First longitudinal cohort study of children's school lives in Ireland funded by @NCCAie and led by researchers @SchoolofEdUCD. Contact [email protected] for more info.
Dublin City, Ireland
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📢 New CSL Report 9 launches today: Transition to Post-Primary Schooling
✨84% of children are excited about new freedoms in secondary school
😟But 67% worry about losing old friends and tests
This landmark study captures children’s voices at a pivotal stage in their education as they move to Post-Primary School.
👉Read more at cslstudy.ie/news/
#CSLstudy #Education #Transitions #Primary #PostPrimary
Children's School Lives retweeted
Losing friends, bullying and tests: Concerns around starting secondary school irishtimes.com/ireland/educa…
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🧒📑 Most children in Irish primary schools show a strong sense of fairness and equality when it comes to immigration and ethnicity, according to the (opens in a new window)latest Children’s School Lives report.
📝 @CSLstudyUCD
ucd.ie/newsandopinion/news/2…
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📢 Tuairisc CSL Nua Foilsithe!
Tá Tuarascáil CSL 8c: Imirce agus Eitneacht i Saol Scoile na Leanaí ar fáil anois. Scrúdaíonn an tuarascáil seo tionchar na himirce agus na hEitneachta ar eispéiris pháistí i mbunscoileanna na hÉireann, le béim ar leith ar pháistí den Phobal Taistil.
Léigh an tuarascáil iomlán anseo:
👉 cslstudy.ie/downloads/CSL_8c…
#CSLStudy #Oideachas #Cuimsiú #PáistíTaistealacha #ComhionannasIscoile
Children's School Lives retweeted
📢 New CSL Report Published!
CSL Report 8c: Migration and Ethnicity in Children’s School Lives is now available. This report explores how migration and ethnicity shape primary school experiences in Ireland, with a special spotlight on Traveller children.
Read the full report here:
👉 cslstudy.ie/downloads/CSL_8c…
#CSLStudy #Education #Inclusion #TravellerChildren #EqualityInSchools
Children's School Lives retweeted
.@CSLstudyUCD has published the 3rd report of its #Equalities series, from the ground-breaking study examining the experience of #PrimarySchool children in Ireland.
The latest report looks at the impact of increasing migrant, ethnic & linguistic diversity
ucd.ie/research/news/2025/ch…
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Children's School Lives retweeted
📰 New policy paper on PublicPolicy.ie by Dympna Devine, @gmsainz, @O_Ioannidou, Jennifer Symonds, @SeaneenSloan @SchoolofEdUCD @CSLstudyUCD “Gender in Children’s School Lives”.
This paper highlights how patterns and norms within society in relation to gender and sexualities influence children’s experience of primary school. Role modelling, changing gender roles, and family dynamics all shape how children navigate gender within primary school.
🔗: publicpolicy.ie/papers/gende…
#Gender #Identities #Wellbeing #Bias #Expectations #Attainment #Peers
Children's School Lives retweeted
📏 Girls from the poorest families are most likely to be placed in the lower attaining maths groups by 5th & 6th class, increasing over time.
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🔢 Boys rate themselves higher in maths than girls do. Girls are more likely to be worried about their learning in general & especially in maths.
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Children's School Lives retweeted
📕 Boys tend to rate their abilities in reading similarly to girls despite girls’ higher performance in literacy. Gender differences in literacy attainment have levelled out by 6th class.
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Children's School Lives retweeted
📣 Girls in all girls’ schools in cohort A (2nd class) are the most likely to say the teacher thinks they are smart, but they are also most likely to say they do not have a voice in school.
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Children's School Lives retweeted
🏆 Boys report higher academic concept than girls, perceiving themselves to do better & learn more quickly. These differences begin in 2nd class & increase through to 6th class.
However, when asked if their teacher thinks they are smart, there is no gender difference.
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Children's School Lives retweeted
✨ Girls’ friendships are closer, while boys are more likely to emphasise popularity in their social networks. These patterns are strongest in single-sex schools.
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Children's School Lives retweeted
🧑🤝🧑 Friendships are central to the experiences of boys & girls in schools. Complex gender dynamics were evident in children’s friendships & these were influenced by gendered norms.
Children have more friends in co-educational than single-sex schools.
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Children's School Lives retweeted
📊 Girls in all girls’ schools have the most gender equal views while boys in all boys’ school the least.
Case study interviews highlighted children’s awareness of gender inequalities, in addition to changing gender roles in society.
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🏐🎭 There is less gender stereotyping evident among younger children & girls across both cohorts.
Girls were more likely to comment on identities that cut across gender boundaries (‘girly girls’ to ‘tomboys’), with more evidence of gender stereotyping among boys.
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📖 Gender effects intersect with social background & gender profile of school (i.e., single sex or co-educational).
For instance, both boys & girls from the poorest families are most likely to be in the lower attaining reading groups.
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Children's School Lives retweeted
📝 Gender influences children’s learner identities with respect to engagement, aspirations, attainment, & peer networks.
Girls are typically identified by children as being more engaged with learning, less disruptive in class, & more gentle in play activities than boys.
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🧑🏫 The CSL sample reflects the population of primary schools nationally: 88% are co-ed, 6% are all-boys, & 6% are all-girls schools.
Most children in primary schools are taught by female teachers. Male teachers are more likely to be teaching senior classes (cohort B).
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