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Blending the formal and nonformal educational sectors: Creating a shared learning initiative for secondary school teachers and youth workers
(Taylor & Francis, 2023-07-27)It has been widely argued that existing educational inequality and inequity was exacerbated when schools closed due to Covid-19. In addition, it is disadvantaged young people that are most likely to experience the most ... -
Book Review: Education for All? The Legacy of Free Post-Primary Education in Ireland, edited by Professor Judith Harford
(Taylor & Francis, 2018-11-19)In July 1963, An Taoiseach, Seán Lemass appeared on the cover of Time Magazine with the title, Ireland: New Spirit in the Auld Sod . It was international recognition of the dynamism with which the Lemass Government was ... -
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 ... -
Bridging worlds: New learning spaces for new times: Evaluation Report
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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 ... -
‘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 ... -
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; ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Career motivations of student teachers in the Republic of Ireland: continuity and change during educational reform and 'Boom to Bust' economic times
(Cambridge University Press, 2017-08-31)[No abstract available] -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Collaborative learning, role play and case study: Pedagogical pathways to professionalism and ethics in school placement
(Learning Connections UCC, 2019-12-05)Teachers are moral agents. Acting professionally in loco parentis teachers have a legal and moral duty of care to students (DES, 2017). Moreover, they can be regarded as moral role models (Bergen, 2006; Lumpkin, 2013). ... -
Collaborative lesson hook design in science teacher education: Advancing professional practice
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2015-12-14)This article documents the process of collaboratively developing lesson hook eresources for science teachers to establish a community of inquiry and to strengthen the pedagogy of science teaching. The authors aim to ... -
Collective intelligence for advancing ocean literacy
(Taylor & Francis, 2019-01-12)Ocean literacy is an understanding of the ocean s influence on us and our influence on the ocean. A lack of ocean literacy presents a significant obstacle for citizens to engage in environmentally sustainable behaviour, ... -
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 ... -
Conceptualising translational research in schools: A systematic literature review
(Elsevier, 2022-05-25)Since Stenhouse (1975) called for teachers to have ownership of research, there have been initial forays into teacher led research and evidence-based practice in schools. However, the notion of translational research in ... -
Considering the ‘Impact’ of access and widening participation: the undergraduate, postgraduate and employment experiences of NUI Galway access students
(i Access Centre, NUI Galway, 2015-09)[No abstract available] -
Constructivism in the third space: challenging pedagogical perceptions of science outreach and science education
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2017-12-03)Informal opportunities for young people to engage with science have increased in response to declining uptake in science and a shortage of science graduates. This paper is set in the context of the recent introduction of ... -
Contemporary Research in Irish Education: Volume 3: Book of abstracts of the 5th Annual Postgraduate Research Seminar
(School of Education, NUI Galway, 2016-04-06)We are delighted to welcome you to the annual Postgraduate Research Seminar of the School of Education, NUI Galway. A central part of the School of Education’s recurrent Research Seminar Series, this annual research ...