Gallagher and Smith Research

The research report The Effects of the Selective System of Secondary Education in Northern Ireland was published in September 2000.

You can view each of the sections below by using the links provided.

• Research Briefing PDF 49 KB
• Research Briefing - Irish version PDF 166 KB
• Main Report PDF 313 KB

Research Papers

• SEL1.1: Overview paper - T Gallagher and A Smith PDF 78 KB
• SEL2.1: Statistical patterns in schools - T Gallagher PDF 224 KB
• SEL2.2: Schools in a non-selective system - T Gallagher, P McKeown and E McKeown PDF 40 KB
• SEL3.1: The pattern of performance at GCSE - I Shuttleworth and P Daly PDF 37 KB
• SEL3.2: After post-compulsory education: first destinations of Northern Ireland Year 12 pupils in 1999 - P Daly and I Shuttleworth PDF 26 KB
• SEL4.1: Attitudes to education - T Gallagher and E McKeown PDF 44 KB
• SEL4.2: Patterns of participation in grammar and secondary schools - T Gallagher, P McKeown and E McKeown PDF 94 KB
• SEL4.3: Interviews with principals of post-primary schools - G Byrne PDF 99 KB
• SEL4.4: Interviews with members of senior management teams - T Gallagher PDF 119 KB
• SEL4.5: Interviews with Heads of Department of Maths - E McKeown PDF 58 KB
• SEL4.6: Interviews with Post-primary Heads of English Departments - J Alexander PDF 52 KB
• SEL4.7: Interviews with Heads of Department of Science - T Gallagher and B McClune PDF 65 KB
• SEL4.8: Interviews with Special Educational Needs’ Co-ordinators and Heads of Pastoral Care - R Kilpatrick and F Quinn PDF 60 KB
• SEL4.9: Interviews with groups of Year 8 pupils - A Sutherland PDF 90 KB
• SEL4.10: Interviews with Year 12 pupils - T Gallagher PDF 49 KB
• SEL4.11: Area Study - P McKeown, I Shuttleworth, E McKeown, A Smith, U Birthistle and A Montgomery PDF 304 KB
• SEL5.1: Pupil Motivation and Attitudes - Self-Esteem, Locus of Control, Learning Disposition and the Impact of Selection on Teaching and Learning - J Johnston and B McClune PDF 139 KB
• SEL6.1: Teachers and Selection in Northern Ireland - A Smith, U Birthistle, A Montgomery and S Farrell PDF 146 KB
• SEL7.1: Impact of coaching - L Caul, G Eason and S McWilliams PDF 84 KB
• SEL8.1: Public views on selection - J D'Arcy, BDO Stoy Hayward PDF 277 KB
• SEL9.1: Comparative perspectives on school systems - T Gallagher PDF 179 KB
• SEL9.2: Case study schools in Northern Ireland and Scotland - T Gallagher and E McKeown PDF 222 KB
• SEL9.3: Survey of selective schools in England - AM Montgomery and T Gallagher PDF 91 KB

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