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Stay active: The physical activity, ageing and health study
(Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland (CARDI), 2014)
Playing to our strengths: physical education leadership in Irish primary schools
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2017)
This thesis set out to research primary physical education (PE) leadership. It is an exploratory study investigating generalist primary school teachers’ experiences of PE leadership. Although PE leadership has been identified ...
Physical activity, ageing and health
(Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland (CARDI), 2014)
Reviewing literature on gender using found poetry and dramatic script
(The Qualitative Report, 2016)
In this article, derived from the literature review chapter of her doctoral dissertation, the author presents a variation on what Prendergast (2006) calls found poetry as literature review. Her writing experiment is intended ...
All together now: A review of the Mary Immaculate College children’s choir
(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 ...
“The next level”: Investigating teaching and learning within an Irish traditional music online community (Pre-published version)
(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 ...
Psychosocial factors related to children’s active school travel: A comparison of two European regions
(Berkeley Electronic Press, 2014)
Inequalities in health behaviors exist between regions of Europe, along a North West/South East axis. This study investigated whether prevalence of walking to school and associated psychosocial antecedents differed between ...
School-based interventions to reduce sedentary behaviour in children: A systematic review
(AIMS Press, 2016)
Prolonged, uninterrupted periods of sedentary time may be associated with increased risk of Type II diabetes, cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality even if the minimum recommended levels of daily physical activity ...
Off-balance: the integration of physical education content learning and Irish language learning in English-medium primary schools in Ireland
(Routledge, 2016)
Increased attention to integrated approaches has resulted from demands to prioritise literacy learning while maintaining a balanced curriculum in primary schools. Limited empirical evidence to support integrated approaches ...
Active travel to school and physical activity levels of Irish primary school children
(Human Kinetics Journals, 2011)
The purpose of this study was to (1) determine the physical activity levels of 9–11 year old children, and (2) compare the activity levels of children who commute to school by active and passive modes. 140 children aged ...