Conceptualisations of care: the understanding of ‘care’ across Irish educational legislation, policies, circulars and curriculum

Figures & data

Table 1. Number and type of legislative, policy and curricula documents analysed.

Focus	Number reviewed
Active circulars	179
Archived circulars	249
Policies	49
Legislation	39
Specifications/curriculum	100
Total	616

Table 2. Document type by number of documents that refer to ‘care’.

Document Type	‘Care’
Active circulars (n = 179)	9 (5%)
Archived circulars (n = 249)	27 (11%)
Legislation (n = 39)	1 (3%)
Policies (n = 49)	13 (27%)
Curriculum specification (n = 100)	28 (28%)
Total	78