• "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 ...
• The use of ICT for learning in Irish primary education: children, parent and teacher perspectives 

  Bargary-O'Neill, Caraolann (University of Limerick, 2021)

  In recent years, the emergence of new digital technologies provides for new learning opportunities and there has been significant adoption of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in home and school environments. ...
• An investigation of the impact of an industry-focused gender intervention on the self-perceptions and career aspirations of female undergraduate students in the STEM disciplines. 

  O'Connell, Tracey (University of Limerick, 2021)

  This study investigates the impact of a university female awards program (WiSTEM2D Program) on female science, technology, engineering and mathematics students’ confidence levels and career aspirations. Previous research ...
• Incivility in higher education: challenges of inclusion for neurodiverse students with traumatic brain injury in Ireland 

  Shiels, Teresa; Kenny, Neil; Shiels, Roy; Mannix-McNamara, Patricia (MDPI, 2021)

  This paper explores the lived experience of incivility for neurodiverse students with traumatic brain injury (TBI) in Ireland. The higher education (HE) environment can be challenging for students with TBI. Incivility is ...
• Digital competence in teacher education: comparing national policies in Norway, Ireland and Spain 

  McGarr, Oliver; Mifsud, Louise; Colomer Rubio, Juan Carlos (Taylor and Francis, 2021)

  This paper explores the development of policies dealing with teachers’ digital competence in Norway, Ireland and Spain. Using a documentary research approach, the study analysed relevant policy documents from each country ...
• The Neoliberal university in Ireland: institutional bullying by another name? 

  Hodgins, Margaret; Mannix-McNamara, Patricia (MDPI, 2021)

  New managerialism and the pervasive neoliberalisation of universities is by now a wellestablished phenomenon. Commentaries explore the political and economic drivers and effects of neoliberal ideology, and critique the ...
• An Exploration of leadership in post-primary schools: The emergence of toxic leadership 

  Snow, Nicola; Hickey, Niamh; Blom, Nicolaas; O'Mahony, Liam; Mannix-McNamara, Patricia (MDPI, 2021)

  The focus of this research was to explore school leadership in post-primary schools using an adapted Schmidt Toxic Leadership Scale ©, which the authors recalibrated to examine both constructive and destructive leadership, ...
• Conceptualizing and measuring social and emotional learning: A systematic review and meta-analysis of moral reasoning and academic ability, religiosity, political orientation, personality 

  Corcoran, Roisin P.; O'Flaherty, Joanne; Xie, Chen; Cheung, Alan C.K. (Elsevier, 2019)

  .Responsible decision-making is a sub-domain of social emotional competence and develops through the educational process of social and emotional learning (SEL). The current review examines responsible decision-making and ...
• Professionalisation of early childhood education and care practitioners: working conditions in Ireland 

  Mooney Simmie, Geraldine; Murphy, Dawn (SAGE, 2021)

  The last decade has revealed a global (re)configuring of the relationships between the state, society and educational settings in the direction of systems of performance management. In this article, the authors conduct ...
• An Irish perspective on initial teacher education: How teacher educators can respond to an awareness of the ‘absurd’ 

  Ó Gallchóir, Ciarán; McGarr, Oliver (Taylor and Francis, 2021)

  Internationally, initial teacher education has experienced shifts towards competence and school-based programmatic reforms. As a result, literature on the role of teacher educators operating within the academy suggests a ...
• Exploring the influence of Irish post primary teachers’ profession on their perceived stress 

  Devitt, Brian (University of Limerick, 2019)

  Research has consistently indicated that teaching is a stressful occupation with large numbers of teachers experiencing burnout (Hakanen et al. 2006). High stress is associated with poorer physical and psychological ...
• Let's talk about career guidance in secondary schools! A consideration of the professional capital of school staff in Ireland and England. 

  Siobhan Neary; Hearne, Lucy; Neary, Siobhan (Springer, 2021)

  The delivery of a comprehensive career guidance service in secondary schools through the whole school model that equips students with requisite career learning and development competencies has garnered credence in recent ...
• How task conflict can support creative problem solving in teams by stimulating knowledge sharing, critical and creative thinking and meta-cognition 

  Kiernan, Louise; Ledwith, Ann; Lynch, Raymond (IntechOpen, 2021)

  This study explores how task conflict can support creative problem solving in teams and the cognitive processes applied. As multidisciplinary teams can be diverse in nature, they may not always partake competently in the ...
• Wheelchair service provision education for healthcare professional students, healthcare personnel and educators across low-to high-resourced settings: a scoping review protocol 

  Kamalakannan, Sureshkumar; Rushton, Paula W.; Giesbrecht, Ed; Rusaw, David F.; Bouziane, Selsabil-A.; Nadeau, Melodie; McKee, Jennifer; Gowran, Rosemary Joan; Kirby, R. Lee; Pedersen, Jessica P.; Tasiemski, Tomasz; Burrola-Mendez, Yohali; Tofanin, Marco; Goldberg, Mary; Pearlman, Jon (Taylor & Francis, 2021)

  Purpose: Appropriate wheelchair provision is necessary for addressing participation barriers experienced by individuals with mobility impairments. Health care professionals involved in the wheelchair service provision ...
• Trans children and the necessity to complicate gender in primary schools 

  Neary, Aoife (Taylor and Francis, 2021)

  Trans children have become more visible in primary schools in recent years. Arising from a qualitative study with twelve parents of trans children (aged 5–13) and six primary school educators in Ireland, this paper explores ...
• Pre-service early childhood educators’ career motivations: moving from a thematic analysis to recognising the performative nature of talk and text 

  McGarr, Oliver; Gavaldon, Guillermina (Springer, 2021)

  Encouraging students to reflect on their decisions to become early childhood educators and explore their future intentions is commonly employed in pre-service programmes. Notwithstanding the value of such tasks, research ...
• Investigating the different dimensions of preservice mathematics teachers’ understanding – the case of factorisation 

  Fitzmaurice, Olivia; Hayes, Jacqueline (Edith Cowan University, 2020)

  This paper reports on a study designed to investigate preservice teachers’ understanding of factorisation, a topic not explicitly taught within their teacher education programme, but one they will be required to teach ...
• The design, implementation and evaluation of a teacher development programme to empower graduate students teaching in the undergraduate chemistry laboratory 

  Flaherty, Aisling (University of Limerick, 2018)

  Graduate students who fulfil teaching roles in the undergraduate laboratory play an important role in establishing a positive learning environment. A host of graduate-student teacher training programmes have been developed, ...

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