Data · dataset · 2026
The views and experiences of primary school teachers regarding personal education plans (PEPs) for children in care in Northern Ireland
Listed in ZivaHub and Deakin Research Online and DMU Figshare — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.17034/32641164.v1
This thesis explores the views and experiences of primary school teachers in Northern Ireland regarding Personal Education Plans.
Description
These provide a crucial mechanism through which the education of children in care is supported and promoted. Their emergence occurs in a context in which there is overwhelming international evidence that the educational outcomes of children in care are poor in comparison with their peers.
In Northern Ireland, in response to the ongoing concern regarding these poor educational outcomes, the Department of Education has introduced policy and guidance to meet the region’s obligations to support the educational needs of children in care; enhance multi-agency working and promote the voice of the child in the education planning process. Despite these ongoing developments, there is very little research that focuses on the experiences and views of professionals in the field of education tasked with the implementation of Personal Education Plans.
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To address this gap, this research study, informed in its design, implementation and dissemination by a Research Advisory Group, utilises an interpretive qualitative inquiry approach and through semi-structured interviews with 20 professional teachers, and an in-depth focus group with three teachers elicits their views regarding Personal Education Plans and their implementation in practice. Informed by the concepts of Pierre Bourdieu and a children’s rights framework, the thesis highlights ongoing concerns regarding education planning practices.
It argues that an embedded children’s rights based Personal Educational Planning process would help address current educational attainment gaps, contribute to improvements in realising the education rights of children in care, and help inform the future role that might be played by Personal Education Plans in enhancing educational outcomes for children in care.
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Where it is published
- DOI doi.org/10.17034/32641164.v1 ↗
DOI / persistent id · from zivahub uct ac za
Catalogue records · 1
- OAI-PMH record api.figshare.com/v2/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_dc&identifier=oai%3Af… ↗
metadata API · from zivahub uct ac za
Topics
- From keywords
- Earth & Environmental Science · Earth & Environmental Science · Earth & Environmental Science · Social Science · Social Science · Social Science
- Inferred from text
- Primary education 76%
Provenance · 3 source records, 11 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZivaHub | oai:figshare.com:article/32641164 | 13 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Deakin Research Online | oai:figshare.com:article/32641164 | 13 d ago | JSON v1 |
| DMU Figshare | oai:figshare.com:article/32641164 | 13 d ago | JSON v1 |
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|---|---|---|---|
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| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · dro deakin edu au | connector:dro_deakin_edu_au@1.0.0 | |
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| title | source · zivahub uct ac za | connector:zivahub_uct_ac_za@1.0.0 | /metadata/dc/title |