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Prototype of a recommendation model with artificial intelligence for computational thinking improvement of secondary education students
(MDPI, 2023-05-26)There is a growing interest in finding new ways to address the difficult task of introducing programming to secondary students for the first time to improve students’ computational thinking (CT) skills. Therefore, extensive ... -
Chameleoning to fit in? Working class student teachers in Ireland performing differential social class identities in their placement schools
(Taylor & Francis, 2023-03)This paper is about social class and the teaching profession. While class has long and deservedly been a core focus in the Sociology of Education, relatively little attention has been paid to how it is conceived and enacted ... -
A case study investigating an appropriate age and plugged or unplugged approach for programming at primary school
(STM Journals: A division of Consortium eLearning Network Private Limited, 2022)Purpose Introducing computer programming concepts to children is key in their development. Understanding at what age is most appropriate for their comprehension of subject and discipline specific information is relevant ... -
Capacity for, access to, and participation in computer science education in Ireland
(University of Galway, 2023)According to the European Commission’s Digital Education Action Plan 2021-2027, to enhance digital skills and competences for the digital era, opportunities to learn basic digital skills must be provided from an early ... -
Bridging worlds: Building a bridge for our educational ecosystem and linking formal and non-formal learning
(Education Matters, 2021)The Bridging Worlds project, funded by Reinvent Ireland, is an exploratory programme with the ambitious aim of creating a wraparound model linking the formal and non-formal education sectors. It provides a comprehensive ... -
Anailís ar na suirbhéanna agus aighneachtaí scríofa ar dhréachtsonraíochtaí Gaeilge na hArdteistiméireachta (T1 agus T2): Tuarascáil a ullmhaíodh don Chomhairle Náisiúnta Curaclaim agus Measúnachta
(Scoil an Oideachais, Ollscoil na Gaillimhe., 2023-03)[No abstract available] -
Analysis of the surveys and the written submissions on the Draft Specification for Leaving Certificate Irish (L1 and L2): Report prepared for the National Council of Curriculum and Assessment
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Addressing the needs of marginalised young people through school-based catch-up interventions during COVID-19: A case study from Ireland
(SAGE Publications, 2023-01-31)In 2020, schools worldwide closed due to the COVID_19 pandemic. Almost one million young people and children were impacted in Ireland, with those from ‘marginalised’ backgrounds being especially vulnerable due to pre-existing ... -
Factors impacting on the retention of students from under-represented groups in initial teacher education in Ireland
(Springer, 2022-12-01)Initial teacher education (ITE) programmes in Ireland have seen continued high demand for places, reflecting high regard for the teaching profession. However, there is a dearth of diversity amongst Ireland’s student teacher ... -
Developing innovation competences in schools. A practical perspective
(Szkola Glowna Handlowa w Warszawie (SGH Warsaw) School of Economics and the Foundation for the Promotion and Accreditation of Economic Education, 2022)This article argues that the development of innovation competences should take a more formalised role within the national education curriculum. The authors have developed a list of eighteen competences based on literature ... -
Can gamification help in increasing motivation, engagement, and satisfaction? A gamified experience in teaching CS to students from other disciplines
(Ediciones Universidad Salamanca, 2022)The digital revolution is causing the new generations to demand new ways of learning. Motivating students is one crucial element of the learning-teaching process to achieve students’ learning, which is the main objective ... -
New actors and new learning spaces for new times: a framework for schooling that extends beyond the school
(Springer, 2022-10-11)Taking the ‘breakdown’ in regular schooling as a result of the Covid pandemic as a catalyst to reimagine education, this article formulates a theoretical framework, using design research, that enables a fundamental ... -
Avatar-based virtual reality and the associated gender stereotypes in a university environment
(Sciendo, 2022-10-20)Avatar-based virtual reality (VR) is becoming more prevalent in industry and educational settings. There is, however, limited research on the extent to which gender stereotypes are present in this environment. The university ... -
A third space: Infusing Open Educational Resources (OER) with Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
(Springer, Cham, 2022-10-26)In a rapidly changing educational landscape digital access has become a fundamental need for all learners and educators. Without virtual access to education in March 2020, as a result of the COVID-19 global pandemic, ... -
‘But you don’t look Irish’: identity constructions of minority ethnic students as ‘non-Irish’ and deficient learners at school in ireland
(Taylor & Francis, 2021-05-18)Ireland’s schooling population has significantly diversified in the last 15 years. Despite the growing body of research on migrant and minority ethnic students’ experiences, we still know relatively little about their ... -
Models for computer science teacher preparation: Developing teacher knowledge
(Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2022-07-07)Across the globe, Computer Science Education has grown tremendously over the past decade to teach primary and secondary students computing ideas and tools. From integrating computational thinking in disciplines to teaching ... -
Computer science education in Ireland: Capacity, access and participation
(Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2022-07-07)Our world is both physical and digital. Students would benefit from understanding how this digital world works, and how algorithms drive it [2]. Students would also benefit from learning computational thinking, and ... -
PACE-IT: designing blended learning for accounting education in the challenging context of a global pandemic
(Routledge, 2022-06-24)This paper describes the design of a blended learning intervention to enhance the student learning experience, incorporating innovative technologies and pedagogies within introductory accounting. The design-based research ... -
Building back better – Using an ecological lens to argue for strengthening mesosystemic connections for young people in a post pandemic world
(Routledge, 2022-07-01)It is a truism to state that across the world the COVID-19 pandemic brought about and continues to cause disruption on a scale not seen before. As the pandemic is still very much ongoing, its lasting impact will take time ... -
By hook or by crook: Designing physics video hooks with a modified ADDIE framework
(Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), 2020-10)This paper delineates the specific design strategy used in the creation of physics video hooks over the course of an eight-week project. A hook is an instructional technique which stimulates student attention (Hunter, 1994; ...