Browsing by Author "Moloney, Mary"
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The affordable childcare scheme – parental panacea, or paradoxical ideology?
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Breach of trust - getting it right for children in early childhood care and education in Ireland
Moloney, Mary (NZRECE, 2014)In May 2013 an exposé of verbal, physical and emotional abuse of young children attending three early childhood education and care (ECEC) settings in Ireland was aired on national television in a documentary called Breach ... -
Childcare regulations: regulatory enforcement in Ireland. What happens when the inspector calls? (Pre-published version)
Moloney, Mary (Sage, 2014)Childcare regulations ensure children’s rights to Early Childhood Care and Education settings that protect them from harm and promote their healthy development. To ensure that settings comply, power is vested with regulatory ... -
An examination of concepts of school readiness among parents and educators in Ireland
Ring, Emer; Mhic Mhathuna, Maire; Moloney, Mary; Hayes, Noirin; Stafford, Patsy; Keegan, Siobhan; Kelleher, Cathy; Ozonyia, Martina; Breathnach, Deirdre; Carswell, Des; McCafferty, Des; O'Keeffe, Anne; Leavy, Aisling; Madden, Ruth (Department of Children and Youth Affairs [Ireland], 2016) -
An exploration of the evidential base for early childhood education and care professional practice placement in higher education institutes in Ireland
Moloney, Mary; Pope, Jennifer; Pettersen, Jan; Breatnach, Deirdre (PLÉ [Pedagogy Learning Education], 2016) -
From vision to practice: are children at the centre or clinging on at the periphery of practice within early childhood care and education provision? (Pre-published version)
Moloney, Mary (CHILDforum, 2011)Concepts such as child-centred practice, children’s agency and active participation feature strongly within Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) policy. They have been shaped by the UN Convention on the Rights of the ... -
Is it time to establish an early years council? A possible solution to inordinate fragmentation (Pre-published version)
Moloney, Mary (Education Matters, 2017) -
Locating quality in early childhood care and education discourse in Ireland: pre-school and infant classrooms as a crucible for learning and development
Moloney, Mary (Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2011)This study examines the extent to which national and international early childhood policy becomes embedded as an everyday phenomenon in pre-school and primary contexts. Located within an ecological contextual framework ... -
Paper based upon the PLÉ submission to the consultation on the DES statement of strategy 2016 – 2018
Moloney, Mary; Pettersen, Jan (2016) -
PLÉ response to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) International Early Learning Study
Moloney, Mary (Pedagogy Learning Education, 2017) -
Professional identity in early childhood care and education: perspectives of pre-school and infant teachers (Pre-Published Version)
Moloney, Mary (Routledge, 2010)This paper explores perceptions of professional identity in the early childhood care and educations sector (ECCE) in the Republic of Ireland (ROI). It is concerned with the status, salary and conditions of those working ... -
Progression or regression. Is the pre-school quality agenda perpetuating a care-education divide in the early childhood education and care sector in Ireland? (Pre-published version)
Moloney, Mary (Children's Research Network, 2015) -
Reflections on the introduction of an early childhood education and care apprenticeship model (Pre-publication version)
Moloney, Mary; O’Carroll, Gerard (Education Matters, 2017) -
Response to the draft Proffessional Award Criteria and Guidelines for Initial Professional Education (Level 7 and level 8) Degree Programmes in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) in Ireland
Moloney, Mary (Pedagogy Learning Education, 2018) -
Time and structure of a revised primary school curriculum
Moloney, Mary (Pedagogy Learning Education, 2017) -
‘An undervalued, under-appreciated profession, long hours, hard work, poor pay’. A study of the professional identity of BA ECCE graduates
Moloney, Mary; Pope, Jennifer (Institute of Technology Sligo, 2012)Drawing upon a Bachelor of Arts (BA) ECCE graduate occupational profile survey, this paper explores the experiences of graduates with particular reference to the relationship between graduate qualifications and professional ... -
Unreasonable expectation: the dilemma for pedagogues in delivering policy objectives
Moloney, Mary (Routledge,Taylor & Francis group., 2010)Internationally, early childhood care and education policy is increasingly informed by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) (1989). In the Republic of Ireland, the importance of this convention ... -
Untangling the knots – [k]not easy: professional identity in the early childhood care and education sector
Moloney, Mary (2015)Those working in the Early Childhood Care and Education sector have struggled for professional recognition and status. While professional identity, or lack of it, is associated with a multiplicity of factors, this paper ... -
Where to now for early childhood care and education (ECCE) graduates? A study of the experiences of Irish BA ECCE degree graduates
Pope, Jennifer; Moloney, Mary (Taylor & Francis [Routledge], 2013)International definitions of early childhood locate the field with the care and education of children between birth and six years. In Ireland, this definition applies to both pre-school and the infant classes of primary ...