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The utility of public transport in Ireland: Post COVID-19 lockdown and beyond
(UCD Geary Institute for Public Policy, 2020-07-01)
Moves towards decarbonising the Irish economy must focus strongly on reducing car dependence, particularly in our cities and towns. Car dependence is also costly in terms of social and economic externalities. Public transport ...
Enhancing K-12 pre-service teachers digital pedagogical literacy lesson planning for teaching online
(Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (ACCE), 2020-07)
Lesson planning is an essential component of teacher professional development. COVID-19 has ushered a
rapid transition from classroom based teaching to online engagement with K-12 students placing new demands
on teachers ...
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 ...
Long-term human impact and environmental change in mid-western Ireland, with particular reference to Céide Fields – an overview
(Copernicus Publications on behalf of the Deutsche Quartärvereinigung (DEUQUA), 2020-02-11)
This paper presents new palaeoecological data from north Co. Mayo, western Ireland, and reviews published data with a view to achieving a better understanding of the timing and nature of early farming in the region, its ...
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 ...
Feeding problems, gastrointestinal symptoms, challenging behavior and sensory Issues in children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder
(Springer, 2020-01-18)
Frequency of feeding problems, gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms, challenging behavior, sensory problems and comorbid psychopathology were assessed using the following questionnaires: Screening Tool for Feeding Problems for ...
Building a language community through radio in the age of social media: the case of Raidió na Life
(Intellect, 2020-04-01)
This paper investigates the motivations of volunteers in participating in broadcasting on a community radio station in the age of social media. The station chosen broadcasts in Irish, a minority language in Ireland, although ...
Advantages and challenges of face-to-face and online methodologies: Researching adolescents experiences of nonterminal cancer in the family
(SAGE Publications, 2020)
This case study provides an overview of a research study with adolescents experiencing maternal cancer. It explores the methodological successes and limitations to promote a critical understanding of carrying out sensitive ...
Characteristics, quality features and dynamics in formal youth mentoring relationships: The Rhodes model revisited
(Institute of Psychology in Academia, Czech Academy of Sciences, 2020-05-01)
Youth mentoring interventions are based on one-to-one long-term mentoring
relationships formed between a volunteer and socially disadvantaged children and
young people, and operate also in the Czech Republic. The paper ...
Rural out-migration and return: perspectives on the everyday reality and the idyll in Ireland
(Departament de Geografia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2020-02)
The aim of this article is to add to understandings of the rural idyll as an influence on
return migration. Interviews were conducted with thirty-four first generation rural returnees in Ireland and their responses were ...