Search
Now showing items 1-10 of 53
T-REX: the Teachers Research Exchange. Overcoming the research-practice gap in education
(Springer Verlag, 2020-03-14)
This paper introduces the Teachers Research Exchange (T-REX), an online community of practice that is currently being deployed on a pilot basis nationwide in Ireland as a response to the research-practice gap . The system ...
DESIGN-ED: a pedagogical toolkit to support K-12 teachers’ emergency transition to remote online education
(Emerald, 2020-06-23)
K-12 educators face persistent and nascent challenges as they grapple with making an emergency transition to remote online modes of engaging with their students. Crossing the digital divide that exists between multi-site ...
Identity matters? ‘Working class’ student teachers in Ireland, the desire to be a relatable and inclusive teacher, and sharing the classed self
(Routledge, 2020-12-03)
This paper is about social class and initial teacher education, specifically the perspectives and experiences of those from lower socio-economic groups in an initial teacher education programme in Ireland. It draws on a ...
Reconceptualising relatedness in education in ‘Distanced’ times
(Association for Teacher Education in Europe (ATEE) and Routledge, 2020-08-12)
As schools and universities worldwide tentatively move beyond an initial emergency response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the prospect of socially-distanced learning spaces prompts us to ask how we can maintain good educational ...
A fusion of research-informed teaching and teaching-informed research: Designing a scalable online ecosystem for new partnerships in educational research
(Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education, 2020-10-26)
This paper examines the unbundling of research in the context of the Teachers Research Exchange (T-REX) platform, the national flagship Internet platform in Ireland for teachers to access, use and engage in research. This ...
Education in precarious times: a comparative study across six countries to identify design priorities for mobile learning in a pandemic
(Emerald, 2020-06-25)
Similar to the current global Coronavirus crisis, the flu pandemic of 1918 forced the closure internationally of schools, and in general brought a halt to formal education.
A major difference between then and now is that ...
The trajectory of computer science education policy in Ireland: A document analysis narrative
(Wiley, 2022-04-25)
The launch of a Computer Science curriculum specification in upper secondary schools in Ireland in 2018 was a landmark and a historic development in Irish education. Addressing the historical policy decisions adopted towards ...
Introduction to the special issue on computer science education
(Springer, 2022-04-22)
[No abstract available]
Diving deep into numeracy, cross-curricular professional development
(Taylor & Francis, 2021-10-18)
The numerical ability of Irish students in international and national assessments is weaker than for literacy, particularly among higher-performing students. The aim of this study was to design a national teacher professional ...
Teaching about curriculum and assessment through inquiry and problem-based learning methodologies: an initial teacher education cross-institutional study
(Educational Studies Association of Ireland (ESAI) and Routledge, 2022-01-30)
It is well documented that the integration of inquiry-based learning (IBL) and problem-based learning (PBL) methodologies in initial teacher education (ITE) provides opportunities to enhance pre-service teachers¿ research ...