Research briefings 1996

The Department of Education (DE) Research briefings are designed to provide attractive, interesting and easy access to research findings for policy makers, researchers, teachers, lecturers, employers and the public to facilitate informed discussion of educational issues.

Education and economic development: Empirical evidence and regional prespectives RB 3/1996 PDF 205 KB
The main aim of this project was to provide a critical review of the evidence on the relationship between education and economic development. The study focused on the evidence which existed for Northern Ireland but also examined evidence from other countries. Underlying this aim, an important objective of the project was to draw out some implications of the evidence for education policy in Northern Ireland.

Approaches to differentiation in primary schools RB 1/1996 PDF 76 KB

This research examines existing provision of differentiated learning in primary schools. Information was collected by a series of questionnaire surveys, interviews and case studies focusing upon schools and the Education and Library Boards.

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