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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Reimagining a framework for teachers’ continuous professional development during curriculum reform
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2023-09-04)Effective continued professional development (CPD) is critical in preparing teachers for implementing curricular changes. Utilising the professional design framework [Loucks-Horsley, S., Stiles, K. E., Mundry, S. E., Love, ... -
Science outreach and science education at primary level in Ireland: a mixed methods study
(Libreria Universitaria, 2013)Worldwide, science has become economically very important [1]. The European Union and different EU countries, such as Ireland, stress that science and technology graduates are fundamental for economic growth [2,3]. ... -
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 ... -
Science outreach and science education: The analysis of dilemmas faced to promote the creation of the third space
(hrčak, 2013)To achieve economical growth, countries such as Ireland need to continue to invest in scientific enterprise, which necessitates having more students choose and follow scientific careers. Current literature and policies ... -
Sexualities of initial teacher education applicants in the Republic of Ireland: Addressing the hidden dimension of diversity in teaching
(Taylor & Francis, 2017-11-08)While research and policy recommendations internationally have pointed to the need to diversify teaching populations with regard to ethnicity, social class background and, to a lesser extent, dis/ability, there is a paucity ... -
Shared reading practices between parents and young children with Down syndrome in Ireland
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2020-02-17)Shared reading, a key component of the home literacy environment, has well documented potential for the development of emergent literacy skills. This study explored shared reading interactions between parents and their ... -
Socio-demographic composition of primary initial teacher education entrants in Ireland
(Taylor & Francis, 2018-10-24)The homogeneity of the teaching profession is an international, as well as national, phenomenon. In an era of significant demographic change in schools and education policy development in Ireland and across Europe, the ... -
A stratospheric mission – design of a conceptual framework to bring weather balloons and STEM into the classroom
(Frontiers Media, 2023-09-12)Integrated STEM education makes learning relevant and applicable, blending the mindset, skillset, and toolset necessary in developing a depth of understanding for science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Based on ... -
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 ... -
Teacher agency and learner agency in teaching and learning a new school subject, Leaving Certificate Computer Science, in Ireland: Considerations for teacher education
(Elsevier, 2021-07-30)A new school subject, Leaving Certificate Computer Science, was introduced in September 2018 into Irish schools in a period of curriculum reform and change. Drawing on concepts of teacher agency and learner agency, and ... -
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 ... -
Texting gender and body as a distant/ced memory: an autobiographical account of bodies, masculinities and schooling
(The Journal Of Curriculum Theorizing, 2004)Researchers, many of whom have come from a feminist perspective, have used autobiographical approaches to highlight issues of inequity and to centre the experiences of women where historically such experiences have been ... -
Tomorrow’s teachers—selecting the best: An exploration of the quality rationale behind academic and experiential selection criteria for initial teacher education programmes
(Springer, 2013-03-26)Using Ireland as an example, this paper explores the rationale behind various selection criteria currently used to select suitable candidates for initial teacher education courses. It investigates and discusses patterns ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ...