TY - JOUR
T1 - A profile of mathematics instruction time in Irish second level schools
AU - Prendergast, Mark
AU - O’Meara, Niamh
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Educational Studies Association of Ireland.
PY - 2017/4/3
Y1 - 2017/4/3
N2 - Similar to counties such as the UK and Netherlands, second level schools in Ireland are free to decide how to allocate instruction time between curriculum subjects. This results in variations between the quantum of time allocated to teaching mathematics in different schools and between different class groups within the same school. This quantitative study builds a profile for both lower second level (Junior Cycle) and upper second level (Senior Cycle) mathematics instruction time in Ireland. The results of the study highlight that although the proportion of time is on par with the OECD average, there are many issues of concern regarding instruction time in Ireland. These include the short length of the school year, experimentation with new teaching approaches, the high number of subjects studied, variations between individual school and class group allocations and the number of classes that do not take place.
AB - Similar to counties such as the UK and Netherlands, second level schools in Ireland are free to decide how to allocate instruction time between curriculum subjects. This results in variations between the quantum of time allocated to teaching mathematics in different schools and between different class groups within the same school. This quantitative study builds a profile for both lower second level (Junior Cycle) and upper second level (Senior Cycle) mathematics instruction time in Ireland. The results of the study highlight that although the proportion of time is on par with the OECD average, there are many issues of concern regarding instruction time in Ireland. These include the short length of the school year, experimentation with new teaching approaches, the high number of subjects studied, variations between individual school and class group allocations and the number of classes that do not take place.
KW - education policy
KW - mathematics instruction time
KW - second level schools in Ireland
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84986213883&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/03323315.2016.1229209
DO - 10.1080/03323315.2016.1229209
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84986213883
SN - 0332-3315
VL - 36
SP - 133
EP - 150
JO - Irish Educational Studies
JF - Irish Educational Studies
IS - 2
ER -