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Evidence-based practice to develop social communication competency: listening to the voices of teachers of autistic children
(2023-10-24)
In education research, there is a firm belief that reflecting on inclusive pedagogy is imperative for teachers, as effective inclusion means considering the child’s needs on all levels and adopting appropriate practices ...
Exploring the effects of a classroom-based climate change intervention on secondary students in Ireland
(2023-10-24)
Objective: This research considers the degree to which participation in an 8–10-hour interactive climate change education (CCE) module affects secondary school students’ knowledge, attitude, behaviour, and values about ...
Examining educational psychologists' perspectives of their role in the Republic of Ireland: an exploratory study using activity theory
(2023-10-24)
Background: With the 2015 change from masters to doctoral level for educational psychology training in Ireland and the 2016 change in Health Service Executive (HSE) eligibility criteria for the recruitment of psychologists ...
The experience of Irish-medium and English-medium primary schools for children with down syndrome and their parents
(2023-10-24)
Background
Recent studies indicate that learners with Down syndrome can become competent bilinguals and biliterates. However, less is known about whether immersion education is a suitable and beneficial education setting ...
Learning Anew – Teaching and Learning for the 21st Century, 2003 - 2007
(NUI Maynooth, 2007)
Many of the more interesting stories that come to us from ancient times getclouded or distorted by the course of history. For instance it’s said that during the course of his trial, allegedly for corrupting the youth of ...
Dissolving boundaries through technology in education: making a difference with ICT
(Ablex Publishing Corporation, 2008)
A total of 320 schools have participated in the Dissolving Boundaries programme since its launch in 1999. The number of schools involved increased from 146 in 2006-7 to 170 in 2007-8. All schools in Northern Ireland continue ...
The effects of teacher professional development on rural students’ lexical inferencing skills
(Sage, 2016)
Rural students are at risk for vocabulary underdevelopment and often have less access to educational resources. The purpose of this investigation was to examine the effectiveness of an Internet-based Speech/Language ...
Collaborative digital learning in schools: teacher perceptions of purpose and effectiveness
(Routledge, 2010)
Research on the place of digital collaborative learning in schools has established its extensive use for the provision of online courses (Stevens, 2007), for learning within schools (Orech, 2009) and as a means of promoting ...
What is strong over what is wrong: an exploration of Irish educational psychologists' use and perceptions of strengths based practice
(2023-11-03)
The present research aims to explore how Educational Psychologists (EPs) employ strengths based practice (SBP) and to elicit their thoughts and experiences of working from a strengthsbased lens. Research in the area of SBP ...
What are primary school teachers' attitudes toward introversion in students?
(2023-11-06)
The existing literature suggests a potential implicit social desirability associated with the extrovert personality and as a result, extroverts are accommodated across various work and educational settings, leading to a ...