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Dependence-Deconstruction: Widening Participation and Traditional-Entry Students Transitioning from School to Higher Education in Ireland
(2011)
Equality and quality in higher education (HE) are frequently juxtaposed in the literature. This paper presents evidence to contest deficit assumptions about widening participation, particularly the belief that entering HE ...
Distancing to self-protect: The perpetuation of inequality in higher education through socio-relational dis/engagement
(2011)
This paper explores the social class-differentiated behaviours of access and traditional-entry students, based on a three-year constructivist grounded theory study with 45 undergraduates at an Irish university. The participant ...
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 ...
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 ...
‘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 ...
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 ...
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 ...