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  1. Improving Children's Lives
  2. Una
  3. Lifestart
  4. Tallaght Literacy
  5. Tallaght Prosocial
  6. Well 2 Project
  7. Evaluation of Booktime Northern Ireland
  8. Evaluation of Booktime England
  9. Rialto
  10. Roots of Empathy
  11. Completed Projects
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Projects

Current Projects

The Centre for Effective Education has an impressive portfolio of research projects; currently running 10 major studies, of which 6 are randomised controlled trials. The studies are organised under the following headings and project outlines are available for each of them: 

Major Collaborative Initiatives led by the Centre for Effective Education
Baseline Surveys
Systematic Reviews
Randomised Controlled Trials
Other Evaluations

 

1. Major Collaborative Initiatives led by the Centre for Effective Education

 

Title: Improving Children’s Lives: An Interdisciplinary Research Initiative at Queen’s University Belfast
Period: 2008-2012
Funder: The Atlantic Philanthropies

 

Title: Una
Period: 2007-2014
Funder: Bernard van Leer Foundation; The Atlantic Philanthropies 

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2. Baseline Surveys

For a list of recently completed baseline surveys, please see Completed Projects 

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3. Systematic Reviews

 For a list of recently completed systematic reviews, please see Completed Projects 

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4. Randomised Controlled Trials

 

Title: A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial Evaluation and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of the Roots of Empathy School-Based Programme for Improving Social and Emotional Wellbeing Outcomes amongst 8-9 Year-Olds in Northern Ireland
Period: 2011-2015
Funder: National Institute for Health Research

 

Title: A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial Evaluation of Booktime England: A Bookgifting Intervention for Reception-Aged Children
Period: 2012-2014
Funder: Tallaght West Childhood Development Initiative

 

Title: A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial Evaluation of Booktime Northern Ireland: A Bookgifting Intervention for Reception-Aged Children 
Period: 2011-2012
Funder: Tallaght West Childhood Development Initiative

 

Title: Randomised Controlled Trial Evaluation of the Lifestart Parenting Initiative on Young (Under One Year of Age) Children’s Early Development in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland (500 parents and children)
Period: 2007-2012
Funder: The Lifestart Foundation

 

Title: Randomised Controlled Trial Evaluation of an After-Schools Programme to Improve Literacy Among 5-6 Years Olds in Tallaght, Dublin (630 children)
Period: 2008-2012
Funder: Tallaght West Childhood Development Initiative

 

Title: Randomised Controlled Trial Evaluation of an After-Schools Programme to Improve Prosocial Behaviour Among 8-9 Years Olds in Tallaght, Dublin (630 children)
Period: 2008-2012
Funder:Tallaght West Childhood Development Initiative

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5. Other Evaluations

 

Title: Evaluation of the ‘Provision of Well 2 Project’
Period: 2011–2015
Funder: South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust

 

Title: Evaluation of the Rialto Out of School Time Initiative
Period: 2011–2013
Funder: Rialto Learning Community through Atlantic Philanthropies

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