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News & Publications
Reports
Report 1: Children’s School Lives: An Introduction
Please click on the link below to get a summary synopsis of Report 1 which presents outline findings from the first wave of data collection (Cohort B - 2nd class children) of CSL
Report 2: Experience of Remote Teaching and Learning in Ireland during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Please click on the link below to get a summary synopsis of Report 2 which presents outline findings from the Covid Sub study of CSL
Report 3: Children's School Lives in Junior Infants
Please click on the link below to get a summary synopsis of Report 3 which presents outline findings from the Junior Infants (Cohort A) of CSL
Report 4: Children's School Lives: Preschool to Primary School Transition
Please click on the link below to get a summary synopsis of Report 4 which presents outline findings from the Preschool to Primary School Transition of CSL
Academic publications
Jones, Martin H., Symonds, J., Downey, S., Sloan, S., Devine, D. & Kinsella, W. (2023) The social acceptance of neurodiverse children in Irish primary schools, International Journal of Inclusive Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/13603116.2023.2195861
Crean, M., Devine, D., Moore, B., Martínez Sainz, G., Symonds, J., Sloan, S. & Farrell, E. (2023) Social class, COVID-19 and care: Schools on the front line in Ireland during the COVID-19 pandemic, British Journal of Sociology of Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2023.2174077
Murphy, G. & Devine, D. (2023) Sensemaking in and for times of crisis and change: Irish primary school principals and the Covid-19 pandemic, School Leadership & Management, https://doi.org/10.1080/13632434.2022.2164267
Donegan, A., Devine, D., Martinez-Sainz, G., Symonds, J., & Sloan, S. (2023). Children as co-researchers in pandemic times: Power and participation in the use of digital dialogues with children during the COVID-19 lockdown. Children & Society, 37, 235– 253. https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12665
Chzhen, Y., Symonds, J., Devine, D., Mikolai, J., Harkness, S., Sloan, S. & Martinez Sainz, G. (2022) Learning in a Pandemic: Primary School children’s Emotional Engagement with Remote Schooling during the spring 2020 Covid-19 Lockdown in Ireland. Child Indicators Research, 15, 1517–1538 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-022-09922-8
Tobin, E., Sloan, S., Symonds, J. & Devine, D. (2022) Family–school connectivity during transition to primary school, Educational Research, 64:3, 277-294. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131881.2022.2054451
D’Urso, G., Symonds, J., Sloan, S. & Devine, D. (2022). Bullies, victims, and meanies: the role of child and classmate social and emotional competencies. Social Psychology of Education 25, 293–312. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11218-021-09684-1
View our latest updates, media features and publications.
- CSL Study Launches Winter 2018 Read more
- Prioritising Children’s School Lives. Feature on UCD Today Winter 2018. Read more
- What impact is hot housing having on children in school today? Irish Times , Oct 5th, 2018. Read more
- Study of 4300 primary school pupils to gain insight into improving the curriculum, Irish Independent Oct 26th, 2018. Read more
- Grandparents' roles in lives of pupils examined in new six year investigation, Irish Examiner, Nov 2nd 2018. Read more
- Extended School closures will hit the most vulnerable the hardest. Irish Times, June 9th, 2020 Read more
- Junior infants ‘over-prepared’ in numeracy and literacy when starting school, Irish Times, Aug 25th, 2022. Read more
- ‘Disconnect’ between parents and teachers on what skills are important, UCD Research, Aug 26th, 2022. Read more
- Junior infants ‘over-prepared’ in numeracy and literacy when starting school, Newstalk, Aug 25th, 2022. Read more
