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Getting the balance right: the equals sign
(INTO [Irish National Teacher's Organisation], 2011)Much of the number work carried out in primary classrooms contains elements of algebraic reasoning. In fact, equals sign work in junior and senior infants underpins much of the algebraic reasoning used in later years. In ... -
Gifted students’ understanding of statistics: analysis of data arising from a small group teaching experiment
(Routledge, 2003)The principal objective of the study was to gain insight into cognitive processes related to three gifted students’ understanding of data. Small group teaching experiment methodology was used to uncover students’ understanding ... -
God in the ‘bits and pieces of everyday’ – sacred objects and human encounter with the divine.
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‘The golf course doesn’t know what gender you are’: feminist perspectives in the online blog of a female professional golfer
(Routledge, 2022-09)Many female athletes are using online platforms to control their own portrayals, and such representations have been examined mostly through neoliberal and postfeminist perspectives, which position female athletes as ... -
Growing up outdoors (Pre-published version)
(Early Childhood Ireland, 2019)Did you know that nearly one in six Irish parents don’t think it’s safe for their five year old child to play outside at home during the day? Irish and international research indicates that neighbourhood safety has an ... -
“The habits of history”: a research-based play script
(The Qualitative Report, 2018)In this article, derived from her doctoral dissertation, the author (a teacher educator in drama in Ireland) presents her students’ initial responses to her performance of a one-woman play, “Goldilocks’s Testimony.” The ... -
Having fun with functions
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Health and wellbeing in an outdoor and adventure sports context
(MDPI, 2020-04-14)While the world responds to the latest health issue, it is perhaps timely that we think broadly about human and planetary health and wellbeing. Across the globe, there is a call for a different future, one that prioritises ... -
A historical analysis of senior cycle state examinations in the school subject English from 1878-2016: a longitudinal study
(2021-05-04)This thesis critically examines senior cycle examination in Ireland for the school subject English from colonial to modern times. It explores the development of examinations as a method of senior cycle assessment and, in ... -
The home-school-community liaison (HSCL) scheme: summary evaluation report
(Educational Research Centre (St. Patrick's College, Dublin), 1995) -
Home-school-community liaison scheme: final evaluation report
(Educational Research Centre (St. Patrick's College, Dublin), 1994) -
A hop, skip and a jump to school! (Pre-published version)
(Early Childhood Ireland, 2018)As we come towards the end of the preschool year, parents may now be focused on the summer holidays and making the transition to primary school. Parents may be asking you what they should be doing over the summer to prepare ... -
How can pre-service primary teachers' perspectives contribute to a pedagogy that problematises the ‘practical’ in teacher education? (Pre-published version)
(Taylor & Francis [Routledge], 2013)This study examined pre-service primary teachers’ perspectives on teaching and learning experiences within college-based courses in ‘practical’ subject areas within a teacher education programme. Following three individual ... -
How can we avert the citation-based (h index) crisis? (Pre-published version)
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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 ... -
Human rights education: reflections on theory and practice
(Centre for Global Education, 2012)