Literacy in Early Childhood and Primary Education (3-8 years)

Research Report No. 15

Literacy in Early Childhood

and Primary Education

(3-8 years)

Eithne Kennedy, Elizabeth Dunphy, Bernadette Dwyer,

Geraldine Hayes, Th¨¦r¨¨se McPhillips, Jackie Marsh,

Maura O¡¯Connor, Gerry Shiel.

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Literacy in Early Childhood and

Primary Education

(3-8 years)

Commissioned research report

Eithne Kennedy, St. Patrick¡¯s College, Dublin

Elizabeth Dunphy, St. Patrick¡¯s College, Dublin

Bernadette Dwyer, St. Patrick¡¯s College, Dublin

Geraldine Hayes, St. Patrick¡¯s College, Dublin

Th¨¦r¨¨se McPhillips, St. Patrick¡¯s College, Dublin

Jackie Marsh, University of Sheffield, UK

Maura O¡¯Connor, St. Patrick¡¯s College, Dublin

Gerry Shiel, Educational Research Centre, Dublin

2012

Research conducted on behalf of the

National Council for Curriculum and Assessment

Literacy in Early Childhood and Primary Education (3-8 years)

? NCCA 2012

ISSN 1649-3362

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Literacy in Early Childhood and Primary Education (3-8 years)

Acknowledgements

The Education and Special Education Departments in St. Patrick¡¯s College, Dublin City

University, the Educational Research Centre, St. Patrick¡¯s College and the University of Sheffield,

UK, thank the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment for commissioning and

supporting this project. In addition, we are indebted to Sarah FitzPatrick and Arlene Forster of

the NCCA for providing detailed feedback on earlier drafts of the report.

Reading Note

Readers should note that this report is one of three research papers published in 2012 in

support of the development of a new primary language curriculum, as Nos. 14, 15, and 16 in

the NCCA¡¯s Research Report Series (ISSN 1649-3362):

? Oral Language in Early Childhood and Primary Education (3-8 years) Drs. Gerry

Shiel, ?ine Cregan, Anne McGough and Peter Archer

? Literacy in Early Childhood and Primary Education (3-8 years) Drs. Eithne Kennedy,

Elizabeth Dunphy, Bernadette Dwyer, Geraldine Hayes, Th¨¦r¨¨se McPhillips, Jackie Marsh,

Maura O¡¯Connor and Gerry Shiel

? Towards an Integrated Language Curriculum for Primary Schools (3-12 years) Dr.

P¨¢draig ? Duibhir and Prof. Jim Cummins

In recognition of the many important links between their subject matter, especially between

the Oral Language and Literacy papers, a measure of cross-referencing has been brought to

the reports. This has been achieved through:

? a cross-referencing table, included as Appendix C, showing where corresponding or

related material appears in the companion report/s

? the inclusion of embedded hyperlinks in the Portable Document Format (PDF) of the

reports.

The three reports are also published in Portable Document Format (PDF) on the NCCA

website at: along with a series of podcasts of key messages from the

reports.

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