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Book Review: Education for All? The Legacy of Free Post-Primary Education in Ireland, edited by Professor Judith Harford
(Taylor & Francis, 2018-11-19)In July 1963, An Taoiseach, Seán Lemass appeared on the cover of Time Magazine with the title, Ireland: New Spirit in the Auld Sod . It was international recognition of the dynamism with which the Lemass Government was ... -
Career motivations of student teachers in the Republic of Ireland: continuity and change during educational reform and 'Boom to Bust' economic times
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Collaborative learning, role play and case study: Pedagogical pathways to professionalism and ethics in school placement
(Learning Connections UCC, 2019-12-05)Teachers are moral agents. Acting professionally in loco parentis teachers have a legal and moral duty of care to students (DES, 2017). Moreover, they can be regarded as moral role models (Bergen, 2006; Lumpkin, 2013). ... -
Collaborative lesson hook design in science teacher education: Advancing professional practice
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2015-12-14)This article documents the process of collaboratively developing lesson hook eresources for science teachers to establish a community of inquiry and to strengthen the pedagogy of science teaching. The authors aim to ... -
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, ... -
Considering the ‘Impact’ of access and widening participation: the undergraduate, postgraduate and employment experiences of NUI Galway access students
(i Access Centre, NUI Galway, 2015-09)[No abstract available] -
Constructivism in the third space: challenging pedagogical perceptions of science outreach and science education
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2017-12-03)Informal opportunities for young people to engage with science have increased in response to declining uptake in science and a shortage of science graduates. This paper is set in the context of the recent introduction of ... -
Contemporary Research in Irish Education: Volume 3: Book of abstracts of the 5th Annual Postgraduate Research Seminar
(School of Education, NUI Galway, 2016-04-06)We are delighted to welcome you to the annual Postgraduate Research Seminar of the School of Education, NUI Galway. A central part of the School of Education’s recurrent Research Seminar Series, this annual research ... -
Contemporary Research in Irish Education: Volume 4: Book of abstracts of the 6th Annual Postgraduate Research Seminar
(School of Education, NUI Galway, 2017-04-26)We are delighted to welcome you to the 6th Annual Postgraduate Research Seminar of the School of Education, NUI Galway. A central part of the School of Education s recurrent Research Seminar Series, this annual research ... -
Contemporary research in Irish education: Volume 5: Book of abstracts of the 7th Annual Postgraduate Research Seminar
(School of Education, NUI Galway, 2018-04-11)We are delighted to welcome you to the 7th Annual Postgraduate Research Seminar of the School of Education, NUI Galway. A central part of the School of Education’s recurrent Research Seminar Series, this annual research ... -
Contemporary research in Irish education: Volume 6: Book of abstracts of the 8th Annual Postgraduate Research Seminar
(School of Education, NUI Galway, 2019-04-10)We are delighted to welcome you to the 8th Annual Postgraduate Research Seminar of the School of Education, NUI Galway. A central part of the School of Education s recurrent Research Seminar Series, this annual research ... -
Contradictions and tensions of the practice of masculinities in school: interrogating embodiment and 'good buddy talk'
(Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 2005)Masculinity, and gender more broadly, has been theorised as a series of performative and discursive acts (Butler, 1990) which are constituted contextually and culturally. Not only are masculinities enacted differently ... -
Creating the future of teacher education together: The role of emotionality in university-school partnership
(Elsevier, 2013-10-13)This paper describes an innovative project between university tutors and co-operating teachers in self-selected partner schools with a focus on improving the school placement experience of the pre-service teacher. The ... -
Dependence-Deconstruction: Widening Participation and Traditional-Entry Students Transitioning from School to Higher Education in Ireland
(2011)Equality and quality in higher education (HE) are frequently juxtaposed in the literature. This paper presents evidence to contest deficit assumptions about widening participation, particularly the belief that entering HE ... -
Designing for emergency remote blended and online education: a response to Bennett et al. (2017)
(Springer, 2020-11-20)This paper is in response to the article entitled The process of designing for learning: understanding university teachers design work (Bennett et al. in Educ Technol Res Dev 65(1):125 145, 2017). Design constitutes a ... -
Designing physics video hooks for science students
(IOP Publishing, 2015-12-17)This paper offers an insight into the design structure of physics video hooks that were developed by the Science Education Resource design team in the school of education (SOE) in National University of Ireland, Galway ... -
Developing critical thinking, justification and generalisation skills in mathematics through Socratic questioning
(The Journal of Teacher Action Research, 2019)This paper reports on an action research study which explored the impact of Socratic questioning on student learning in a second-level mathematics classroom in Ireland. While students engaged in a higher order mathematical ... -
Dialectical dividends: fostering hybridity of new pedagogical practices and partnerships in science education and outreach
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2016-10-02)Science literacy has become socially and economically very important. European countries stress that science graduates are fundamental for economic growth. Nevertheless, there is a declining student participation in science. ... -
Different worlds: The cadences of context, exploring the emotional terrain of school principals’ practice in schools in challenging circumstances
(SAGE Publications, 2017-08-23)The centrality of emotions in the personal and professional practice of school leaders is by now well established in scholarship. Much of the investigation that has been carried out over the years provides a strong basis ... -
Differentiated homework: Impact on student engagement
(Scholar Commons, University of South Florida, 2019)This paper describes a mixed methods practitioner research study that aimed to enhance student engagement with homework. Based on a comprehensive literature review and data from a pre-study questionnaire, a differentiated ...