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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 ... -
Rapid evidence assessment protocol for the meta-analysis of initiatives, interventions and programmes that target rural NEETs
(BMC, 2021-03-26)Background The dependency of rural economies on agricultural practices for survival has been in decline for a number of years, seriously threatening rural communities sustainability. It is now evident that attracting young ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Reimagining a framework for teachers’ continuous professional development during curriculum reform
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2023-09-04)Effective continued professional development (CPD) is critical in preparing teachers for implementing curricular changes. Utilising the professional design framework [Loucks-Horsley, S., Stiles, K. E., Mundry, S. E., Love, ... -
Report on public consultation on exemptions from the study of Irish in schools
(Department of Education and Skills, 2019-05)Public consultation on the future direction of policy on exemptions from the study of Irish in schools was undertaken in the context of recent changes in the arrangements for granting additional supports to children with ... -
Research informed teaching in a global pandemic: Opening up schools to research
(Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), 2020-06)In the last decade, teacher research has grown in importance across the three i s of the teacher education continuum: initial, induction and in-service. This has been brought into even starker relief with the global spread ... -
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 ... -
Review of evidence-based mentoring programmes for students with disabilities from 2010 to 2021
(Centre for Pedagogy and Public Engagement Research, School of Education, NUI Galway, 2022)International educational reports have shown an increase in the number of students with any disability enrolling in tertiary education. This increase is recognised in the rising number of public policies that aim to ... -
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]. ... -
Science outreach and science education in the primary level: Conceptual and pedagogical challenges faced
(Infonomics Society, 2012)To achieve economic growth, countries such as Ireland need to continue investing in scientific enterprise, which necessitates having more students choose and follow scientific careers. Current literature and policies point ... -
Science outreach and science education: The analysis of dilemmas faced to promote the creation of the third space
(hrčak, 2013)To achieve economical growth, countries such as Ireland need to continue to invest in scientific enterprise, which necessitates having more students choose and follow scientific careers. Current literature and policies ... -
Sexualities of initial teacher education applicants in the Republic of Ireland: Addressing the hidden dimension of diversity in teaching
(Taylor & Francis, 2017-11-08)While research and policy recommendations internationally have pointed to the need to diversify teaching populations with regard to ethnicity, social class background and, to a lesser extent, dis/ability, there is a paucity ... -
Sexualities, genders, bodies and sport: changing practices of inequity
(Oxford University Press Canada, 2007)No abstract available -
Shared reading practices between parents and young children with Down syndrome in Ireland
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2020-02-17)Shared reading, a key component of the home literacy environment, has well documented potential for the development of emergent literacy skills. This study explored shared reading interactions between parents and their ... -
Socio-demographic composition of primary initial teacher education entrants in Ireland
(Taylor & Francis, 2018-10-24)The homogeneity of the teaching profession is an international, as well as national, phenomenon. In an era of significant demographic change in schools and education policy development in Ireland and across Europe, the ... -
An straitéis litearthachta in iar-bhunscoileanna lán-Ghaeilge: Cad is ciall le litearthacht san earnáil seo agus cad iad na dúshláin?
(An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta, 2016-05-15)ACHOIMRE Aithnítear in An Straitéis Náisiúnta chun an Litearthacht agus an Uimhearthacht a Fheabhsú i measc Leanaí agus Daoine Óga 2011-20 (An Roinn Oideachais agus Scileanna, 2011:12) go bhfuil dúshláin ar leith “do ... -
A stratospheric mission – design of a conceptual framework to bring weather balloons and STEM into the classroom
(Frontiers Media, 2023-09-12)Integrated STEM education makes learning relevant and applicable, blending the mindset, skillset, and toolset necessary in developing a depth of understanding for science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Based on ... -
T-REX: the Teachers Research Exchange. Overcoming the research-practice gap in education
(Springer Verlag, 2020-03-14)This paper introduces the Teachers Research Exchange (T-REX), an online community of practice that is currently being deployed on a pilot basis nationwide in Ireland as a response to the research-practice gap . The system ...