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What is the experience of navigating a new life in Ireland for international protection applicants and refugees and what role does education play?
(2022-04-01)
This research is political in nature. It analyses the system of reception for international protection applicants and refugees in Ireland, investigates the nature of life within Direct Provision and explores the ways in ...
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 ...
Re-Presenting Christian Tradition as a Source of Inspiration and Integration for Educators in Catholic Schools—A Proposal
(Religions, 2021-01)
Abstract: A significant challenge facing leaders of Catholic schools in Ireland today is to ensure
an appreciation for, and understanding of, the Catholic identity of the school among members of
staff. A first aim of ...
Education in West Africa as a contested space between global politics and local cultures: an exploration through critical discourse analysis
(2020-12-17)
This research contributes to the discourse on resolving some of the challenges facing contemporary education-formal schooling across West Africa, particularly the challenge of resentment toward formal schooling in the ...
Experiences of post-primary school communities transitioning to a settings-base for mental health and wellbeing promotion: the impact of policy on context, competition and care
(2020-12-11)
This multi-case case study explores the experiences of post-primary school communities as they transition to a mental health and wellbeing promotion model. The research study includes the voices of students, principals, ...
"I want them to have a good education" : The "New Irish" parents and the primary school system
(2020-02-07)
Just over one in 10 primary school age children in Ireland are first-generation immigrants (Department of Education and Skills [DES] 2018a). An even larger number of Irish primary school pupils have at least one immigrant ...
Child protection in Irish primary schools: supports and challenges in the role of Designated Liaison Person for child protection
(Oxford University Press, 2022-03)
This article reviews child protection in the Irish primary school context from the perspective of the Designated Liaison Person (DLP). Research undertaken with DLPs is presented which illuminates the supports and challenges ...
The evolution of wellbeing in educational policy in Ireland: towards an interdisciplinary approach
(International Journal of Wellbeing, 2022-01-31)
This paper examines how wellbeing has evolved in educational policy over the last decade in Ireland. The influence of the developments in national policy on wellbeing are also considered. While the concept of wellbeing is ...
Intercultural education in the Irish primary classroom
(The SPHE Network, 2021)
As a result of rapidly increasing inward migration over the last twenty years, Ireland has changed to become a nation with a wealth of diversity. As a result, schools have had to ensure pupils from a range of diverse ...