Cross-Curricular Literacy in Irish First Level Education

Taffy Kat

I'm currently doing a PGCE course in Primary Education in Wales. Here there is a big push on cross-curricular literacy because of bad PISA results. I'm aware that Ireland had problems with PISA a few years ago, but has implemented a series of initiatives that has seen standards in literacy skyrocket.

I'm aware that the PISA tests are for second level learners but the Literacy and Numeracy Framework has been established for Foundation Phase, Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3.

We have to write an assignment on cross-curricular literacy and during my research I have been looking at Ireland. I've found a few useful documents but I was wondering if anyone can refer me to any other useful sources of information.

I've looked at the following documents already:
National Strategy to Improve Literacy and Numeracy
Teacher Education and Ireland’s National Strategy to Improve Literacy and Numeracy

I'll be grateful for any advice.

J.R.

in Primary schools:

most of it is covered in these DES circulars

http://www.education.ie/en/Circulars-and-Forms/Active-Circulars/Implementation-of-the-National-Literacy-and-Numeracy-Strategy.pdf


http://www.education.ie/en/Circulars-and-Forms/Active-Circulars/cl0066_2011.pdf


http://www.education.ie/en/Circulars-and-Forms/Active-Circulars/cl0056_2011.pdf



LITERACY

First Steps
http://ppds.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=210&Itemid=312


NUMERACY

Maths Recovery
http://ppds_en.educast.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=212&Itemid=314

Ready Set Go Maths
http://ppds_en.educast.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=211&Itemid=313

extra time was allocated to Literacy & numeracy in schools....can't remember circular


School self-evaluation and Literacy and Numeracy


Aistear for younger pupils



OVERVIEW

http://www.education.ie/en/Press-Events/Speeches/2013-Speeches/SP13-08-01.html



http://www.education.ie/en/Press-Events/Speeches/2013-Speeches/SP13-01-25.html


http://www.education.ie/en/Press-Events/Speeches/2010-Speeches/SP10-11-23.html

Mr Pseudonym

Taffy Kat wrote: »

...a series of initiatives that has seen standards in literacy skyrocket.

Is there any evidence for that?

J.R.

Mr Pseudonym wrote: »

Is there any evidence for that?

http://www.education.ie/en/Schools-Colleges/Services/DEIS-Delivering-Equality-of-Opportunity-in-Schools-/Lessons-from-Research-on-the-Impact-of-DEIS.pdf

http://www.education.ie/en/Schools-Colleges/Services/DEIS-Delivering-Equality-of-Opportunity-in-Schools-/DEIS-Supporting-Information/DEIS-Evaluation.pdf

byhookorbycrook

NUMERACY

Maths Recovery
http://ppds_en.educast.ie/index.php?...212&Itemid=314

Ready Set Go Maths
http://ppds_en.educast.ie/index.php?...211&Itemid=313

Both of these were only made available to Deis schools until recently . The whole PISA thing was smoke and mirrors. In truth the "strategy" was a lot of soundbite and little substance.