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The effectiveness of a school-based test anxiety intervention at primary-level
(2023-10-02)
Background Test anxiety (TA) is characterised as an extreme fear of assessment which has a debilitating effect on performance. Despite growing concern over TA in primary-level education in Ireland, research on evidence-based ...
An evaluation of the school based wellbeing intervention welcome to wellbeing for young children
(2023-11-03)
Background: Wellbeing has become a valued aspect of education in recent years. However, further exploration of wellbeing and wellbeing interventions with young children still needs to be completed. Additionally, there needs ...
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 ...
An exploration of psychological wellbeing in Irish forest schools
(2020-12-10)
Background: Forest School is a form of regular and repeated outdoor learning. Children may access Forest School across a range of different settings, including primary school. There is evidence emerging in the literature ...
Play and autism: the power of play to promote wellbeing (Pre-published version)
(Children's Research Network, 2018)
Children with autism spectrum differences (ASD) play in their own unique ways and differences between children with ASD and neurotypcial children include differences in spontaneous play, social play and pretend play (Jarrold ...
Does the Weaving Well-being programme affect the academic achievement and engagement of Irish primary school students?
(2023-10-25)
Background: In 2012, 1 in 3 Irish young people were found to experience mental ill-health (Dooley & Fitzgerald, 2012). In light of such data, the Department of Education (DES) has recommended use of universal evidence based ...
The impact of primary school closures in Ireland resulting from the coronavirus pandemic on principal and teacher wellbeing (Pre-published version)
(SAGE Publications, 2023-09-24)
In December 2019, in Wuhan in China an outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19) was
reported. In late February 2020, the first cases of the virus were recorded in Ireland.
By 11th March, the World Health Organisation had ...