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T-REX- the teachers’ research exchange. Overcoming the research-practice gap in education (Pre-published)
(Springer, 2020-04-19)This paper introduces the Teachers Research Exchange (T-REX), an online community of practice that is currently being deployed on a pilot basis nationwide in Ireland as a response to the research-practice gap . The system ... -
'Take him to the cleaners and make him do your homework': a corpus-based analysis of lexical structure used by English language learners
(2020-12-16)The present study is an empirical corpus based analysis of the use of four lexical bundles or strings by ESL students at a higher education centre in Ireland. The overall aim was to ascertain if students at both ends ... -
Tales from the Fifth Green Field: The Psychodynamics of Migration, Masculinity and National Identity amongst Republic of Ireland Soccer Supporters in England
(Routledge: Taylor and Francis Group, 2007)Based on qualitative research on Irish soccer supporters in England in the 1990s it is argued that these supporters’ substantial devotions of time, emotion, imagination and money were psychic investments through which ... -
Tales of 'accidental theologians'
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Taxes, trade and trespass: the Hiberno-Norse context of the Dál Cais empire (Pre-published version)
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Tá siad ag teacht: Guinness as a signifier of Irish cultural transformation (Pre-print version)
(Syracuse University, 2009) -
The teacher as co-creator of drama: a phenomenological study of the experiences and reflections of Irish primary school teachers.
(Routledge, 2017-05-24)Classroom drama in the Irish primary school context remains a relatively new endeavour and is largely under-researched. The knowledge base for all aspects of teacher education should be informed by rigorous reflection on ... -
Teacher talk at three stages of English language teacher career development: a corpus-aided study
(2021-03-30)Classroom discourse (CD) and teacher talk (TT) have received much attention over the years across a range of research perspectives, from qualitative case studies of individual teacher narratives to large-scale quantitative ... -
Teaching and Irish English
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Technology and mystical Theology
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TEFL in Ireland – Reflecting a profession?
(FELT [Forum for English Language Teachers (Ireland)], 2001)In response to issues raised in Gronia deVerdon Cooney’s article on TEFL qualifications in a recent FELT Newsletter (see De Verdon Cooney, 2000, p.8), I wish to reflect on the notion of TEFL as a profession in Ireland. ... -
The television anti-hero
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2013)This thesis tests the hypothesis that there has been a sustained depiction of the anti-hero on US cable television since the late 1990s. It also addresses a number of closely related research sub-questions. In summary, why ... -
‘Tendency-wit': the cultural unconscious of the Celtic Tiger in the writings of Paul Howard (Pre-print version)
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A terror to evil doers: The NSPCC and industrial schools in Kilkenny 1927-1937
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2014)This thesis examines the role of the Kilkenny, Carlow and Queen’s County Branch of the National Society for Prevention of Cruelty in the committal of children to industrial schools during the period 1927- 1937. In addition, ... -
Theology in Ireland: Changing Contours and Contexts
(Veritas, 2005)It struck many people as strange that a topic such as this, a particularly broad and general one, would be chosen as the keynote address at a major symposium to honour the lives and work of Bernard Lonergan and Karl Rahner. ... -
‘there’s a lot more to ogres than people think’: Shrek as ethical fairy tale
(Institute of Technology, Tallaght; Dublin Institute of Technology, 2008) -
Thinking aloud: An exploration of cognitions in professional snooker (Pre-published version)
(Elsevier, 2018)Objectives: Presently, there is no exploration into the cognitive processes of super-elite and elite professional snooker players during real-time performance. Therefore, this study explored the cognitions of seven ... -
Thinking counterfactually – how controllability affects the ‘undoing’ of causes and enablers.
(Cognitive Science Society, 2008)Abstract Previous research on counterfactual thoughts about prevention suggests that people tend to focus on enabling rather than causing agents. However, research has also demonstrated that people have a preference ...