• Any advice? Lessons learned by mathematics lecturers for emergency remote teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic 

  Ní Fhloinn, Eabhnat; Fitzmaurice, Olivia (Taylor & Francis, 2021)

  The COVID-19 pandemic meant a move to emergency remote teaching for many university students around March 2020. Two months later, we undertook an online survey to ascertain experiences of university mathematics lecturers. ...
• Teacher professional learning: a holistic and cultural endeavour imbued with transformative possibility 

  Mooney Simmie, Geraldine (Routledge Taylor & Francis, 2021)

  In this article, I conduct a critical scrutiny of how best to frame Teacher Professional Learning (TPL) in a time of uncertainty, to what extent, contemporary mainstream literature provides a complete description of ...
• How and why? technology and practices used by university mathematics lecturers for emergency remote teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic 

  Ní Fhloinn, Eabhnat; Fitzmaurice, Olivia (Oxford University Press, 2021)

  The COVID-19 pandemic led to closures of university campuses around the world from March 2020 onwards. With little or no time for preparation, lecturers turned to emergency remote teaching to continue to educate their ...
• Design education for sustainability: identifying opportunities in Ireland’s second level education system 

  Conway, Beineán; Leahy, Keelin; McMahon, Muireann (MDPI, 2021)

  Design Education for Sustainability has the potential to accelerate and encourage education that contributes to the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. (1) Arguably the potential of Design Education for Sustainability ...
• Effectiveness of interventions to prevent falls for people with multiple sclerosis, parkinson’s disease and stroke: an umbrella review 

  O'Malley, Nicola; Clifford, Amanda M.; Conneely, Mairéad; Casey, Bláthín; Coote, Susan (BMC, 2021)

  Background: The implementation of condition-specific falls prevention interventions is proving challenging due to lack of critical mass and resources. Given the similarities in falls risk factors across stroke, Parkinson’s ...
• Challenges and opportunities: experiences of mathematics lecturers engaged in emergency remote Teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic 

  Ní Fhloinn, Eabhnat; Fitzmaurice, Olivia (MDPI, 2021)

  In this paper, we consider the experiences of mathematics lecturers in higher education and how they moved to emergency remote teaching during the initial university closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic. An online survey ...
• Irish pre-service mathematics teachers' knowledge of curriculum-aligned content 

  Ní Ríordáin, Máire; Ní Shúilleabháin, Aoibhinn; Prendergast, Mark; Johnson, Patrick (Taylor and Francis, 2021)

  his study critically examines the mathematics knowledge of pre-service post primary mathematics teachers (N = 85) on commencing their Professional Master of Education (Level 9) initial teacher education (ITE) programme ...
• Engineering education quality assurance processes – an exploration of the alignment or combination of the programmatic review and accreditation processes for engineering education programmes in Ireland 

  Kyne, Maria Raymund (University of Limerick, 2021)

  All programmes of study in Institutes of Technology in Ireland are subjected to internal programmatic review in five yearly cycles to ensure that the education programmes meet the quality assurance standards and are ...
• Impact of a national professional development programme for out-of-field teachers of mathematics in Ireland 

  Goos, Merrilyn; Ní Ríordáin, Máire; Faulkner, Fiona; Lane, Ciara (Routledge Taylor & Francis, 2021)

  Out-of-field teaching refers to the practice of assigning teachers to teach subjects that do not match their training or education. This paper reports on a study evaluating the impact of a national professional development ...
• Validation of the mathematics motivation questionnaire (MMQ) for secondary school students 

  Fiorella, Logan; Yoon Yoon, So; Atit, Kinnari; Power, Jason Richard; Panther, Grace; Sorby, Sheryl; Utta, David H.; Veurink, Norma (Springer Open, 2021)

  Background: Motivation is critical for supporting persistence and achievement in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. In this study, we focus on the assessment of mathematics motivation ...
• Ethnic differences in prevalence of actionable HbA1c levels in UK biobank: implications for screening 

  Anderson, Jana J.; Welsh, Paul; Ho, Frederick K; Ferguson, Lyn D; Welsh, Claire E; Pellicori, Pierpaolo; Cleland, John G F; Forbes, John F.; Iliodromiti, Stamatina; Boyle, James; Lindsay, Robert; Celis-Morales, Carlos; Gray, Stuart Robert; Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal; Gill, Jason Martin Regnald; Pell, Jill P.; Sattar, Naveed (BMJ Open, 2021)

  Introduction Early detection and treatment of diabetes as well as its prevention help lessen longer-term complications. We determined the prevalence of pre-diabetes and undiagnosed diabetes in the UK Biobank and ...
• Trans and gender diverse youth resisting cisnormativity in school 

  McBride, Ruari-Santiago; Neary, Aoife (2021)

  In this article, we demonstrate how the theory of vulnerability-in-resistance is manifest in the school experiences of trans youth in Ireland. Despite rapidly changing cultural attitudes towards gender and sexuality diversity ...
• The effect of serum starvation on tight junctional proteins and barrier formation in Caco-2 cells 

  Ross, Aisling M.; Walsh, Darragh R.; Cahalane, Rachel M.; Marcar, Lynnette; Mulvihill, John J.E. (Elsevier, 2021)

  Assessing the ability of pharmaceutics to cross biological barriers and reach the site-of-action requires faithful representation of these barriers in vitro. Difficulties have arisen in replicating in vivo resistance in ...
• Bridging the gap: blending spatial skills instruction into a technology teacher preparation programme 

  Lane, Diarmaid; Sorby, Sheryl (Springer, 2021)

  In recent years, there has been a surge in research in spatial thinking across the international community. We now know that spatial skills are malleable and that they are linked to success across multiple disciplines, ...
• Using comics as a tool to facilitate critical reflective practice in professional education 

  McGarr, Oliver; Gavaldon, Guillermina; Sáez de Adana Herrero, Francisco Manuel (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2021)

  This paper reports on the use of comics to help facilitate reflection on one’s past as part of an early childhood education degree programme in Spain. It is common in professional education programmes in the health and ...
• The dark side of school culture 

  Mannix-McNamara, Patricia; Hickey, Niamh; MacCurtain, Sarah; Blom, Nicolaas (MDPI, 2021)

  The extant literature evidences the link between incivility and workplace culture. Both have a symbiotic relationship whereby a change in one influences the other. When workplace cultures develop dysfunctional values and ...
• What about the gatekeepers? School principals’ and school guidance counsellors’ attitudes towards computer science in secondary schools 

  McGarr, Oliver; Exton, Chris; Power, Julie; McInerney, Clare (Routledge Taylor & Francis, 2021)

  Background and Context: School principals and school guidance counsellors can be very influential in deciding what subjects are offered on the curriculum, how they are promoted and who they are targeted to. For that ...
• "I think it was just the fear in case I wasn't accepted" - Exploring peer mentoring for first year students in higher education 

  Keane, Laura (University of Limerick, 2021)

  A large body of research spanning more than five decades has highlighted the complex and multi-faceted nature of student retention. This study aims to address the imbalance between the predominance of system-driven and ...
• Decoding the journey: an in-depth analysis of the frontline impacts of the introduction of the short course in coding: a case study of two Irish schools 

  Fleming, Una (University of Limerick, 2021)

  Computer Science Education (CSE) has risen in popularity around the world, with advances in both the quantity and content of CSE programmes. These changes have been emulated in the Republic of Ireland (ROI), where CSE, ...
• Exploring perceptions, tensions and possibilities of an integrated approach to quality assurance in higher education: a case study in an institute of technology in Ireland 

  Twomey, Terry (University of Limerick, 2021)

  National rhetoric speaks of Higher Education institutions as powerhouses of knowledge and innovation and staff are hailed as one of their greatest assets. Engaging the commitment and innovation of staff is the stated ...

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