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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 ...
Getting hooked on physics!
(AIP Publishing, 2016-12)
A number of papers in this journal have dealt with the idea of using hooks in physics instruction. A hook, as the name suggests, engages students in learning by triggering their attention and interest. Hooks can be any ...
Innovative initiatives: targeting the declining science enrollments in Ireland
(The New Zealand Annual Review of Education, 2006)
At the time of economic growth in Ireland, declining numbers of students enrolling in the sciences is emerging as an educational concern. Using a 2002 Government of Ireland commissioned report on science: The Task Force ...
Realising the management challenges for science communication outreach: a Social marketing perspective
(2010)
Social marketing recognises that neither government nor education alone can solve the
growing range of complex and multifaceted social policy issues facing societies around
the world. Social marketing is about behavioural ...
A review of science outreach strategies north and south: with some recommendations for improvement
(Centre for Cross Border Studies, 2008-10)
No abstract available
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, ...
Investigating the effect of scientist demonstrators on primary children's science self-efficacy
(International Conference New perspectives in Science Education, Edition 7, 2018-03-22)
Emergent in the literature is the need to increase levels of student engagement in science, with
informal science education (ISE) playing a fundamental role. Whilst children find science to be
interesting and important ...
Interrogating dilemmas in the primary level science classrooms in Ireland: Outreach and education
(NUI GalwayInfonomics Society, 2012-04-16)
In this day and age, science has become
economically very important. The European Union
(EU) and different EU countries, such as Ireland,
stress that science and technology graduates are
fundamental for economical ...
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; ...
Rapid evidence assessment protocol for the meta-analysis of initiatives, interventions and programmes that target rural NEETs
(BMC, 2021-03-26)
Background The dependency of rural economies on agricultural practices for survival has been in decline for a number of years, seriously threatening rural communities sustainability. It is now evident that attracting young ...