On behalf of the editorial board, I would like to welcome you to our first issue of Irish Educational Studies for 2021. We hope you; your family; friends and colleagues remain safe and well at this challenging time.
2021 represents a significant milestone in the history of Studies as we celebrate our 40th year, and the Educational Studies Association of Ireland is currently planning a number of initiatives to mark the date. We thank especially our publisher Routledge/Taylor & Francis for their support of the journal.
Issue 1 of Volume 40 includes articles examining key issues in education, in Ireland and internationally, including: teaching about the past in Northern Ireland; the teacher identity narratives of experienced second-level teachers; students’ learning experiences in mathematics as they transition from primary to secondary education; and the digital competence of pre-service teachers on entry to initial teacher education.
We congratulate all the authors in this volume; and, as always, gratefully acknowledge the support and efforts of all our editors, reviewers and contributors.
We are in the process currently of developing a College of Reviewers for the journal, as a public acknowledgment of the significant work undertaken by our reviewers in the development and publication of the articles in the journal.
Tony Hall, General Editor