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The 1999 primary school curriculum and your child as a learner

Conway, Paul F. (Liffey Press, 2005)

When a child starts school in junior infants it is as much a land-mark event for the parents as it is for the child. From the very start of a child’s school life, parents, more often than not, ask questions to find out ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

(AIESEP) 2011 International Conference proceedings: Introduction to special issue

MacPhail, Ann; O'Sullivan, Mary (Taylor and Francis, 2012)

The papers that are presented in this special issue are those that emerged from Keynote presentations delivered at the International Association for Physical Education in Higher Education / Association Internationale des ...

An analysis of core entrepreneurial competencies, their interdependencies and their cultivating approaches in virtual education using a collective intelligence methodology

Rezaei-Zadeh, Morteza (University of Limerick, 2014)

In 2012, an OECD1 report entitled, ‘Education at a glance’ highlighted a dramatic increase in the unemployment rate of university graduates in many OECD countries. Since entrepreneurship is frequently seen as an important ...

At the altar of educational efficiency: performativity and the role of the teacher

Hennessy, Jennifer; Mannix McNamara, Patricia (University of Waikato, School of Education, 2013)

This paper critiques the impact of neo-liberalism on postprimary education, and in particular on the teaching of English. The paper explores the implications of performativity and exam-driven schooling on the teaching ...

An attitudinal snapshot of pre-service secondary mathematics teachers

Prendergast, Mark; Ní Ríordáin, Máire; Ní Shúilleabháin, Aoibhinn; Johnson, Patrick; O'Rourke, Iseult (Western Australian Institutes for Educational Research, 2020)

.A teacher’s attitude towards a subject has a major influence on their learning and subsequent teaching of that subject. This has a knock-on effect on the development of their own students’ attitudes. However, despite such ...

An autoethnographic study of my career path and the implications for practice as a guidance counsellor

Golden, Margaret (University of Limerick, 2015)

This is an Autoethnographic Study of my Career Path and the Implications for Practice as a Guidance Counsellor. Using qualitative research methods I examine my own lived experience as a working mother, exploring such issues ...

Becoming a teacher: students’ experiences and perceptions

Coady, Lisa (University of Limerick, Department of Education & Professional Studies, 2010)

This research is focused on teacher education students in initial, concurrent teacher education programmes at the University of Limerick (UL). This longitudinal study tracks two cohorts of student teachers from Year Two ...

"Biting one's lip" and "distancing": exploring pre-service teachers' strategies in dysfunctional professional relationships

O'Grady, Emmanuel; Guilfoyle, Liam; McGarr, Oliver (Taylor and Francis, 2018)

Pre-service teachers (PSTs) are often placed in a vulnerable position during their school placement. Recognising the presence of power dynamics between PSTs, university-based tutors, and cooperating teachers as well as ...

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 ...

A case study exploring the perceptions of regular counselling in a mid west post-primary school

Galvin, James (University of Limerick, 2012)

The overall aim of this study was to explore the perceptions of regular teachers of a whole school approach (WSA) to guidance counselling in a mid west post-primary school. The study focuses on the critical discourse ...

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 ...

'Centering' teaching excellence in higher education

Lane, Diarmaid (2019)

This paper explores the complexity of ‘teaching excellence’ (Kreber, 2002) in contemporary higher education. It describes how a university academic, who has been the recipient of numerous teaching awards, questions if they ...

Challenging performativity in higher education: promoting a healthier learning culture

Deasy, Christine; Mannix 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 ...

The characteristics, life circumstances and self-concept of 13 year olds with and without disabilities in Ireland: A secondary analysis of the Growing Up in Ireland (GUI) study

Gallagher, Aoife L.; Galvin, Rose; Robinson, Katie; Murphy, Carol-Anne; Conway, Paul F.; Perry, Alison (Public Library of Science, 2020)

Background Population-based studies provide important data to inform policy and service planning for vulnerable children in society. The aim of this study was to characterise social and educational circumstances and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Clouding computers? The reporting of ICT use within a discourse of inevitability

McGarr, Oliver; McDonagh, Adrian (INTED2015, 2015)

The debate about the use and justification of ICT in schools has been replaced by a discourse of inevitability where schools of the future are presented as technology rich sites of learning. Yet despite this faith in the ...

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