Department of Arts Education and Physical Education: Recent submissions
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Online activism and athlete advocacy in professional women’s golf: risk or reward? (Pre-published)
(Routledge, 2021-12-10)Whilst golf provides an avenue by which women can play professionally, more men have the opportunity to do so and when they do, they make more money than women. In terms of visibility, endorsements, prize money and media ... -
'Battle of the Sixes': investigating print media representations of female professional golfers competing in a men's tour event (Pre published)
(SAGE Publications, 2019-04-14)In May 2018, the men’s European Tour invited five female professional golfers to compete in its GolfSixes event in England, against 27 professional male players. This was significant, particularly given the female struggle ... -
"Our wee country": national identity, golf and ‘Ireland’ (Pre published)
(Routledge, 2019-03-19)The careers of professional golfers offer a noteworthy opportunity to examine the ways in which national identity is imagined, constructed and experienced. This paper examines the nexus of national identity and golf in ... -
Shifting hegemony in a "man's world": incremental change for female golf professional employment (Pre-published)
(Routledge, 2017-02-08)There is much evidence to suggest that the golf environment is unequal in terms of gender. This study examines female golf professionals’ understanding of the barriers and opportunities to employment in the golf industry. ... -
Women in golf: a critical reflection (Pre-published)
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An examination of the elite development pathways for male golfers in Ireland (Pre-published)
(Routledge, 2019-11-01)Research question: In recent years, Irish men’s professional golf has enjoyed global success, resulting in an increased focus on golfer development and talent pathways in Ireland. Using the SPLISS model as a guiding ... -
'Wow these girls can play’: sex integration in professional golf (Pre-published)
(Routledge, 2020-02-20)Men and women typically operate in separate spaces in the sporting world, with sport being one of the few social institutions that continues to segregate the two sexes. The culture of golf, like sport more broadly, is ... -
Shared learning, different contexts: understanding teaching for meaning in pre-service physical education teacher education
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Strengthening the fabric, untangling the knots: a collaborative self-study involving coaching and teaching
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Positive youth development and resilience amongst early school leavers
(2020-01-24)Early School Leaving (ESL) represents a massive loss of potential to individuals who leave school and can have a much wider social and economic cost. This study examines Early School Leaving (ESL) and resilience among young ... -
Accumulated versus continuous exercise for health benefit: a review of empirical studies (Pre-published version)
(Springer Nature, 2009)Current physical activity guidelines endorse the notion that the recommended amount of daily physical activity can be accumulated in short bouts performed over the course of a day. Although intuitively appealing, the ... -
The effect of walking on fitness, fatness and resting blood pressure: a meta-analysis of randomised, controlled trials (Pre-published version)
(Elsevier, 2007)Objective. The purpose of this review was to perform a meta-analysis on walking intervention studies in order to quantify the magnitude and direction of walking-induced changes that may alter selected cardiovascular risk ... -
“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 ... -
Developing deeper understanding of teacher education practice through accessing and responding to pre-service teacher engagement with their learning (Pre-published version)
(Taylor & Francis [Routledge], 2018)In this research we examined the ways we accessed and responded to students’ engagement with a set of pedagogical principles of teacher education focused on meaningful physical education. The research was cross-cultural, ... -
How can pre-service primary teachers' perspectives contribute to a pedagogy that problematises the ‘practical’ in teacher education? (Pre-published version)
(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 ... -
Exploring student learning and leadership through a university-community choral initiative (Pre-published version)
(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’. ... -
‘In their shoes’: exploring a modified approach to peer observation of teaching in a university setting (Pre-published version)
(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 ... -
A process of change in the teaching and learning of traditional music performance in Ennis, Co. Clare 1961-1980 (Pre-published version)
(St. Patrick's College, Dublin, 2011)Ennis, Co. Clare is now considered to be one of the principal strongholds of traditional Irish music practice in the world. However prior to 1961, the music practice in the town appears to have been limited to a few ...