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Becoming a teacher: students’ experiences and perceptions

Coady, Lisa (University of Limerick, Department of Education & Professional Studies, 2010)

This research is focused on teacher education students in initial, concurrent teacher education programmes at the University of Limerick (UL). This longitudinal study tracks two cohorts of student teachers from Year Two ...
Being special: intellectual disability, stigma and special schools

O'Byrne, Clara (University of Limerick, 2019)

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Beyond the tissue: the relationship between structure, function, and pain in Achilles tendinopathy

McAuliffe, Seán (University of Limerick, 2017)

Introduction: Achilles tendinopathy (AT) is a highly prevalent, disabling and oftenpersistent musculoskeletal complaint, commonly affecting athletic and non-athletic populations. To date, attempts to explain the ...
The biomechanical specificity of running drills to sprint performance

Whelan, Niamh (University of Limerick, 2017)

Drills are considered important in the coaching of correct sprinting technique as they establish the optimal movement and coordination patterns of sprinting. However, there limited of research on the kinematics and muscle ...
Boredom and its psychological consequences : a meaning-regulation approach.

van Tilburg, Wijnand A.P. (University of Limerick, 2011)

This thesis by publication documents the results of a three year PhD research project investigating boredom. Even though boredom is a common experience that has been suggested to hold major implications for life and ...
Building resilience, building the future: evaluating a school-based resilience building programme for second year students

Quinn, Paul (University of Limerick, 2019)

Background: Worldwide, suicide among adolescents is considered a significant public health concern. One key suicide prevention strategy has been the increased implementation of school-based programmes aiming to reduce risk ...
'Carving a new order of experience' with young people in physical education: participatory action research as a pedagogy of possibility

Enright, Eimear (University of Limerick, Department of Physical Education & Sports Science, 2010)

The purpose of this study was to work with a group of disengaged teenage girls to understand and help them transform their self-identified barriers to their physical education engagement and physical activity participation. ...
The cellular and molecular consequences of maternal immune activation on the cytoarchitecture of the developing spinal cord

Anderson, Rebecca C. (University of Limerick, 2020)

Epidemiological studies have suggested that maternal immune activation (MIA) during gestation is a risk factor for the development of neuropsychiatric and neurological disorders. These epidemiological studies have indicated ...
Changing physical activity behaviour among people with multiple sclerosis

Casey, Bláthín (University of Limerick, 2018)

Increasing physical activity (PA) through exercise is associated with improvements in many of the symptoms associated with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) such as fatigue, strength, balance and mobility. Despite this, people ...
Changing the client lens: giving voice and meaning to mental health clinicians’ experience of trauma informed relational care training

Hurley, Paula (University of Limerick, 2019)

Introduction: Existing research on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) confirms that ACEs are endemic in the lives of many of the people who attend and use mental health services. Although the trauma caused by ACEs is ...
Child exposure to domestic violence, social factors and wellbeing in young people

Naughton, Catherine M. (University of Limerick, 2017)

Domestic violence (DV) is a pervasive worldwide problem. Growing up in a home affected by DV has been established as a complex trauma (Marigold, 2011) and as such may have negative consequences for children’s cognitive, ...
Classed identities in adolescence

Jay, Sarah (University of Limerick, 2015)

The central argument of this thesis is that social class remains a persistent system of inequality in education, health, life chances and opportunities. Therefore class matters. But why is it that so little attention has ...
Coach education, coaching behaviours and the implications for athlete and coach development

Sherwin, Ian A. (University of Limerick, 2017)

The research investigates coach education, how this education and learning is applied in practice and athlete perception of coaching behaviours. A mixed methods approach was used throughout the research which initially ...
Coaching pedagogy in inter-county Gaelic football

Kinnerk, Paul (University of Limerick, 2020)

This programme of research had two aims which organised the research into two distinct phases. Phase one explored the coaching pedagogy being applied by coaches in the sport of Gaelic football at inter-county level. Informed ...
A community approach to suicide and mental ill-health : the role of stigma, help-seeking and group identification

Kearns, Michelle (University of Limerick, 2017)

Our lives, and the events that punctuate them, do not play out within a vacuum. Rather, we are all part of an intrinsically connected network of people that cumulatively influence our thoughts, feelings and behaviours. ...
Community participation in action: involving communities in primary care teams

Tierney, Edel (University of Limerick, 2019)

Background: The concept of involving communities in healthcare planning is enshrined in health policy across international settings. There is evidence of community participation impacting positively on health services. ...
A critical analysis of two popular field-based movement screens

Everard, Eoin M. (University of Limerick, 2019)

The Functional Movement Screen (FMS) and the Landing Error Scoring System (LESS) are two of the most commonly used field-based movement screens in the practical setting. The FMS is a series of seven tests that examine ...
A critical examination of talent development systems in high performance sport

Algar, Lynne (University of Limerick, 2015)

Talent development (TD) in high performance sport is a complex process of interacting genetic and experiential factors (Farrow, Baker, & MacMahon, 2013). In current practice, there appears to be a considerable gap between ...
The cross-culture analysis of the engineering profession and its interaction with gender: a case study with Aer Lingus and Air Europa

Garcia, Noema (University of Limerick, 2018)

This study focused on the culture of the engineering profession and the associated processes of enculturation, highlighting the gender interaction. This culture can either militate against or advance the representation ...
Defining possibilities for learning: the learning trajectories of Irish physical education cooperating teachers

Young, Ann-Marie (University of Limerick, 2012)

Effective school-university partnerships can enhance a pre-service teachers’ (PST) experience and encourage experienced teachers to become cooperating teachers (CT). International literature alludes to the lack of ...

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