Nic Mhuirí, Siún
ORCID: 0000-0001-5008-5573 and Langan, Angela
(2025)
Spatial thinking in primary education in Ireland.
In: 10th Conference on Research in Mathematics Education in Ireland (MEI 10), 17-18 October, 2025, Dublin.
ISBN https://zenodo.org/records/17398480
Abstract
Spatial thinking has been shown to span a multitude of disciplinary areas and is recognised as a core competence related to mathematical achievement and participation in Science,
Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) careers. At this time of intense curriculum change at primary level in Ireland, this paper examines the extent to which spatial thinking is made explicit in the Mathematics and draft Science, Technology and Engineering
and Social and Environmental Education (SEE) curriculum documents by analysing curriculum learning outcomes against a typology of spatial skills proposed by Newcombe and Shipley (2015). While many spatial skills are explicit in mathematics curriculum outcomes, they remain implicit in the STEM and SEE curriculum specifications.
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| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
|---|---|
| Event Type: | Conference |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Spatial thinking, curriculum, STEM, integration, achievement |
| Subjects: | Social Sciences > Education Social Sciences > Teaching |
| DCU Faculties and Centres: | DCU Faculties and Schools > Institute of Education DCU Faculties and Schools > Institute of Education > School of STEM Education, Innovation, & Global Studies Research Institutes and Centres > Research Centre in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education (CASTel) |
| Published in: | Proceedings of the Tenth Conference on Research in Mathematics Education in Ireland (MEI 10). MEI . Research in Mathematics Education in Ireland. ISBN https://zenodo.org/records/17398480 |
| Publisher: | Research in Mathematics Education in Ireland |
| Official URL: | https://sites.google.com/dcu.ie/meiconference/mei-... |
| Copyright Information: | Authors |
| ID Code: | 32310 |
| Deposited On: | 02 Mar 2026 14:28 by Siun Nic Mhuiri . Last Modified 02 Mar 2026 14:28 |
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