The purpose of this thesis is to examine the evolution of the Cape Breton fiddle tradition, a process which I believe can be reasonably considered to have started in the early decades of this century. The Scottish element ...

This research applies the Early Childhood Environmental Rating Scales/Revised and the Extension four Curricular Subscales (ECERS/R/E) in a systematic way to measure standards of pre-school provision in Ireland. This ...

The literature which explores public opinion formation processes in the newly democratised EU member states in Central and Eastern Europe is divided into competing schools of thought; one, which presumes that the inexperienced ...

This article recounts our experience of peer observation and reflects on the positive and negative aspects of that exercise. Our experience is then compared to that of other scholars in the field of teaching law and some ...

Students often struggle with writing as they are unaware of the process of writing and of strategies and skills to help them write well. They often focus on the product of writing rather than engaging with the process of ...

                           This study investigated the purpose and effectiveness of giving outpatients receiving dialysis treatment an opportunity to engage in art activities while receiving care. A mixed method study ...

Purpose of study To investigate the perceptions of healthcare providers on music therapy and their recommendations on wider adoption in a hospital setting. Design and methods A qualitative exploratory study employing ...

It is not difficult to find, in Ireland, traces of what David Garland would call the "crime complex". Such phenomena include the politicisation of law and order, increases in maximum sentences, prison expansionism, the ...

Pléitear stair na pleanála teanga mar dhisciplín acadúil agus mar ghníomh feidhmiúil sa chaibidil seo. Taispeántar go bhfuil an beartas teanga, ar paraidím measartha nua í, ag glacadh áit na pleanála teanga sa dioscúrsa ...

.The continuous rise of socio-economic inequality over the past decades with its connected political outcomes such as the Brexit vote in the UK, and the election of Donald Trump are currently a matter of intense debate ...