Browsing Reflective Pedagogy and Early Childhood Studies (Peer reviewed publications) by Author "O'Sullivan, Lisha"

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Engaging practitioners as co-researchers in national policy evaluations as resistance to patriarchal constructions of expertise: the case of the end of year three evaluation of the access and inclusion model

Sheridan, Denise; Robinson, Deborah; Codina, Geraldene; Gowers, Sofia J; O'Sullivan, Lisha; Ring, Emer (Frontiers Media, 2022-12-23)

Seventeen Practitioner Researchers (PRs) were engaged as co-researchers in an evaluation commissioned by Ireland’s Department of Childhood, Equality, Disability, Integration, and Youth (DCEDIY), as an innovative aspect in ...
The importance of including the child’s voice in the transition process: signposts from a national evaluation of concepts of school readiness in Ireland (Pre-published version)

Ring, Emer; O'Sullivan, Lisha (Children's Research Network, 2016)

In a recent national evaluation of concepts of school readiness in Ireland commissioned by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs (DCYA) through the Irish Research Council (IRC), one of the participants, observed ...
Play and autism: the power of play to promote wellbeing (Pre-published version)

Ring, Emer; O'Sullivan, Lisha; Horgan, Kathleen (Children's Research Network, 2018)

Children with autism spectrum differences (ASD) play in their own unique ways and differences between children with ASD and neurotypcial children include differences in spontaneous play, social play and pretend play (Jarrold ...