The 1980s witnessed an unparalled review, analysis, and critique of the quality of education and schooling in the United States. Criticism that has emanated from the wide range of reports and research studies was directed ...

From October to December 2005, six biology associates were employed to progress the connection between curriculum implementation and the continuing professional development of teachers at regional level. The associates ...

The lack of uptake of science subjects in Post-Primary Schools (Secondary/High Schools) and on to university is a continuous cause for concern, both nationally and internationally. In the Strategy for Science, Technology ...

There is strong agreement that teachers are central to curriculum planning and development as it is teachers who ultimately decide whether or not, or to what extent, to implement innovations. By applying Basil Bernstein’s ...

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 ...

In this article, we were interested in how young people learn to play games within a tactical games model (TGM) approach (Griffin, Oslin, & Mitchell, 1997) in terms of the physical-perceptual and social-interactive ...

The purposeful use of time has the potential to maintain health and enhance well-being. Job loss dramatically disrupts temporal pattern and routines of daily life. Currently 14.4% of the Irish population are unemployed. ...

Background: Documenting history in health care practice such as occupational therapy has become increasingly important to highlight the philosophical foundations of the profession. Much is known about pioneering occupational ...

Previous studies suggest that many healthcare professionals have stigmatising and discriminatory attitudes which negatively affect the well-being of clients. While education is essential in reducing these attitudes, ...

Background: Previous studies have highlighted the resistance of receptive language impairment (RLI) to intervention. This is especially evident where interventions aim to treat oral comprehension deficits in children in ...