Browsing School of Education (Scholarly Articles) by Author "Keane, Elaine"
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Dependence-Deconstruction: Widening Participation and Traditional-Entry Students Transitioning from School to Higher Education in Ireland
Keane, Elaine (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 ... -
Distancing to self-protect: The perpetuation of inequality in higher education through socio-relational dis/engagement
Keane, Elaine (2011)This paper explores the social class-differentiated behaviours of access and traditional-entry students, based on a three-year constructivist grounded theory study with 45 undergraduates at an Irish university. The participant ... -
'Frictional' relationships tension in the camp: focusing on the relational in under-represented students' experiences in higher education
Keane, Elaine (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 ... -
‘I will do it but religion is a very personal thing’: teacher education applicants’ attitudes towards teaching religion in Ireland
Heinz, Manuela; Davison, Kevin; Keane, Elaine (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, ... -
Sexualities of initial teacher education applicants in the Republic of Ireland: Addressing the hidden dimension of diversity in teaching
Heinz, Manuela; Keane, Elaine; Davison, Kevin (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 ... -
Socio-demographic composition of primary initial teacher education entrants in Ireland
Heinz, Manuela; Keane, Elaine (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 ... -
‘Working-class’ student teachers: Not being encouraged at school and impact on motivation to become a teacher
Keane, Elaine; Heinz, Manuela; Lynch, Andrea (The Graduate School of Education, The University of Western Australia, 2018)Diversifying Ireland’s relatively homogeneous teaching population has been a policy concern for over a decade in the context of the rapid transformation of Irish society and schooling. This paper draws on the Access to ...