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Mainstream and Margins: An exploration of the policy, practice and perspectives that have shapred part-time flexible learning in Irish Higher Education 2012-18
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Botany, 2020)Part-time flexible learning in Irish higher education has not been embedded within mainstream policy and was of marginal interest to policy makers and Higher Education Institutions (HEIs’). This subject also received ... -
An maith leat an Ghaeilge? An analysis of variation in primary pupil attitudes to Irish in the Growing Up in Ireland study
(2018)This paper presents an analysis of primary schoolchildren's attitudes to the Irish language, Gaeilge, in the context of national policy in the Republic of Ireland. In particular, the study examines the factors (social, ... -
Making the transition to post-secondary education: opportunities and challenges experienced by students with ASD in the Republic of Ireland
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)International and national policy initiatives have begun to focus on enabling people from traditionally marginalised groups to fully participate within society. In the Republic of Ireland there has been a concerted struggle ... -
Making the transition to post-secondary education: Opportunities and challenges experienced by students with ASD in the Republic of Ireland
(2017)Internationally there are increasing numbers of young people on the ASD spectrum attending higher education. Early transition planning is essential and students with ASD often require support to articulate their post-school ... -
Management of bullying in Northern Ireland schools: a pre-legislative survey
(National Foundation for Educational Research, 2008)BACKGROUND Unlike the rest of the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland has only recently (2003) implemented legislation regarding the requirement for anti-bullying policies in the Provinces school system. PURPOSE To ascertain ... -
Mapping an ethnography of change in teachers of Italian (L2) learning process drama
(2016)This paper discusses a longitudinal, participatory case study focused on a group of experienced teachers of Italian (L2), learning to integrate process drama pedagogy in their practice. Process drama is an embodied approach ... -
Mapping the journey: Supporting transition from preschool to primary school for children on the autism spectrum in Ireland. A mixed methods exploratory study.
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Education. Discipline of Education, 2019)Transition to primary school is reported as being a key moment in a child's life (Dockett & Perry 2001), however, for children on the autism spectrum it can be challenging, as difficulty coping with change is reported as ... -
Marginalised students in Primary and Post-Primary DEIS Schools and other settings: System Gaps in Policy and Practice and the Priority Issues for consideration, with reference to the impact of Covid 19
(EDC, 2020)Founded in 2000 by the late Dr. Ann Louise Gilligan, the DCU Educational Disadvantage Centre, located in its Institute of Education, engages in interdisciplinary research, policy and practice regarding poverty and social ... -
Mathematics, Technology Interventions and Pedagogy- Seeing the Wood From the Trees
(SCITEPRESS - Science and Technology Publications, 2013)This research explores recent technological interventions in mathematics education and examines to what extent these make use of the educational opportunities offered by the technology and appropriate pedagogical approaches ... -
The meaning (s) of practice: Puzzling through performative language practice with refugee learners.
(2020)This article features an investigation into the semantics of the term ‘practice’ coexisting in a multidisciplinary research context. The background of the discussion is a government-funded study with refugees and asylum ... -
Measures and Metrics: exploring some of the philosophical roots of accountability regimes in higher education with a specific focus on the Irish context
(2012)This paper reports on project aimed at examining the impact of accountability regimes on academic identity/identities in Ireland. Framed by a view of Foucaultian power relations and the Zizekian idea that academic life may ... -
Measuring Social and Psychological Outcomes from Activation Labour Market Programmes in Higher Education: A Pilot Study
(2018)Following the 2008 recession, Ireland experienced unemployment rates as high as 15% (McGuinness, O’Connell and Kelly, 2014). Policy responses have been through the introduction of upskilling and reskilling through activation ... -
Mediating the discourses of marketization and Bildung with Slavoj Zizek's dialectics
(2008)A number of different discourses are evident in contemporary Irish educational policy, debate and theory: the grammar of marketisation, the poetry of Bildung and culture, the prose of Christian formation together with the ... -
A mixed methods approach to understanding cyberbullying: A role for both quantitative and qualitative research.
(2013)The study investigated the incidence and nature of cyber-bullying within six post-primary schools in Northern Ireland. A mixed methods sequential explanatory design was employed. The first, quantitative phase involved ... -
More Than Food: Surplus Food Distribution during the Covid-19 pandemic
(FoodCloud, 2022)