• Reflection-on-action in qualitative research: a critical self-appraisal rubric for deconstructing research 

  Stynes, Martin; Murphy, Timothy; McNamara, Gerry; O'Hara, Joe (Western Australian Institutes for Educational Research, 2018)

  In this paper, four critical friends meet to discuss qualitative research practices. Together they put one of their own case studies under the knife and deconstruct it to investigate the possibilities that knowledge work ...
• National newspaper-reporting on state examinations: an historical exposition of the exceptional case of the Irish Leaving Certificate 

  O'Donoghue, Tom; Gleeson, Jim; McCormack, Orla (Queens University, Canada, 2017)

  During a post-independence phase (1922-mid-sixties), Irish secondary schooling was characterised by low participation rates, elitism, and careerist perceptions of students. Phase two (1967-mid 1980s) saw participation rates ...
• The impact of a community of practice on physical education teachers' practices, understandings and beliefs 

  Clonan, Marie Therese (University of Limerick, 2017)

  Research on teacher continuing professional development focuses on how it can contribute to teacher and pupil learning (Teaching Council 2016). Teachers are envisioned as reflective practitioners and members of school based ...
• A study of the guidance counselling needs of adults with dyslexia within the Irish adult educational guidance service 

  Elftorp, Petra Emilia (University of Limerick, 2017)

  Guidance counselling is identified in policy discourse as an important supporting structure for adults who experience social injustice and barriers in their education and career progression (OECD 2004; SOLAS 2014). To date, ...
• Case study research on a whole school approach to guidance counselling in the voluntary school sector 

  Hearne, Lucy; King, Paul; Geary, Tom; Kenny, Neil (National Centre for Guidance in Education, 2017)

  This article will provide a synopsis of the key findings of a case study research project carried out by the University of Limerick and Dublin City University. The project was funded by the Irish Research Council ...
• Longitudinal tracking of academic progress during teacher preparation 

  Corcoran, Roisin P.; O'Flaherty, Joanne (John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Psychological Society, 2017)

  Background. Given that the ultimate academic goal of many education systems in the developed world is for students to graduate from college, grades have a considerable bearing on how effective colleges are in meeting ...
• Developing a recovery college: a preliminary exercise in establishing regional readiness and community needs 

  Kelly, Joy; Gallagher, Stephen; McMahon, Jennifer (Taylor and Francis, 2016)

  Background: Recovery orientated intervention has experienced a paradigm shift towards stakeholder training and education within recovery colleges. Such colleges are typicallyunderpinned by a culture of emancipatory education ...
• Agendas, influences, and capability: perspectives on practice in design and technology education 

  Doyle, Andrew; Seery, Niall; Canty, Donal; Buckley, Jeffrey (Springer, 2017)

  A philosophical shift in policy now situates the development of technological capability as the focus of Irish technology education. Internationally, the effectiveness of curricular reform in the discipline has previously ...
• Curriculum design: A gestalt approach to the pedagogy of entrepreneurship education with postgraduate student teachers in an Irish university 

  Slattery, Gerard M.; Danaher, Morgan P. (Universidad de Granada, 2015)

  Significant evidence exists attributing the importance of entrepreneurship education (EE) to national competitive advantage (Henry and Treanor, 2012; Porter, 2011; Porter and Kramer, 2011; Carree and Thurik, 2010). Student ...
• Opportunities for entrepreneurship education in an era of curriculum change in Ireland: the case of an innovative Irish second level school 

  Danaher, Morgan P.; Slattery, Gerard M. (Universidad de Granada, 2015)

  The research paper highlights a robust model of a pilot Entrepreneurship Education (EE) programme for the new junior cycle curriculum, capable of extended implementation across all years of second level education. The ...
• Restricted reproductive rights and risky sexual behaviour: how political disenfranchisement relates to women’s sense of control, well-being and sexual health 

  Msetfi, Rachel M.; Jay, Sarah; O'Donnell, Aisling T.; Kearns, Michelle; Kinsella, Elaine Louise; McMahon, Jennifer; Muldoon, Orla T.; Naughton, Catherine M.; Creaven, Ann-Marie (SAGE Publications, 2017)

  Few studies have investigated the role of disenfranchisement and denial of agency in women’s sexual health. To address this, a cross-sectional study of disenfranchisement, control (general and reproductive control) and ...
• Illusions of specificity in power-laden clinical performance assessment. 

  O'Connor, Anne; McCurtin, Arlene; Cantillon, Peter; McGarr, Oliver (Taylor and Francis, 2017)

  The practice of observation-based assessment is synonymous with clinical performance assessment methods employed on many academic programmes which lead to health professional qualifications. Typically health professional ...
• Academic resilience and buoyancy in second-level schools: understanding and supporting student success 

  Comerford, Jason (University of Limerick, 2017)

  Despite the reduction in early-school leaving rates in Ireland beginning at the end of the last decade at the onset of the economic recession, there remain persistent social class differences in educational attainment and ...
• Core entrepreneurial competencies and their interdependencies: insights from a study of Irish and Iranian entrepreneurs, university students and academics 

  Rezaei-Zadeh, Morteza; Hogan, Michael; O'Reilly, John; Cunningham, James; Murphy, Eamonn (Springer, 2016)

  The purpose of this paper is to advance our understanding of core entrepreneurial competencies and their interdependencies. Developing entrepreneurial competencies is increasingly seen as important to foster entrepreneurship. ...
• Parent-mediated interventions to promote communication and language development in children with Down syndrome aged between birth and six years 

  O'Toole, Ciara; Lee, Alice S.Y; Gibbon, Fiona E; van Bysterveldt, Anne K; Conway, Paul F; Hart, Nicola J (Cochraine Collaboration, 2016)

  This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows: To systematically assess the evidence for parent-mediated interventions aimed at improving communication and language development ...
• "I chose to become a teacher because". Exploring the factors influencing teaching choice amongst pre-service teachers in Ireland 

  Hennessy, Jennifer; Lynch, Raymond (Taylor and Francis, 2017)

  This study investigated the suitability of the FIT-Choice scale for use within an Irish Initial Teacher Education setting with a cohort of first year pre-service teachers (n=143), from across five different subject ...
• An evaluation of the WAVE academy approach to reducing post traumatic stress disorder 

  Corcoran, Roisin P.; O'Flaherty, Joanne; Morrissey, Laura; Ross, Steven M; Cheung, Alan C.K (Center for Promoting Ideas, 2016)

  The Wave Academy is a non-profit organization dedicated to communicating the physical and mental benefits of warm water therapy, and increasing the circle of individuals and communities that benefit from this therapy. ...
• Integrating design heuristics into your classroom 

  Leahy, Keelin; Yilmaz, Seda; Seifert, Colleen; Daly, Shanna R (American Society for Enginering Education, 2016)

  While successful concept generation is essential for innovative solutions, engineering students often receive limited instruction about how to accomplish it. Design Heuristics have been shown to facilitate concept generation ...
• Crossing the individual / group divide; brainsketching in education 

  Leahy, Keelin; Mannix McNamara, Patricia (American Society for Engineering Education, 2016)

  The concept of group brainstorming for idea generation is widely used in business settings; in Ireland it remains underutilised as a pedagogical tool. This study investigated the potential use of individual creative ...
• Educational innovation and change in the teaching and learning of science in the contemporary Irish school and classroom 

  Power, Sancha Anne (University of Limerick, 2012)

  This research study is focused primarily on educational innovation and change in the Irish lower secondary science classroom. The overall goal of the research was to encompass three domains through the development of a ...

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