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A guide to writing historical research essays for second level students
(NUI Galway, 2021-02-09)This guide seeks to support student and teacher efforts toward successful completion of the Research Study Report component of the senior cycle, Leaving Certificate (History). -
Handbook of second level educational research: Breaking the S.E.A.L. Student engagement with archives for learning
(NUI Galway, 2017-07)[No abstract available] -
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, ... -
Identity matters? ‘Working class’ student teachers in Ireland, the desire to be a relatable and inclusive teacher, and sharing the classed self
(Routledge, 2020-12-03)This paper is about social class and initial teacher education, specifically the perspectives and experiences of those from lower socio-economic groups in an initial teacher education programme in Ireland. It draws on a ... -
Initial teacher education in Ireland: Structure, policy developments and implications for practice
(Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), 2014)This paper aims to provide an overview of recent policy developments in Initial Teacher Education in Ireland, their impact on practices and challenges for ITE providers and schools. It will outline and discuss recruitment ... -
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 ... -
Interrogating dilemmas in the primary level science classrooms in Ireland: Outreach and education
(NUI GalwayInfonomics Society, 2012-04-16)In this day and age, science has become economically very important. The European Union (EU) and different EU countries, such as Ireland, stress that science and technology graduates are fundamental for economical ... -
Investigating the effect of scientist demonstrators on primary children's science self-efficacy
(International Conference New perspectives in Science Education, Edition 7, 2018-03-22)Emergent in the literature is the need to increase levels of student engagement in science, with informal science education (ISE) playing a fundamental role. Whilst children find science to be interesting and important ... -
Investigating the use of innovative mobile pedagogies for school-aged students: A systematic literature review
(Elsevier, 2019-04-24)The empirical evidence surrounding innovative technology-enhanced-learning practices in K-12 education is at best patchy. This study seeks to address this problem by investigating innovative mobile learning pedagogies for ... -
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 ... -
Leading change in teacher education: Balancing on the wobbly bridge of school-university partnership
(Eurasian Society of Educational Research, 2019-10-15)Initial teacher education (ITE) programmes have been critiqued widely for failing to connect educational theory with everyday practices in schools. More meaningful collaborations between schools and teacher education ... -
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 ... -
Manual for the classification of intervention best-practices with rural NEETs
(COST CA18213, 2020-12)This manual deals with developing a methodology to assess best practices among interventions that specifically address rural NEETs, who are accepted as the most vulnerable and socially excluded segment of young citizens. ... -
Mapping the landscape: Peer review in computing education research.
(Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2020-06-17)Peer review is a mainstay of academic publication indeed, it is the peer-review process that provides much of the publications credibility. As the number of computing education conferences and the number of submissions ... -
Masculinities and femininities and secondary schooling: the case for a gender analysis in the postmodern condition
(Sage, 2006)No abstract available -
Micro and macro pedagogy for science education
(Irish Science Teachers' Association, 2015-11)[No abstract available] -
Mobilising teacher education in Ireland: The MiTE ecosystem for learning by design
(Bloomsbury Academic, 2020-06-11)This chapter outlines an innovative and emergent multilevel initiative in the School of Education, National University of Ireland, Galway, focused on infrastructuring educational transformation in teacher education through ...