a number of countries , including Ireland, is
surveyed. The findings of this project are much in line with other comparable
international research. Recommendations are made that may contribute to
easing the difficulties experienced by pupils transferring from primary school
to post-primary school
| Item Type: |
Thesis
(Masters)
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| Keywords: |
Rhetoric; Reality; Post-primary Schooling; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > Education |
| Item ID: |
5122 |
| Depositing User: |
IR eTheses
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| Date Deposited: |
08 Jul 2014 15:48 |
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