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Becoming an educator in and through the arts: forming and informing emerging teachers' professional identity (Pre-published version)
(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) ... -
Becoming and being DLP: Designated Liaison Persons’ experience of the role in the Irish primary school (Pre-published version)
(Routledge, 2018-02-28)This paper reviews the role of the Designated Liaison Person (DLP) for Child Protection in the Irish primary school context. This is a role assigned by the Board of Management to a person in the school who oversees all ... -
Bedford Row Family Project: Holding the Suffering
(Mary Immaculate College, 2017)The BRFP staff includes one full-time Project Leader, and four additional fulltime staff comprising a Social Worker, Information Officer/Hospitality Centre Leader, Family Links Social Worker and Traveller Support Worker. ... -
Bedford Row Family Project: Holding the Suffering Summary Report
(Mary Immaculate College, 2017)The services provided by the BRFP embrace an ecological perspective (Bronfenbrenner 1979) in that they see each person, not as an isolated individual but as a member of a family and of the wider community. Consequently, ... -
Beginning teacher standards for physical education: promoting a democratic ideal? (Pre-published version)
(Elsevier, 2012)The framing of teaching standards within restrictive managerial or collaborative democratic ideologies impacts significantly on initial teacher education. Semi-structured interviews were used to explore teacher educators’ ... -
'Behind the teacher’s back': an ethnographic study of deaf people’s schooling experiences in the Republic of Ireland (Pre-published version)
(Routledge, 2014)Historically, the valuing of deaf children’s voices on their own schooling has been underrepresented in educational policies, curriculum frameworks and discursive practices and, in particular, in the debates and controversies ... -
Being teachers, being women, being human: critically re-storying teacher praxis in selected DEIS schools in Ireland, 2013-2015
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2016)A growing body of recent literature on teaching has developed a focus on teachers’ perspectives and on life in schools, (Clandinin, 1986; Clandinin and Connelly, 1995; Freeman and Schmidt, 2000; Jalongo and Isenberg with ... -
Being there- a qualitative arts-based narrative inquiry into the lived experiences of women in management and leadership in high education in Ireland
(2023-10-02)The story of a male dominated leadership environment in academia is one which has been well told both nationally and internationally, as has the description of the academy as one in which the devaluing of women has become ... -
The benefits of mindfulness as a weekly activity: experiences from a male homeless service
(St. Kliment Ohridski Press, 2022-06)The social services in Ireland are organized by different organizations which have different views on social activities within residential and homeless services for ser-vice-users. Mindfulness has become a ‘buzzword’ when ... -
The best of both worlds: exploring the socialisation of physical education specialism graduates as generalist teachers with expertise in PE
(2023-10-23)This research investigated the self-efficacy, beliefs, and practices of generalist primary school teachers who undertook the Bachelor of Education with a specialism in PE between 2016 and 2019. Data were collected through ... -
Beyond basic ‘minding’: adopting an ecological, evidence based approach to promoting children’s well-being and developing child health advocacy with early childhood undergraduate students (Pre-published version)
(Children's Research Network, 2017)It is now well-acknowledged that the foundations of lifelong health are built in early childhood (Center of the Developing Child at Harvard, 2010). Internationally, there has been a growing body of evidence highlighting ... -
An bhearna idir an teanga agus an t-ábhar a dhúnadh sa tumoideachas: Cur chuige bunaithe ar staidéar ceachta
(An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta, 2015)Tá sé léirithe sa taighde go bhfuil éifeacht leis an bhFoghlaim Chomhtháite Ábhar agus Teangacha (FCÁT) i suíomhanna teanga éagsúla. Mar sin féin, níl tuiscint iomlán againn fós ar chomhtháthú teangacha agus ábhar in ... -
Billie Butterfly’s adventure: ideas for dance and drama with infant classes
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Bizzy break! The effect of a classroom-based activity break on in-school physical activity levels of primary school children (Pre-published version)
(Human Kinetics, 2013)The school has been identified as a key setting to promote physical activity. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of a classroom-based activity break on in-school step counts of primary school children. ... -
Breach of trust - getting it right for children in early childhood care and education in Ireland
(NZRECE, 2014)In May 2013 an exposé of verbal, physical and emotional abuse of young children attending three early childhood education and care (ECEC) settings in Ireland was aired on national television in a documentary called Breach ... -
Budding architects: Exploring the designs of pyramids and prisms
(AAMT [Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers], 2015)The context of students as architects is used to examine the similarities and differences between prisms and pyramids. Leavy and Hourigan use the Van Hiele Model as a tool to support teachers to develop expectations for ... -
Can technology offer a solution to providing large numbers of students with effective assessment feedback? An invitation to create and join a network of critical friends to provide feedback on feedback
(2018)The aim of this roundtable discussion is to share good practice in using technology to provide holistic feedback to student teachers between higher education institutions. It is envisaged that the resulting discussions ... -
Can verbal working memory and processing speed distinguish between children who have English as an additional language and children with developmental language disorder?
(2019-11-28)Background: Children with English as an Additional Language (EAL) often present with language difficulties and make errors that are similar to children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). Apparent language difficulties, ... -
Capturing the voices of parents: needs, experiences and perspectives of post-diagnostic parent training in an ASD assessment and intervention service
(2020-12-11)Aims: This research explores the needs, experiences and perspectives of parents who attended post-diagnostic parent training, following a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) for their child. The research sought to ... -
A case for change in how we refer to dual career athletes: a person first approach (Pre published)
(Routledge, 2021-10-21)Rationale/Purpose: Dual Career Athletes (DCA) combine education, training, or work with a sporting career within broader sports management and educational environments. A holistic approach embraces the DCA as a “person ...