Browsing by Author "Kenny, Ailbhe"
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All together now: A review of the Mary Immaculate College children’s choir
Bourke, Ruth; Kenny, Ailbhe; Ní Chondúin, Máiréad (Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2016)The Mary Immaculate College (MIC) Children’s Choir is a university-school-community initiative aimed at complementing and enhancing existing music education provision in primary schools. From the outset, a research and ... -
Arts in education within Irish cultural policy: the “ins” and “outs” (Pre-published version)
Kenny, Ailbhe (Taylor & Francis [Routledge], 2017) -
Becoming an educator in and through the arts: forming and informing emerging teachers' professional identity (Pre-published version)
Kenny, Ailbhe; Finneran, Michael; Mitchell, Eamonn (Elsevier, 2015)This article examines student experience and identity formation within an arts education module (involving music, drama and visual arts) on an initial teacher education programme in Ireland. Student reflections (n ¼ 106) ... -
‘Collaborative creativity’ within a jazz ensemble as a musical and social practice (Pre-published version)
Kenny, Ailbhe (Elsevier, 2014)This article seeks to explore ‘collaborative creativity’ within the musical and social practices of a local jazz ensemble in Ireland. Within this study, concepts of creativity are firmly rooted within socio-cultural contexts ... -
Exploring student learning and leadership through a university-community choral initiative (Pre-published version)
Kenny, Ailbhe (Cambridge University Press, 2018)Within a rapidly changing higher education landscape, there is an increased need for universities to look beyond their ‘ivory towers’ and into their surrounding communities in preparing students for the ‘real world’. ... -
Exploring teacher-artist partnership as a model of CPD for supporting and enhancing arts education in Ireland: A research report
Morrissey, Dorothy; Kenny, Ailbhe (Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, 2016)We are at a crossroads in Ireland with regard to teacher-artist partnerships. This joint governmental approach to these partnerships represents a crucial move towards a cohesive arts education strategy for schools. This ... -
Finding the missing link (Pre-published version)
Kenny, Ailbhe; Larkin, Charles; MacSíthigh, Daithí; Thijssen, Jacco (The Irish Times, 2008)Education: Is it time to sacrifice the sacred cow of Irish education - the Leaving Cert? -
How can pre-service primary teachers' perspectives contribute to a pedagogy that problematises the ‘practical’ in teacher education? (Pre-published version)
Ní Chróinín, Déirdre; Mitchell, Eamonn; Kenny, Ailbhe; Murtagh, Elaine; Vaughan, Elaine Claire (Taylor & Francis [Routledge], 2013)This study examined pre-service primary teachers’ perspectives on teaching and learning experiences within college-based courses in ‘practical’ subject areas within a teacher education programme. Following three individual ... -
Important first steps: Innovation and primary education (Pre-published version)
Kenny, Ailbhe (The Irish Times, 2008)Primary education is the best point at which to tackle educational disadvantage and to encourage the growth of the knowledge economy, yet its funding seems to be systematically neglected by Government. -
‘In their shoes’: exploring a modified approach to peer observation of teaching in a university setting (Pre-published version)
Kenny, Ailbhe; Mitchell, Eamonn; Ní Chróinín, Déirdre; Vaughan, Elaine Claire; Murtagh, Elaine (Taylor & Francis [Routledge], 2013)Peer observation of teaching (POT) has become common practice in many universities. However, it could be argued that existing models often have limited scope for understanding the student experience. This study presents a ... -
Irish education policy for a globalised world: A policy for chasing black & white swans
Kenny, Ailbhe; Larkin, Charles; MacSíthigh, Daithí; Thijssen, Jacco (The Swan Group, 2009) -
Knowing the score: Local authorities and music
Kenny, Ailbhe (St. Patricks College, DublinWexford County CouncilSligo County Council, 2009) -
Mapping the context: Insights and issues from local government development of music communities
Kenny, Ailbhe (Cambridge University Press, 2011)Recent years have revealed local government to be a fundamental stakeholder in the development of arts and music communities. This article provides a context for an exploration and study of the issues, themes and dilemmas ... -
Music at the margins research briefing: Exploring the musical lives of children living under direct provision
Kenny, Ailbhe (Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2017)This research briefing provides a summary of a participatory music research project with children of asylum seekers living in direct provision in the Mid-West of Ireland. The project explores the musical lives of children ... -
New direction for education sector (Pre-published version)
Kenny, Ailbhe (Public Affairs Ireland, 2011) -
“The next level”: Investigating teaching and learning within an Irish traditional music online community (Pre-published version)
Kenny, Ailbhe (Sage, 2013)Online music communities offer a new context and culture for musical participation globally. This article, employing a socio-cultural theoretical lens, examines how the Online Academy of Irish Music (OAIM) functions as a ... -
Other voices: the power of music for children in direct provision (Pre-published version)
Kenny, Ailbhe (RTÉ [Raidió Teilifís Éireann] Brainstorm, 2018)Opinion: a series of music workshops and interviews with children in a direct provision centre has shown how making music can foster a sense of belonging and community. -
Power in numbers: Ways forward for musical communities (Pre-published version)
Kenny, Ailbhe (The Journal of Music, 2016) -
Report on National Music Education Conference (Pre-published version)
Kenny, Ailbhe (The Journal of Music, 2012) -
Rhetoric and reality: Examining the policy-practice interface of European and Irish arts policy (Pre-published version)
Kenny, Ailbhe (EERA [European Educational Research Association], 2013)This paper addresses European and Irish arts and cultural policy as both a form of ‘rhetoric’, or policy intention and ‘reality’, viewed as policy enactment. Taking a sociocultural view, social, economic, cultural and ...