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LC History: Preparing for the New Research Study Report

Plan two years of the new LC History Research Study Report and build the inquiry skills it draws on, before the first brief is issued.

2.5 hours
6 short lessons
Online, at your own pace
Certificate

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About this course

A two-and-a-half-hour course for Leaving Certificate History teachers preparing for the new specification, which schools introduce in September 2027. Its Research Study Report is worth 40%: the SEC issues a common brief in term two of fifth year, and students submit their reports to the SEC in sixth year. The NCCA's guidelines for the report and the first brief are still to come, so the course plans the two years with those dates open and builds the inquiry skills the report draws on: a research question and its historical significance, primary and secondary sources, context and differing accounts. It covers authentication, referencing and AI use under the SEC's Coursework Rules and Procedures, and every template is yours to download and adapt.

What you will be able to do

By the end you will be able to explain the new Research Study Report as the specification sets it out, plan fifth and sixth year with the dates the SEC has not set left open, help students develop a research question and work with primary and secondary sources, authenticate the work under the SEC's rules on referencing and AI, and share the descriptors of quality with your class.

What's in the course

6 lessons, about 25 minutes each. Take them in order, whenever suits you.

The new Research Study Report as the specification sets it out, how to plan fifth and sixth year while the guidelines and the first brief are still to come, how to build the Strand 1 skills the report draws on through an invented student's practice inquiry, and how to authenticate the work.

1 The New Research Study Report and the Two Years Ahead Free preview 25 min
2 A Research Question and Its Historical Significance 25 min
3 Locating, Selecting and Evaluating Sources 25 min
4 Context, Interpretation and an Evidence-based Picture 25 min
5 Authenticating the Work: Referencing and AI 25 min
6 The Descriptors of Quality and Your Plan 25 min

What you get

A certificateFor 2.5 hours of professional learning, when you finish.

Your own portfolioEverything you write in the course collects in one place to keep.

Templates to adaptEvery template in the course is yours to download and adapt.

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