• Ultra-short race-pace training (USRPT) In swimming: current perspectives 

  Nugent, Frank J.; Comyns, Thomas M; Kearney, Philip; Warrington, Giles D (Dovepress Medical Press, 2019)

  The last decade has seen a dramatic rise in sports science research due to the ever-increasing professionalization of sport. As a result, many alternative training methodologies that challenge traditional training ...
• Peer-supported collaborative inquiry in teacher education: exploring the influence of peer discussions on pre-service teachers' levels of critical reflection 

  McGarr, Oliver; McCormack, Orla; Comerford, Jason (Taylor and Francis, 2019)

  Scaffolding pre-service teachers to critically reflect on their practice remains a challenging goal. Exploring the extent to which peer discussion facilitates this critical reflection is the focus of this paper. Using a ...
• Exploring pre-service teachers' future intentions to use technology through the use of comics 

  Gavaldon, Guillermina; McGarr, Oliver (Elsevier, 2019)

  Pre-service teachers' attitudes and future intentions to use digital technologies have been explored through both quantitative and qualitative studies. This study adopts an alternative approach through the use of student ...
• Where next for youth mental health services in Ireland? 

  McMahon, Jennifer; Ryan, F.; Cannon, M.; O'Brien, G.; O'Callaghan, M.; Flanagan, R.; O'Connor, K.; Chambers, D.; Byrne, S.; McGorry, P. (Cambridge University Press, 2018)

  To date, Ireland has been a leading light in the provision of youth mental health services. However, cognisant of the efforts of governmental and non-governmental agencies working in youth mental health, there is much to ...
• An investigation into the extent and derivation of mathematics anxiety among mature students in Ireland 

  Ryan, Dolores Maria (University of Limerick, 2019)

  An increasing number of students entering higher education undergraduate programmes in Ireland are required to take modules in mathematics, referred to as ‘service mathematics’ where mathematics is a component of study, ...
• Enhancing pre-service science teachers' understanding of how science works in society: the role of economics and entrepreneurship in nature and science 

  Kaya, Sila (University of Limerick, 2019)

  Recently, particular social aspects of nature of science (NOS), such as Economics of Science (EOS) and entrepreneurship in science, started to gain attention (Erduran and Dagher 2014a; Kaya et al. 2018b). Today’s young ...
• The dynamics of student success in higher education first year and beyond 

  Whelan-Ryan, Fiona (University of Limerick, 2019)

  Student success is a contested concept; difficult to define and important to explore. This thesis draws from literature which shows that student success is defined from a variety of perspectives, and that definitions are ...
• Teachers as overseas volunteer teacher educators: a case study of Global Schoolroom as a professional encounter 

  Liddy, Margaret (University of Limerick, 2015)

  The study sought to address how volunteer teacher educators translate their overseas experience into their understanding of global development and their professional knowledge and practice in the context of a professional ...
• Out-of-field mathematics teachers' beliefs and practices: an examination of change and tensions using zone theory 

  Lane, Ciara; Ní Ríordáin, Máire (Springer, 2019)

  .This paper describes an empirical study examining action research papers submitted by a group (n = 81) of out-of-field mathematics teachers as part of a professional development programme in Ireland. Utilising document ...
• Loss rates of honey bee colonies during winter 2017/18 in 36 countries participating in the COLOSS survey, including effects of forage sources 

  Gray, Alison; Brodschneider, Robert; Adjlane, Noureddine; Ballis, Alexis; Brusbardis, Valters; Charriere, Jean-Daniel; Chlebo, Robert; Coffey, Mary F.; Cornelissen, Bram; Costa, Cristina Amaro da; Csaki, Tamas; Dahle, Bjørn; Danihlık, Jirı; Drazic, Marica Maja; Evans, Garth; Fedoriak, Mariia; Forsythe, Ivan; Graaf, Dirk de; Gregorc, Ales; Johannesen, Jes; Kauko, Lassi; Kristiansen, Preben; Martikkala, Maritta; Martın-Hern andez, Raquel; Medina-Flores, Carlos Aurelio; Mutinelli, Franco; Patalano, Solenn; Petrov, Plamen; Raudmets,Aivar; Ryzhikov, Vladimir A.; Simon-Delso, Noa; Stevanovic Jevrosima; Topolska Grazyna; Uzunov Aleksandar; Marion Vejsnaes Flemming; Williams Anthony; Zammit-Mangion Marion; Soroker Victoria (Taylor & Francis, 2019)

  his short article presents loss rates of honey bee colonies over winter 2017/18 from 36 countries, including 33 in Europe, from data collected using the standardized COLOSS questionnaire. The 25,363 beekeepers supplying ...
• Educational studies in mathematics:shaping the field 

  Goos, Merrilyn (Springer, 2019)

  This chapter provides a description of the distinctive features of Educational Studies in Mathematics, a major journal in mathematics education, together with information and advice on manuscript submission, reviewing ...
• Exploring the evolution of educational technology policy in Ireland: from catching-up to pedagogical maturity 

  McGarr, Oliver; Johnston Keith (SAGE Publications, 2019)

  Many countries have launched national educational technology policies in the past number of decades aimed at increasing technology integration in schools. This article analyses educational technology policy in Ireland from ...
• Recycled teacher memories and upcycled teacher memories: categorising pre-service teachers' recollections of past teachers 

  McGarr, Oliver; Gavaldon, Guillermina (Taylor and Francis, 2019)

  The ‘learner biography’ is commonly used in teacher education to assist in the unpacking of schooling experiences. Although past teachers are often central in these memories, the educational benefit of these recollections ...
• How do we prepare teachers as global educators and balance national accreditation requirements with global challenges? 

  McGarr, Oliver (Bloomsbury Academic, 2019)

  Teacher education in Ireland has undergone significant changes in the past decade and is now regulated by an independent statutory body, the Teaching Council of Ireland (O’Donoghue, Harford and O’Doherty, 2017). This body ...
• Computers and curriculum - difficulties and dichotomies. 

  O'Doherty, Teresa; Gleeson, Jim; Moody, Janet; Johnston, Keith T.; McGarr, Oliver (NCCA: National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, 2004)

  Report commissioned by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment.
• Digital competence in teacher education 

  McGarr, Oliver; McDonagh, Adrian (University of Limerick, 2019)

  This review of literature, examining digital competence (DC) in teacher education, forms part of an Erasmus+ funded project, ‘Digital Competence in Teacher Education’ (DiCTE). The project is led by Oslo Metropolitan ...
• The perceptions of Irish mathematics teachers toward a curriculum reform 5 years after its implementation 

  Johnson, Patrick; Freemyer, James Vincent; Fitzmaurice, Olivia (Frontiers Media, 2019)

  In Ireland the discussion about the educational goals of a curriculum have often been subsumed by the headlong rush to meet targets defined by state examinations, with the unfortunate consequence that the state examinations ...
• Comparing the dialogue of experts and novices in interdisciplinary teams to inform design education 

  Kiernan, Louise; Ledwith, Ann; Lynch, Raymond (Springer, 2019)

  Design education has moved towards a collaborative practice where designers work in teams and with other disciplines to solve unstructured problems. Along with the cognitive skills involved in the execution of the design ...
• 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 ...
• Towards a psychosocial theory of ageing with lifelong intellectual disability 

  Dukes, Eileen (University of Limerick, 2018)

  Background: In the context of ageing populations in the western world, people with lifelong disability are among the fastest growing groups of older people. The largest sub-group of these are older people with intellectual ...

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