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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 ... -
Introduction to the special issue on computer science education
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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 ... -
An investigation of emergency virtual observation (EVO) in initial teacher education, in Australia and Ireland during the COVID-19 pandemic
(Routledge, 2021-04-27)When the World Health Organisation declared the novel Coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic, a change occurred across all levels of the educational landscape. It posed specific challenges in the context of initial teacher ... -
Is it feasible to use a humanoid robot to promote hand hygiene adherence in a hospital setting?
(Elsevier, 2021-11-18)Healthcare associated infections (HCAI) are a prevalent preventable cause of morbidity and mortality. Improving hand hygiene adherence is important for HCAI prevention. In this feasibility study, the objective was to ... -
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 ... -
Low-code and no-code in secondary education—Empowering teachers to embed citizen development in schools
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2023-09-20)Citizen Development (CD) is a method of delivering low-code no-code (LCNC) development that empowers subject matter experts to design, develop, and deploy applications into production as though they were full-on, experienced ... -
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 ... -
MADRA the digital St Bernard dog: a proof-of-concept simulation of a quadruped robot first responder
(Adi Health + Wellness, 2024-02-23)Medical emergency calls can occur at any time and place, especially high-risk rescue operation emergencies in challenging environments such as difficult topography and remote locations. The friendly canines have been a ... -
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] -
Mobile learning to support computational thinking in initial teacher education: A case study
(IGI Global, 2021)Research on the role of mobile learning in computational thinking is limited, and even more so in its use in initial teacher education. Aligned to this there is a need to consider how to introduce and expose pre-service ...