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Digital Ensemble: The ENaCT design-based research framework for technology-enhanced embodied assessment in English education
(WILEY, 2017-03-16)
This article outlines the ENaCT educational design for Digital Ensemble, an innovative approach to English assessment integrating drama pedagogy with mobile computing (e. g. iPad). ENaCT represents the key themes that ...
Using a collective intelligence scenario-based design approach to develop a collaboration ecosystem supporting the authorship of pedagogically valuable e-books for children
(The Journal of Literacy and Technology, 2017)
Literacy is a universal public good, essential to the overall, effective functioning of civil society through its foundational contribution to personal well-being and active citizenship. The extant research shows that ...
Architecting the third teacher: Solid foundations for the participatory and principled design of schools and (built) learning environments
(Wiley, 2017-07-03)
This special issue of the European Journal of Education examines a crucially important, though largely overlooked area within educational design research: architecting and building physical educational environments. ...
Enhancing children's literacy skills: designing the Q-Tales ecosystem for children's e-book design and publication
(Wiley, 2017-07-20)
Digital media, interactive storytelling and e-books are ubiquitous in contemporary education, and consequently play an increasingly important role in the development of children s nascent and emergent literacy. Digital ...
R-NEST: Design-based research for technology-enhanced reflective practice in initial teacher education
(Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education, 2015)
This paper reports research into developing digital storytelling (DST) to enhance reflection within a specific professional learning context - that of a programme of teacher education while concomitantly producing a ...
Why choose teaching? An international review of empirical studies exploring student teachers career motivations and levels of commitment to teaching
(Taylor and Francis, 2015-03-18)
Why do individuals all over the world choose to become school teachers? What motivates them to become educators of young people, and how committed are they to this cause when they enter their teacher education courses? ...
Using comment only marking in a mathematics classroom in the Republic of Ireland: experience and learning of a student teacher
(Journal of Teacher Action Research, 2016)
Formative assessment is a well recognised and researched method of assessing student learning and understanding in the classroom. One method of formative assessment is the use of comment only marking. In this paper, a ...
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 ...
Science outreach and science education in the primary level: Conceptual and pedagogical challenges faced
(Infonomics Society, 2012)
To achieve economic growth, countries such
as Ireland need to continue investing in scientific enterprise, which necessitates having more students choose and follow scientific careers. Current literature and policies point ...
Hooked on science
(EIROforum, 2017-03-27)
In this article, Martin McHugh and Veronica
McCauley present a modern and interesting
way to get students more engaged during lessons. They describe a detailed procedure that can be followed by any teacher or adapted to ...