McGarr, Oliver(Design Education Research Group, Loughborough Design School, 2011)
Senior Cycle Technology subjects in Irish post-primary schools have recently been updated. One subject, Technical Drawing, has been replaced with a new subject called Design and Communication Graphics (DCG). The new subject ...
When attempting to integrate any Information and Communications Technology (ICT) based resource into Post-Primary Schools (High Schools) many potential barriers must be considered. Importantly, many of these barriers revolve ...
McGarr, Oliver; Moody, Janet(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2010)
This study aimed to examine student teachers’ opinions of changes to reflective practice requirements during a five‐week teaching practice placement as part of a one‐year postgraduate initial teacher education programme. ...
McGarr, Oliver; Kearney, Gerry(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2009)
The focus of this study was to examine the leadership role as lived by teaching principals in a selection of small primary schools in the west of Ireland and in particular the implications ICT has for that role. The study ...
This literature review explores the historical development of ICT in Irish postprimary/
secondary schools and examines how the education system has responded to
the various ICT initiatives and policy changes. The review ...
McGarr, Oliver; Seery, Niall(Design and Technology Association, 2011)
Technology education in Irish post-primary schools is
undergoing significant change. In recent years the syllabi
of all technology-related subjects have been revised. A
new subject, Design and Communication Graphics, ...
McGarr, Oliver; O'Brien, J.(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2007)
The Schools IT2000 initiative, launched in 1997, was the first large-scale attempt to
integrate ICT into teaching and learning in the Irish education system. Prior to its
launch computer use in Irish schools was inhibited ...
Technology was introduced as a Leaving Certificate subject in 2007 after several
years of development and is now one of four senior cycle technology-based subjects
on the curriculum. To the outside observer, its introduction ...
This paper examines the possible influence of podcasting on the traditional lecture in higher education. The paper firstly explores some of the benefits and limitations of the lecture as one of the dominant forms of teaching ...
Mannix McNamara, Patricia(University of Limerick, 2010)
The quality of teaching that occurs within academic institutions has begun to feature
more frequently in recent academic discourse. However, the types of educative
relationships created with students features less ...