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'Frictional' relationships tension in the camp: focusing on the relational in under-represented students' experiences in higher education
(2009)Drawing upon data collected as part of a research project exploring diversity in Irish higher education, this article focuses on the relational realm of under-represented students¿ experiences. It commences with a brief ... -
From iTE to NQT: Evaluating newly qualified teachers use of mobile technology in their first two years of teaching
(IGI Global, 2018-04)This article outlines a study to examine if newly qualified teachers (NQTs) who had incorporated iPad within pedagogical practice during initial teacher education, continued to do so in their first two years of teaching, ... -
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 ... -
Getting hooked on physics!
(AIP Publishing, 2016-12)A number of papers in this journal have dealt with the idea of using hooks in physics instruction. A hook, as the name suggests, engages students in learning by triggering their attention and interest. Hooks can be any ... -
Handbook of second level educational research: Breaking the S.E.A.L. Student engagement with archives for learning
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Hooked on science
(EIROforum, 2017-03-27)In this article, Martin McHugh and Veronica McCauley present a modern and interesting way to get students more engaged during lessons. They describe a detailed procedure that can be followed by any teacher or adapted to ... -
‘I will do it but religion is a very personal thing’: teacher education applicants’ attitudes towards teaching religion in Ireland
(Taylor & Francis, 2018-01-15)There has been extensive research internationally describing teachers homogenous socio-demographic backgrounds and critiquing the associated equity and diversity issues, most especially with regard to ethnicity and gender, ... -
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 ... -
iTE: student teachers using iPad on a second level initial teacher education programme
(IGI Global, 2016-04)Research on the use of iPad in initial teacher education is limited. This paper outlines a study to examine how the professional learning and pedagogical knowledge development of student teachers could be supported following ... -
Lay theories regarding computer-mediated communication in remote collaboration
(International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE), 2017)Computer-mediated communication and remote collaboration has become an unexceptional norm as an educational modality for distance and open education, therefore the need to research and analyze students' online learning ... -
The Lucent Science Teacher Initiative (LSTI): A mentoring project for trainee teachers of second level science
(2004)This paper describes an innovative project in the University of Limerick for trainee science teachers in Irish second-level schools. This three-year project has received funding from Lucent Technologies Foundation K-16 ... -
Making the invisible visible: disciplinary literacy in secondary school classrooms
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2014-01-02)In Ireland, policy on literacy now aims to expand the role that post-primary teachers of all subjects have in developing students' literacy skills. This paper draws on data from a wider research study carried out in secondary ... -
Masculinities and femininities and secondary schooling: the case for a gender analysis in the postmodern condition
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Micro and macro pedagogy for science education
(Irish Science Teachers' Association, 2015-11)[No abstract available] -
Performance anxiety in academia: Tensions within research assessment exercises in an age of austerity
(SAGE Publications, 2016-08-24)The current recessionary economic climate in Ireland has (re-)awakened a neoliberal agenda that is changing the dynamic of what is being valued within research assessment exercises, specifically across Arts, Humanities and ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Retention initiatives for ICT based courses
(IEEE, 2005-10-19)Unlike our European neighbours, Ireland failed to develop its educational system in the immediate postwar years and it was only in 1967 that second-level education was provided free to all citizens. Since 1970, the educational ... -
A review of science outreach strategies north and south: with some recommendations for improvement
(Centre for Cross Border Studies, 2008-10)No abstract available -
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]. ...