• Exploring homophobia and transphobia in primary schools in Ireland 

  Neary, Aoife; Irwin-Gowran, Sandra; McEvoy, Eileen (University of Limerick and Gay and Lesbian Equality Network, 2017)

  In 2013, the Department of Education and Skills Anti-Bullying Procedures for Primary and Post-Primary Schools were issued, requiring all primary and secondlevel schools to include homophobia and transphobia in their ...
• Evaluating a guidance counsellor education programme: the methodological complexities 

  Liston, Jennifer; Geary, Tom (Elsevier, 2014)

  The focus of this paper is on the methodological considerations of a PhD study which evaluated a guidance counsellor education programme, offered by a University in Ireland. The programme is offered as a two-year part-time ...
• Clinical performance assessment tools in physiotherapy practice education; a systematic review 

  O'Connor, Anne; McGarr, Oliver; Cantillon, Peter; McCurtin, Arlene; Clifford, Amanda M (Elsevier, 2017)

  Background: Clinical performance assessment tools (CPATs) used in physiotherapy practice education need to be psychometrically sound and appropriate for use in all clinical settings in order to provide an accurate ...
• An examination of health promoting schools in Ireland 

  Moynihan, Sharon; Jourdan, Didier; Mannix McNamara, Patricia (Emerald Group Publishing Limited.,, 2016)

  Purpose: This paper reports the results of a national survey that examined the extent of implementation of health promoting schools (HPS) in Ireland. Design/methodology/approach: A quantitative research design was adopted. ...
• Exploring the theory-practice gap in initial teacher education: moving beyond questions of relevance to issues of power and authority 

  McGarr, Oliver; O'Grady, Eammanuel; Guilfoyle, Liam (Taylor and Francis, 2017)

  The theory-practice divide in teacher education can be viewed not simply as an acceptance of a body of knowledge but instead an acceptance of the teacher educator s authority to determine what is relevant ...
• Supporting discourse using technology-mediated communication: a model for enhancing practice in second level education 

  O'Connor, Adrian (Uiversityof Limerick, 2016)

  Despite the pervasiveness of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in our daily lives, such technology has not been as widely adopted in formal education. When ICT is used within the classroom, its impact on pupil ...
• In search of élan vital: a Gestalt exploration of the role of self-regulation in mastering work related stress – an autoethnographic study using directed content analysis 

  Danaher, Morgan (University of Limerick, 2016)

  Contemporary stress theory emphasises the role of individual differences in stress appraisal and coping. Although this view of stress as a process has achieved much scientific acceptance, complexity around the nature of ...
• A queer politics of emotion: reimagining sexualities and schooling 

  Neary, Aoife; Gray, Breda; O'Sullivan, Mary (Taylor and Francis, 2016)

  This paper draws together Hochschild’s (1979; 1983) concepts of emotional labour and feeling rules with Ahmed’s affective economies (2004a, 2004b; 2008; 2010) and queer phenomenology (2006a, 2006b) as a way to address wider ...
• Lesbian, gay and bisexual teachers negotiations of civil partnership and schools: ambivalent attachments to religion and secularism 

  Neary, Aoife; Gray, Breda; O'Sullivan, Mary (Taylor and Francis, 2017)

  As legal structures for same-sex relationships are introduced in many contexts, the politics of sexuality are negotiated along religious/secular lines. Religious and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBT-Q) ...
• Civil partnership and marriage: LGBT-Q political pragmatism and the normalisation imperative 

  Neary, Aoife (SAGE Publications, 2016)

  The last decade has seen significant change in LGBT-Q politics in many (neo)liberal democracies. In Ireland, Civil Partnership (CP) was signed into law in 2010. While LGBT-Q advocacy groups had been divided over the terms ...
• Lesbian and gay teachers experiences of coming out in Irish schools 

  Neary, Aoife (Routledge: Taylor & Francis, 2013)

  Lesbian, gay and bisexual teachers have struggled with managing their sexual identities in contexts where heteronormative policing has resulted in deep silences and misrepresentation. However, many teachers have tried to ...
• Unravelling 'Ethos' and section 37(1): the experiences of LGBTQ teachers 

  Neary, Aoife (2014)

  Section 37 (1) of the Employment Equality Act allows religious institutions to differentiate in the recruitment of employees in order to maintain religious ‘ethos’. It also facilitates legal action against an employee who ...
• Ideological governing forms in education and teacher education: a comparative study between highly secular Sweden and highly non-secular Republic of Ireland 

  Mooney Simmie, Geraldine; Edling, Silvia (Co-Action Publishing, 2016)

  There is an abundance of cross-national quantitative studies of 'what works' in education and teacher education in the international literature. However, there is a paucity of cross-national studies in relation to ideological ...
• Overview of harm reduction in prisons in seven European countries. 

  Sander, Gen; Scandurra, Alessio; Kamenska, Anhelita; MacNamara, Catherine; Kalpaki, Christina; Bessa, Cristina Fernandez; Laso, Gemma Nicolás; Parisi, Grazia; Varley, Lorraine; Wolny, Marcin; Moudatsou, Maria; Pontes, Nuno Henrique; Mannix McNamara, Patricia; Libianchi, Sandro; Antypas, Tzanetos (BioMed Central, 2016)

  While the last decade has seen a growth of support for harm reduction around the world, the availability and accessibility of quality harm reduction services in prison settings is uneven and continues to be inadequate ...
• 'Dissecting the bird to articulate the song': exploring the nature of teaching and learning poetry in the Irish leaving certificate classroom 

  Hennessy, Jennifer (University of Limerick, 2011)

  Motivated by the conviction that listening to pupils’ and teachers’ perspectives enables the researcher to gain a deeper understanding of teaching and learning processes, this research explores the nature and provision ...
• A case study analysis of a whole school approach to guidance counselling in a voluntary school in the Irish post primary sector 

  Hearne, Lucy; King, Paul; Kenny, Neil; Geary, Tom (2016)

  This Case Study Report provides the findings of a mixed methods research project that was carried out by the University of Limerick and Dublin City University between November 2014 and May 2016. It is an explanatory single ...
• Personality development during teacher preparation 

  Corcoran, Roisin P; O'Flaherty, Joanne (Frontiers Media, 2016)

  Objective: The purpose of this 3-year longitudinal study was to examine pre-service teachers' personality trajectories as measured by the IPIP Big-Five factor markers during teacher preparation. The relationship between ...
• Negotiating subject hierarchies: neo-liberal influences on the comprehensive curriculum in Ireland 

  Lynch, Raymond; McGarr, Oliver (SAGE Publications, 2016)

  This article critically examines the relationship between recent educational policy and the advancement of second-level subject hierarchies in Ireland. The paradox of promoting an individual subject by means of the ...
• Acknowledging teacher professionalism in Ireland: the case for a chartered teacher initiative 

  Lynch, Raymond; Hennessy, Jennifer; Gleeson, Jim (Taylor & Francis, 2013)

  This paper presents an argument for the development of an Irish Chartered Teacher initiative which would acknowledge and accredit the professionalism of experienced and accomplished teachers. It begins by examining the ...
• Exploring eclecticism: the impact of educational theory on the development and implementation of comprehensive education programmes (CEP's) for young children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) 

  McMahon, Jennifer; Cullinan, Veronica (Elsevier, 2016)

  Despite considerable evidence that programmes grounded in Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) should be at the forefront of education and intervention in the treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) programmes of an eclectic ...

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