Research and Publications

Aistear: the Early Childhood Curriculum Framework has been updated. Here you can find research that underpinned the updating process.

• Literature review to support the updating of Aistear’s themes of Well-being, Identity and Belonging, Communicating and Exploring and Thinking by the Institute of Education, Dublin City University.

Here you can find research since the publication of Aistear: the Early Childhood Curriculum Framework (2024).

•  Aistear as a Rights-based Early Childhood Curriculum Framework (NCCA, 2025)