Mary Immaculate Research Repository: Recent submissions
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The lived experience of Hospital school stakeholders in Ireland
(2025-03-19)Background: Literature indicates that increasingly more children are living with serious medical conditions whilst continuing their education. Hospital schools (HSs) allow hospitalised children to continue their schooling ... -
Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) in Irish mainstream primary schools: staff experiences and inclusive practices
(2025-03-19)Background: Inclusive education for students with additional needs has been denoted in Irish educational policies for three decades, as well as in international literature and human rights legislation with increasing ... -
An exploration of the implementation of a mathematics dynamic assessment with pupils experiencing mathematics difficulties in the Irish education system using Yin's case study methodology
(2025-03-19)Aims: The current research project aims to explore the implementation of a dynamic assessment of curriculum-based mathematics tasks in the Irish primary school context and address the question of how this process can ... -
Wellbeing in Irish primary schools: an exploration of educator experiences of the three-tiered continuum of support framework in supporting pupil wellbeing needs
(2025-03-19)This study explores the experiences of school principals, class teachers, and special education teachers in implementing the three-tiered Continuum of Support framework (CoS) to address pupil wellbeing needs in Irish Primary ... -
An exploration of educational psychologists' experiences of working with children and young people from refugee backgrounds in Ireland
(2025-03-19)Children and Young People (CYP) from refugee backgrounds are likely to have been exposed to traumatic events, have been required to adjust to a new environment, while also learning an additional language, and adjusting to ... -
Perspectives on enhancing a culture of learner voices in a 21st century post-primary school
(2025-03-19)The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (United Nations 1989) gave children the right to be heard on matters that concern them. Ireland, like much of Europe since the mid 1990’s has had an explicit focus ... -
An exploration of student voice in primary physical education
(2025-03-19)Student voice has been described as a powerful tool in teaching and learning. As interest in student voice grows in research, policy, and practice in physical education (PE), calls have been made for additional guidance ... -
Networks of necessity: the Clunes, Clare, and Connecticut connections
(2025-03-19)This thesis will discuss the network connections that existed between a family from Tyredagh Upper townland in Tulla, County Clare, Ireland and Norwalk, Connecticut. Chapter 1 will discuss the conditions that existed in ... -
Exploring children’s disability network team practitioners’ attitudes, perceptions and experiences of family-centred practices in the implementation of individual family service plans
(2025-03-18)Objective: This study aims to enhance understanding of Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP) implementation within Ireland’s Children’s Disability Network Teams (CDNTs), focusing on the Family-Centred Practice (FCP) model ... -
Gothic trauma in the work of Eugene McCabe
(2025-03-18)This research analyses Eugene McCabe’s contributions to modern Irish writing by examining his engagement with three milestone events in Irish history. The study focuses on McCabe’s works in chronological order, beginning ... -
Support and space: exploring the implementation of a neuroaffirmative self-regulation framework for autistic children encompassing environmental, social and cognitive supports
(2025-03-18)The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (United Nations, 2006) has called for a global human rights approach to remove barriers to enable the full participation of people with disabilities ... -
Evaluating the effectiveness of the Body Project as a whole-class, positive body image intervention in Irish post-primary schools
(2025-03-18)Background: The Body Project is a cognitive dissonance-based eating disorder prevention programme developed by Stice et al. (2006). Aims: The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the Body ... -
“Dear mathematics – I’m not a therapist, solve your own problems!” – a mixed methods examination of the effect of a pilot cognitive behavioural therapy intervention on the mathematics anxiety and mathematics teaching efficacy beliefs of pre-service primary school teachers in Ireland
(2025-03-18)Background and Aims: Mathematics anxiety can have a debilitating effect on mathematics performance and is particularly high amongst pre-service teachers in comparison to other university students. Teachers’ mathematics ... -
Transition to post-primary school in Ireland: exploring the voices of children with mild intellectual disabilities
(2025-03-18)Background: The transition from primary to post-primary school is one of the key junctions in education for young people. With school playing a key role in the lives of students, the shift from a familiar to novel environment ... -
Never the same river: an interdisciplinary exploration into the confluence of nature, people and place for river catchment stewardship with citizen science
(2025-03-13)Good freshwater quality is essential to supporting healthy people and ecosystems. Measures to reverse deteriorating water quality in surface waterbodies are set out in Ireland’s River Basin Management Plans, under the ... -
Voices from the classroom- an ethnographic case study of teachers' experiences and perspectives of drama and arts education in Irish primary schools
(2025-03-13)Drama is a recognised subject in the Irish primary school curriculum. Whilst research has been conducted into drama education practices in Irish schools, little is known about teachers’ experiences and perceptions of drama ... -
Leadership for inclusive special education in Irish primary schools: an exploration of the role of the special educational needs coordinator
(2025-03-13)As the educational landscape rapidly transforms in response to the promotion of inclusive education agendas, it has brought challenges to the management and leadership of provision for students with Special Educational ... -
From STEm to steM: developing the landscape of teacher learning for STEM education
(2025-03-13)The new Irish Primary Curriculum Framework introduces STEM as one of five broad curriculum areas, and publication of a STEM specification is imminent. Traditionally, STEM content has been taught as discrete disciplines ... -
An exploration of how students with Down syndrome experience basic psychological need satisfaction in Irish mainstream class settings
(2025-03-13)Background and Aim: Self-Determination Theory posits that all individuals have inherent tendencies toward growth and development as well as a vulnerability to maladaptive functioning. Within social contexts such as schools, ... -
Creative capacity in Ireland: working towards well-being
(Mary Immaculate College, 2022-12-01)This report presents research on creativity and well-being in an Irish context. The research was funded by the Creative Ireland programme through the Irish Research Council’s New Foundations scheme. The research explores ...