• How does supervisor power influence clinical supervision from the perspective of the supervisor? An interpretative phenomenological analysis 

  McGuire, Michael John (Shane) (University of Limerick, 2018)

  This thesis explores the role that power plays in clinical supervision from the perspective of the supervisor. It focuses on the level of awareness supervisors have of power, its impact on them, and how they view its impact ...
• The visual arts practice PhD in Ireland: an interpretative phenomenological analysis 

  Halvey, Susan (University of Limerick, 2018)

  The Visual Arts Practice PhD (VAP PhD) has emerged during the last few decades in part due to the assimilation of autonomous art schools into the fabric of the bigger Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) (Baker, 2009; ...
• Challenging performativity in higher education: promoting a healthier learning culture 

  Deasy, Christine; Mannic McNamara, Patricia (Intech, 2017)

  The nature and context of education have changed dramatically in recent decades. The increased prioritisation of standardisation, performance indicators and metrics often means that holistic, affective and wellbeing ...
• Teachers’ perceptions of whole-school guidance counselling in second-level why teachers’ perceptions matter 

  Hearne, Lucy; Geary, Tom; King, Paul (Education Matters, 2017)

  This article will report on findings from a recent explanatory case study (Hearne et al., 2016) carried out against a background of policy, practice, and research on a whole-school approach to guidance counselling in ...
• The professional learning needs and priorities of higher-education-based teacher educators in England, Ireland and Scotland 

  Czerniawski, Gerry; Gray, Donal; MacPhail, Ann; Bain, Yvonne; Conway, Paul; Guberman, Ainat (Taylor and Francis, 2018)

  Against a rapidly changing policy landscape for teacher education, exacerbated by Brexit' in the UK, findings are presented from an electronic survey of 272 higher-education based teacher educators in England, the Republic ...
• Exploring gender identity and gender norms in primary schools: the perspectives of educators and parents of transgender and gender variant children 

  Neary, Aoife; Cross, Catherine (University of Limerick, 2018)

  What is this Report About? Funded by the Irish Research Council, this study is the result of a collaborative partnership between the School of Education at the University of Limerick and the Transgender Equality Network ...
• 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, 2018)

  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. ...

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