Mary Immaculate Research Repository: Recent submissions
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Breaking through the looking-glass: (re)imagining Alice through visual representation
(2020-12-17)This thesis focuses on the visual iconography of the ‘Alice’ figure created in Lewis Carroll’s Alice books, and it traces the progression of Alice’s characterisation through multimodal platforms including illustration, ... -
‘With great power comes great responsibility’: The impact of the parent-child relationship on the development of the heroic identity within comic book and graphic novel culture
(2020-12-17)The aim of this thesis is to explore the impact of the parent-child relationship on the development of the heroic identity within the comic book and graphic novel genre. The life of a hero is seen as a solitary one. ... -
Cothú agus cleachtais na filíochta: cás-staidéar ar fhilí comhaimseartha chorca dhuibhne agus uíbh ráthaigh
(2020-12-17)Pléann an tráchtas seo le saintaithí sé fhile dhéag comhaimseartha a bhaineann le dhá cheantar Gaeltachta i gCiarraí, Corca Dhuibhne agus Uíbh Ráthach. Fiosraítear réimsí éagsúla de thaithí na bhfilí maidir le cleachtadh ... -
Developing student mental toughness: the potential impact of autonomy support from teachers
(2020-12-16)Developing Student Mental Toughness: The Potential Impact of Autonomy Support from Teachers Harte, E., Brophy, T., & Perry, J. (2020) Background: Mental toughness (MT) is a personality trait which supports an individual ... -
My feed does not define me: the role of social networking site usage in adolescent self-concept
(2020-12-16)Introduction: Adolescence is a critical period of self-concept development. However, with the prevalence of social networking site use amongst this age group, this development is now occurring in a completely different ... -
'Take him to the cleaners and make him do your homework': a corpus-based analysis of lexical structure used by English language learners
(2020-12-16)The present study is an empirical corpus based analysis of the use of four lexical bundles or strings by ESL students at a higher education centre in Ireland. The overall aim was to ascertain if students at both ends ... -
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, ... -
Capturing the voices of parents: needs, experiences and perspectives of post-diagnostic parent training in an ASD assessment and intervention service
(2020-12-11)Aims: This research explores the needs, experiences and perspectives of parents who attended post-diagnostic parent training, following a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) for their child. The research sought to ... -
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 ... -
The evolution of Irish veterinary practice, 1700-1950
(2020-12-10)This thesis explores the evolution of Irish veterinary practice, especially with regards to cattle practice, over the course of some 250 years. It begins in the eighteenth-century, with a discussion on prominent farriers ... -
An evaluation of the effectiveness of the zones of regulation cognitive behavioural intervention on emotional regulation outcomes for school aged children with autism spectrum disorders in Ireland.
(2020-12-10)Background and Aims: Emotional regulation is a transactional process between an individual, their environment and involves controlled or automatic strategies executed in response to stimuli which trigger emotions (Gross ... -
A postcolonial and disability studies analysis of a selection of popular contemporary novels about disability
(2020-12-10)This thesis will combine postcolonial theory and disability theory to analyse the representation of characters with a disability and their family members in a selection of contemporary popular novels. The texts examined ... -
An investigation in to the impact of the weaving well-being tools of resilience programme on primary school children’s self-efficacy and emotion regulation
(2020-12-07)Title: An investigation in to the impact of the Weaving Well-Being Tools of Resilience programme on primary school children’s emotion-regulation and self-efficacy. Background: With referrals to child and adolescent mental ... -
Shared learning, different contexts: understanding teaching for meaning in pre-service physical education teacher education
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Strengthening the fabric, untangling the knots: a collaborative self-study involving coaching and teaching
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"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 ... -
An examination of the career aspirations of Irish children within the framework of goal contents theory
(2020-02-07)Aims: This study explored the following questions: (a) what are students‟ career aspirations and goal contents? (b) are there predictive factors of students‟ career aspirations and goal contents? (c) how do students‟ career ... -
The Untold story of the monster: a psychoanalytic analysis of the monster through the anamorphic lens
(2020-02-04)Research identifies the perception of evil as a mechanism to segregate people from inhuman and monstrous transgressors. Luke Russell defines that ‘the evil of the agent is supposed to provide a complete explanation of the ...