Browsing School of Education (Scholarly Articles) by Subject "Ireland"
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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 ... -
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 ... -
Further studies in self-directed learning in physics at the University of Limerick, Ireland
(International Society for Self-Directed Learning (ISSDL), 2004)This article reports on two SDL studies of undergraduate physics students and postgraduate science students at the University of Limerick, Ireland. Initial studies (McCauley and McClelland, 2001) indicated that the majority ... -
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 ... -
Leading change in teacher education: Balancing on the wobbly bridge of school-university partnership
(Eurasian Society of Educational Research, 2019-10-15)Initial teacher education (ITE) programmes have been critiqued widely for failing to connect educational theory with everyday practices in schools. More meaningful collaborations between schools and teacher education ... -
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]. ... -
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 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 ...