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‘Now for Our Irish Wars’ – Jez Butterworth’s The Ferryman and the Irish Dramatic Canon
(Routledge, 2020-11-22)
This article explores the Irish features of Jez Butterworth’s _The Ferryman_, focussing on his
use of overfamiliar Irish tropes as well as his intertextual allusions to writers such as Brian
Friel, WB Yeats, and Seamus ...
Bridging worlds: New learning spaces for new times: Evaluation Report
(UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, National University of Ireland Galway, 2021)
[No abstract available]
Diving deep into numeracy, cross-curricular professional development
(Taylor & Francis, 2021-10-18)
The numerical ability of Irish students in international and national assessments is weaker than for literacy, particularly among higher-performing students. The aim of this study was to design a national teacher professional ...
Developing and assessing computational thinking in secondary education using a TPACK guided scratch visual execution environment
(International Journal of Computer Science Education in Schools (IJCSES), 2021-05-18)
Effective and reliable assessment approaches to computational thinking in secondary education are in demand. This paper uses a guided technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) framework, incorporating a visual ...
The methodological issues in the assessment of the quality and benefits of formal youth mentoring interventions - the case of the Czech Big Brothers Big Sisters/Pět P
(Routledge, 2020-09-07)
Mentoring is a social phenomenon naturally occurring in the networks of human relationships. The systematic implementation of mentoring principles into the mentoring directed programmes creates a powerful tool for social ...
11 Child agency and home language maintenance
(De Grouton Mouton, 2020)
[No abstract available]
Associations between non-parental adult support and youths’ individual and contextual characteristics
(Routledge, 2021-01-15)
While the role parents play in supporting young people is well
established, support from other caring adults also becomes
important during adolescence, particularly when young people
are facing problems in their lives. ...
Irish pirate radio 1978-1988: How political stasis allowed unlicensed radio to flourish and innovate
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2020-10-12)
The history of pirate radio in Ireland remains understudied by comparison with other countries with histories
of unlicensed broadcasting. This is surprising given the extent and longevity of a large pirate radio scene ...
Nicolas Sarkozy: Performing the French presidency
(Intellect, 2021-03-01)
A presidential election can be viewed as a national drama in which a candidate casts herself/himself as a courageous protagonist who seeks to become a collective symbol that embodies the best qualities of the nation. Drawing ...
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 ...