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A fusion of research-informed teaching and teaching-informed research : Designing a scalable online ecosystem for new partnerships in educational research.
(Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education, 2021-03-03)This paper examines the unbundling of research in the context of the Teachers’ Research Exchange (T-REX) platform, the national flagship Internet platform in Ireland for teachers to access, use and engage in research. This ... -
Beyond Belief? Pre-Service Teachers' Perspectives on Teaching RE in Ireland.
(Springer, 2021)This article overviews the contemporary context for teaching RE in Ireland and profiles changing religious demographics in an increasingly secular context. It presents the findings of a two-year mixed-methods study undertaken ... -
Why are Catholic Schools Afraid to be Catholic Schools?': Challenges to Leaders of Catholic Secondary Schools
(Veritas, 2021)The population in the Republic of Ireland (hereafter, Ireland) has become increasingly diverse over the past two decades. New demographics in terms of culture, language and belief systems are enriching her once relatively ... -
The 'Family Project': Investigating multi-belief peer learning in two Irish primary schools
(Taylor & Francis, 2020)In 2007, a new model of state-run primary schools was established in Ireland in response to the growing pluralism in this country. These are publicly-managed, multidenominational schools with the Irish state, through the ... -
Blending Catholicism with Chi, Chakras and Crystals: Research on the Lived Reality of Catholicism Among Pre-Service Postgraduate Student Teachers In Catholic Third-Level Colleges in the Republic of Ireland (ROI)
(Brill, 2022)This article presents the findings of a two-year research project investigating four hundred third-level Initial Teacher Education (ITE) students’ perceptions of the religiously unaffiliated in Ireland. The research was ...