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Teachers’ understandings of lesson study as a professional development tool in a primary multi-grade school
(2022-03-30)With increasing focus on primary curricular reform in Ireland, growing understanding of the importance of education in the early years has led professional development organisations to consider the effectiveness of STEM ... -
Teaching algebra in the primary classroom: Functions, the function machine
(NCE-MSTL [National Centre for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching and Learning], University of Limerick, 2012) -
Teaching statistics at the primary level: identifying obstacles and challenges in teacher preparation from looking at teaching
(IASE [International Association for Statistical Education], 2010)Preparing preservice primary teachers to teach statistics is a complex endeavor. The challenge is to enrich content knowledge, advance pedagogical understandings, and develop the types of thinking and dispositions necessary ... -
An teagasc ábharbhunaithe trí mheán na mionteanga: iniúchadh criticiúil ar chreidiúintí, tuiscintí agus cleachtais an mhúinteora eacnamaíochta baile san Iar-bhunscoil ghaeltachta
(2023-10-27)Bhí sé mar aidhm ag an taighde seo iniúchadh criticiúil a dhéanamh ar chreidiúintí, tuiscintí agus cleachtais an mhúinteora Eacnamaíochta Baile san iar-bhunscoil Ghaeltachta. Bíodh is go bhfuil raidhse leathan litríochta ... -
Theological education: A resource for public moral discourse?
(Dominican Publications, 2010) -
The Theology and spirituality of joining the dots
(Veritas in association with (CEIST) Catholic Education, an Irish Schools Trust, 2012) -
Three principles of Serendip : insight, chance, and discovery in qualitative research
(Qualitative Studies in Education: Taylor & Francis, 1996)This article discusses the role of serendipity in qualitative research. Drawing on ideas and methodological suggestions from a set of classic and recent fieldwork accounts, the authors examine conceptions of serendipity ... -
Time and structure of a revised primary school curriculum
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Time, space and presences: Bangladeshi girls' friendships in an English primary school
(Social Care Ireland, 2000)The study reported here examined what it is like to be and have friends and how developing conceptions of friendships become embedded in children's peer cultures. It took place in two mixed Year 5 and Year 6 classes in a ... -
“To educate themselves”: southern black teachers in North Carolina’s schools for the freedpeople during the Civil War and reconstruction period, 1862–1875 (Pre-published version)
(Routledge, 2019-11-26)Between 1862 and 1875, most of the teachers in North Carolina’s schools for the freedpeople were black. The vast majority of these teachers were from the South, mostly North Carolina, and many were former slaves. Yet, ... -
Too cool for school? Musicians as partners in education (Pre-published version)
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'Top of the tree': examining the print news portrayal of the world's best female amateur golfer during her transition to professional golf (Pre-published)
(Cork University Press, 2020-05-20)Sport occupies a central position in Irish social and cultural life, yet has been relatively marginal within the academy. Significant research has been undertaken by individual scholars, and various important books have ... -
Toward a culture of reading: four perspectives
(EERA [Eastern Educational Research Association] / Sage, 2009)This article discusses four paths toward the development of a culture of reading, from the perspectives of a teacher educator, a librarian, an educational technologist, and a curriculum developer. Together, these individuals ... -
Trauma-informed approaches in schools: the efficacy of the ‘trauma-sensitive schools training package’
(2020-12-17)Background Experiencing childhood trauma can cause substantial negative lifelong outcomes. Research demonstrates educational settings may mitigate against these adverse effects by adopting whole-school, trauma-sensitive ... -
Understanding the knowledge demands of teaching statistics: insights gained from examining practice
(CERME [Conference of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education], 2015)This research examines the knowledge demands placed on 73 pre-service teachers who are observed as they plan, teach and re-teach data lessons in classrooms. Problems of practice are identified and categorized using the ... -
‘An undervalued, under-appreciated profession, long hours, hard work, poor pay’. A study of the professional identity of BA ECCE graduates
(Institute of Technology Sligo, 2012)Drawing upon a Bachelor of Arts (BA) ECCE graduate occupational profile survey, this paper explores the experiences of graduates with particular reference to the relationship between graduate qualifications and professional ... -
Unequal at birth: inequalities in the occurrence of low birthweight babies in Ireland
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Unreasonable expectation: the dilemma for pedagogues in delivering policy objectives
(Routledge,Taylor & Francis group., 2010)Internationally, early childhood care and education policy is increasingly informed by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) (1989). In the Republic of Ireland, the importance of this convention ... -
Untangling the knots – [k]not easy: professional identity in the early childhood care and education sector
(2015)Those working in the Early Childhood Care and Education sector have struggled for professional recognition and status. While professional identity, or lack of it, is associated with a multiplicity of factors, this paper ... -
Using a simulation to explore the law of large numbers
(NCE-MSTL [National Centre for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching and Learning], University of Limerick, 2014)