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Scene and heard: Exploring a jazz ensemble as a community of musical practice
(ISME [International Society for Music Education], 2012)This paper explores a jazz ensemble as it formed a “community of musical practice” (CoMP). Underpinned by a constructionist worldview, the study focused on the concept of “situated learning” within an adult jazz music ... -
Scholarly electronic journals: economic and technical issues
(Arizona State University, College of Education, 2000)In this paper we discuss scholarly communication and the emergence of electronic journals. Scholarly electronic journals are expanding their influence. Currently, about 70 peer-reviewed scholarly journals in education are ... -
School life following acquired brain injury: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of the experiences of adolescents, their parents and teachers in the Irish context
(2023-09-29)Aims: Research on acquired brain injury (ABI) has acknowledged the importance of environmental factors in the rehabilitation process. Given that adolescents spend a large proportion of their time in the school setting, ... -
School-based interventions to reduce sedentary behaviour in children: A systematic review
(AIMS Press, 2016)Prolonged, uninterrupted periods of sedentary time may be associated with increased risk of Type II diabetes, cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality even if the minimum recommended levels of daily physical activity ... -
Self-rated walking pace and all-cause, cardiovascular disease, and cancer mortality: Individual participant pooled analysis of 50,225 walkers from 11 population British cohorts (Pre-published version)
(BMJ Publishing Group Ltd., 2018)Background/Objectives: Walking pace is associated with risk of premature mortality. However, whether this relationship is independent of total volume of physical activity and highest physical activity intensity reached ... -
Selling Scotland? Selling women’s golf? The 2019 Solheim Cup in the ‘Home of Golf’ (Pre-published)
(Routledge, 2021-07-10)In 2019, Scotland played host to the Solheim Cup, a competition contested by leading women professional golfers representing Europe and the United States. The event was given further political significance by the fact that ... -
Session 1: Public health nutrition physical activity prescription for public health
(Cambridge University Press, 2010)The increased prevalence of CVD deaths in the past 60 years is a result in considerable part of the influence of environmental and lifestyle changes, including decreased daily energy expenditure through physical exertion. ... -
Shaping public policy: Is there a place for values-led debate and discourse in the public sphere?
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Shared learning, different contexts: understanding teaching for meaning in pre-service physical education teacher education
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Shifting hegemony in a "man's world": incremental change for female golf professional employment (Pre-published)
(Routledge, 2017-02-08)There is much evidence to suggest that the golf environment is unequal in terms of gender. This study examines female golf professionals’ understanding of the barriers and opportunities to employment in the golf industry. ... -
Signposts: a resource pack for teachers
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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 ... -
Social questions, musical answers: Local government music policy and practice (Pre-published version)
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2009)Arts within local government polices and practices has been increasing worldwide. These local government arts agendas are primarily aimed at raising artistic standards, enhancing the quality of life within communities and ... -
Socio-cultural perspectives on multicultural music education: reappraising the content of music curricula
(2009)Changing social demographics in all parts of the world have brought about the need for changes in curriculum content in education and by extension, music education. In this paper I discuss sociocultural perspectives on ... -
The Solheim Cup: media representations of golf, gender and national identity (Pre-published)
(Emerald publishing, 2021-11-29)The increasing inclusion of women in sport has been mediated by societal gendered expectations. It is an oft-cited notion that sport is “an institution created by and for men” (Messner and Sabo, 1990: 9), and sport is ... -
"Sowing the seed" : a bio-ecological exploratory case study of the forest school approach to learning and teaching in the Irish primary school curriculum
(2023-09-26)While emergent research notes an increasing awareness regarding the importance of time spent in nature for personal well-being during the Covid-19 pandemic, recent literature describes children's disconnection from the ... -
Speaking and listening – the EAL context
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The special needs assistant scheme: a value for money review of expenditure on the special needs assistant scheme
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Speed and exercise intensity of recreational walkers
(American Health Foundation and Elsevier Science (USA), 2002)Brisk walking has been identified as an activity suited to meet American College of Sport Medicine/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations for moderate intensity exercise (55– 69% HRmax, 40–59% VO2R). ...