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Lay theories regarding computer-mediated communication in remote collaboration
(International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE), 2017)Computer-mediated communication and remote collaboration has become an unexceptional norm as an educational modality for distance and open education, therefore the need to research and analyze students' online learning ... -
Leading change in teacher education: Balancing on the wobbly bridge of school-university partnership
(Eurasian Society of Educational Research, 2019-10-15)Initial teacher education (ITE) programmes have been critiqued widely for failing to connect educational theory with everyday practices in schools. More meaningful collaborations between schools and teacher education ... -
Low-code and no-code in secondary education—Empowering teachers to embed citizen development in schools
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2023-09-20)Citizen Development (CD) is a method of delivering low-code no-code (LCNC) development that empowers subject matter experts to design, develop, and deploy applications into production as though they were full-on, experienced ... -
The Lucent Science Teacher Initiative (LSTI): A mentoring project for trainee teachers of second level science
(2004)This paper describes an innovative project in the University of Limerick for trainee science teachers in Irish second-level schools. This three-year project has received funding from Lucent Technologies Foundation K-16 ... -
MADRA the digital St Bernard dog: a proof-of-concept simulation of a quadruped robot first responder
(Adi Health + Wellness, 2024-02-23)Medical emergency calls can occur at any time and place, especially high-risk rescue operation emergencies in challenging environments such as difficult topography and remote locations. The friendly canines have been a ... -
Making the invisible visible: disciplinary literacy in secondary school classrooms
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2014-01-02)In Ireland, policy on literacy now aims to expand the role that post-primary teachers of all subjects have in developing students' literacy skills. This paper draws on data from a wider research study carried out in secondary ... -
Manual for the classification of intervention best-practices with rural NEETs
(COST CA18213, 2020-12)This manual deals with developing a methodology to assess best practices among interventions that specifically address rural NEETs, who are accepted as the most vulnerable and socially excluded segment of young citizens. ... -
Mapping the landscape: Peer review in computing education research.
(Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2020-06-17)Peer review is a mainstay of academic publication indeed, it is the peer-review process that provides much of the publications credibility. As the number of computing education conferences and the number of submissions ... -
Masculinities and femininities and secondary schooling: the case for a gender analysis in the postmodern condition
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Micro and macro pedagogy for science education
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Mobile learning to support computational thinking in initial teacher education: A case study
(IGI Global, 2021)Research on the role of mobile learning in computational thinking is limited, and even more so in its use in initial teacher education. Aligned to this there is a need to consider how to introduce and expose pre-service ... -
Mobilising teacher education in Ireland: The MiTE ecosystem for learning by design
(Bloomsbury Academic, 2020-06-11)This chapter outlines an innovative and emergent multilevel initiative in the School of Education, National University of Ireland, Galway, focused on infrastructuring educational transformation in teacher education through ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
The next generation of teachers: an investigation of second-level student teachers' backgrounds in the Republic of Ireland
(Taylor & Francis, 2013-01-30)This paper presents and discusses the demographic, educational and career backgrounds of second-level student teachers in the Republic of Ireland. Its findings confirm that student teachers from the lower social classes ... -
An observational narrative of student reaction to video hooks
(MDPI, 2021-06-08)Digital video has become a dominant form of student learning in and beyond the classroom, and thus its pervasive nature in contemporary learning environments commands scholarly inquiry. In this paper we explore a participatory ... -
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 ... -
Performance anxiety in academia: Tensions within research assessment exercises in an age of austerity
(SAGE Publications, 2016-08-24)The current recessionary economic climate in Ireland has (re-)awakened a neoliberal agenda that is changing the dynamic of what is being valued within research assessment exercises, specifically across Arts, Humanities and ... -
Pre-service teacher perceptions in integrating maker-centered learning in their mathematics and education initial teacher education programme
(Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Departament de Pedagogia, 2020)This paper describes an innovative programme ‘C2 4M2 : Creative Coding for Math’s Makers’, in an undergraduate concurrent teacher education degree programme. Using the Makerspace in a University setting, the programme ... -
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 ...