Mary Immaculate Research Repository: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
A case for change in how we refer to dual career athletes: a person first approach (Pre published)
(Routledge, 2021-10-21)Rationale/Purpose: Dual Career Athletes (DCA) combine education, training, or work with a sporting career within broader sports management and educational environments. A holistic approach embraces the DCA as a “person ... -
The impact of usage-based approaches on second language learning and teaching
(Cambridge University Press, 2020-09)The application of usage-based models of language learning began to gain ground in the early twenty-first century, particularly in the field of first language acquisition, and, more recently, are gaining traction in second ... -
Data-driven learning: a call for a broader research gaze
(Cambridge University Press, 2021-04)Over the last three decades, data-driven learning (DDL) has been widely championed by those of us who see the exciting opportunities that it can bring to the language learner. From the initial days of DDL, there has been ... -
Walking back to Earth: the enduring appeal of ancient pilgrimage as portal to the sacred for the contemporary seeker
(2022-05-16)This thesis offers a perspective on pilgrimage, from the vantage point of the pilgrim’s reflection on their embodied experience and an analysis of that experience from theological and psychological hermeneutics, in particular. ... -
Holding on to ‘rites, rhythms and rituals’: Mike McCormack’s homage to small town Irish life and death (Pre published)
(Springer Nature, 2018-07-31)The Goldsmith Award-winning Solar Bones is a novel focused on, and dedicated to, loss. As Marcus Conway comes to terms with his own death, he pays homage to the “rites, rhythms and rituals” that were part of his life in ... -
The disbanded Royal Irish Constabulary and forced migration, 1922–31
(2022-04-08)This article concerns the men of the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) who were disbanded from the force in 1922 and felt obliged to leave Ireland for Britain. Afforded unique – if not always entirely sufficient – financial ... -
A metaphilosophical defense of Wittgenstein's conception of polythetic methods of analysis
(2022-04-06)This thesis advances a metaphilosophical interpretation of Wittgenstein’s later conception of philosophy and specifically, its emphasis on a plurality of different philosophical methods. The thesis aims to achieve three ... -
A corpus-based comparative pragmatic analysis of Irish English and Canadian English
(2022-04-06)This PhD thesis is a comparative study of the spoken grammar of Irish and Canadian Englishes within the framework of Variational Pragmatics at the formal level, used to study the pragmatic variation (the intra-varietal ... -
How do school networks operate to support DEIS schools? A case study analysis of two Transforming Education through Dialogue (TED) Project facilitated school networks
(2022-04-06)This research sought to understand two networks of DEIS schools, PLUS and OSCAILT, from members’ perspectives including their evolution, how they operate to support members and how learning and knowledge creation take place ... -
Parent-child interactions: what is the role of smartphones?
(2022-04-06)Background The importance of parent-child attachment in supporting child wellbeing and development has been well-documented in the literature. However, modern technologies may act as a barrier to parent-child interactions. ... -
The relationship between individual achievement and class-average achievement on pupils' intrinsic motivation
(2022-04-05)Background: Three decades of research have investigated the relevance of the big-fish-little pond effect (BFLPE) and the internal/external frame of reference model (I/E model) to pupils’ academic self-concepts (ASCs). The ... -
An investigation into affect-related working memory for adolescents with dyslexia
(2022-04-05)Background Working memory and socio-emotional differences are often associated with the neurodiverse profile of dyslexia. However, it is not well understood how affect (i.e., feelings, emotion or mood) interacts with working ... -
“Who minds the minders”: a mixed methods examination of Irish primary school teachers’ experiences of and perspectives on supporting pupils exposed
(2022-04-05)Background Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) have the capacity to influence neurobiological processes, impacting upon children’s cognitive, social, emotional and behavioural wellbeing, which can impede their ability ... -
ABC's and 123's: The Role of the Home Learning Environment in Cognitive and Socioemotional Development in Early Childhood
(2022-04-05)Play in early childhood is known to have benefits for children across cognitive and socioemotional domains. The purpose of this research was to examine factors that influence play and learning in the home environment in ... -
Sleep, problematic smartphone use and mental toughness: exploring the effectiveness of a school-based sleep promotion intervention
(2022-04-05)Background and Aims: Sleep is a protective factor against mental and physical ill health. However, evidence suggests that a minority of adolescents meet the established sleep duration recommendations. In addition, evidence ... -
Céad mίle fáilte: a corpus-based study of the development of a community of practice within the Irish hotel management training sector
(2022-04-05)This thesis examines the discourse of a unique third-level academic institution in order to identify the variety of linguistic features, which align it, first of all, to the higher education sector in general, but more ... -
Which graphs are rigid in lpd?
(Springer, 2021-03-13)We present three results which support the conjecture that a graph is minimally rigid in d-dimensional ℓp-space, where p∈(1,∞) and p≠2, if and only if it is (d, d)-tight. Firstly, we introduce a graph bracing operation ... -
A literary theoretical exploration of silenced African women from psychoanalytic and feminist perspectives
(2022-04-01)The study explores the gender relationship in the three English speaking regions of Sub Saharan Africa through three novels: Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga; Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; and Parched ... -
The utility of the continuum of support framework in supporting class teachers and special education teachers in the identification and monitoring of pupil
(2022-04-01)Background: The context for this study was prompted by the introduction of a new model for the allocation of special education teaching resources for mainstream schools (National Council for Special Education [NCSE], 2014; ...