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Left to their Own Devices: Exploring Primary Teacher Experiences of Teaching Online During the COVID19 School Closures
There is an international consensus that Information and Communications Technology (ICT) has the potential to enhance teaching and learning in schools, and when supported by a constructivist pedagogy, can engage students ... -
“Let their imaginations flow”: Investigating Irish primary teachers’ views on the use of mythology in the classroom
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether mythology has value for Irish primary school children in the senior classes in a modern cultural context. The study also examines the challenges posed by the use of ... -
Mentors' Experiences of Supporting Practitioners to Reflect on their Image of the Child
(Marino Institute of Education, 2019-06)This study explored mentors’ experiences of supporting practitioners to reflect on their image of the child. The purpose was to evaluate the effectiveness of making this reflection central to mentoring practices for ... -
Mindfulness? An Exploration of Teachers’ Reflections on ‘Mindfulness’ and its Practice in Today’s Primary Classroom.
(Marino Institute of Education, 2020-05)With the increasing popularisation of mindfulness in society, it is important to seek an understanding of this influence on the traditional practice of mindfulness. Research on the effects of mindfulness has increased in ... -
The Opportunities of an Irish Primary School to Utilise a Per Cent for Art, Contemporary Artwork in Reforming Looking and Responding Practice
(Marino Institute of Education, 2020-06)The Primary School Visual Art Curriculum asserts that providing equal opportunities to facilitate looking and responding to art and making art, is vital to the implementation of a balanced visual art education (National ... -
Outsider on the inside: Examining quality primary visual art education from an Artist’s perspective.
(Marino Institute of Education, 2020-06)Artists’ perspectives can offer insights untethered by the structures of the educational system. This study is an examination of contemporary artists’ perspective of quality visual art in primary school, through the programme ... -
Parental experiences of transformative dialogic reading practice in the home environment.
(2017-06)Literacy achievement from birth is supported by many factors. Literature indicates that one’s culture, socioeconomic status, (SES) and home literacy environment (HLE) are factors that affect language and literacy skills ... -
Parents Opinions On How Parents And Schools Can Work Together In Order To Improve Oral Language Development For Their Children
(Marino Institute of Education, 2020-06)The aim of this research project is to determine the ways in which parents think that schools and parents can work together in order to achieve the best outcomes for children in relation to their oral language development. ... -
Parents' and Their Children's Perspectives on Emergent Writing
(2019-06)One of the main functions of primary schools in Ireland, is to support children in the attainment of effective writing skills. However, when children begin their formal education in primary school, they bring with them ... -
The Perception of Cross Sectoral Early Years Educators on their Role in Developing the Voice and Agency of 3-7 Year Olds with Specific Regard to Minority Children
(Marino Institute of Education, 2020-06)Regulatory bodies such as the Department of Education and Skills (2011) and the National Curriculum for Curriculum and Assessment (2016) outline the need for connections and consistency across philosophies in early years ... -
The perceptions of mainstream teachers, special class teachers and special needs assistants regarding the inclusivity of special classes for children with Autism.
Over the last few decades, Inclusive Education has become a prominent topic of discussion in Ireland and around the world. Unfortunately, inclusion remains an ambiguous term and as such, what forms of education provision ... -
Perspectives of Teachers and Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder on the Importance of the Parent-Teacher Relationship
(Marino Institute of Education, 2020-05)‘One in every 65 students or 1.5% of the school’s population has a diagnosis of ASD which is approximately 14,000 students’ (NCSE, 2016, p. 32). This statistic highlights the number of students reported on the autism ... -
Philosophy with Children How does the practice of philosophy nurture a young child's natural ability to think philosophically and encourage him/her to participate in a democratic community of enquiry?
(2017-06)Philosophy enables us to be critical, independent thinkers particularly in a fast-paced digital world. Philosophy with Children is a pedagogy whereby the voice of the child is upheld, their agency is enabled and their ... -
A Play-Based Learning Approach to Teaching the Writing Outcomes of the 2019 Primary Language Curriculum in a Junior Infant Classroom
(Marino Institute of Education, 2020-06)The Primary Language Curriculum (PLC) recommends that educators use a playful approach to teaching emergent literacy in infant classes (Department of Education and Skills [DES], 2019). This study examines how a Play-Based ... -
Pre-school to Primary Education: Teacher Perceptions of Children’s Needs and the Influence of Aistear on Children’s Transitions.
(Marino Institute of Education, 2020-05)This research project, Pre-school to Primary Education: Teacher perceptions of children’s needs and the influence of Aistear on children’s transitions, is a small-scale dissertation exploring infant teachers lived experienced, ... -
Primary school age children’s perceptions of family: A case study
(Marino Institute of Education, 2020-05)Family is a common theme that children of primary school age are frequently called upon to examine and consider throughout their education. The concept of family is discussed and explored in many curricular and non-curricular ... -
Recognised, Accepted, Celebrated? Exploring Students’ Experiences of the Inclusion of their Religion or Belief System in a Catholic Post-Primary School in Ireland
(Marino Institute of Education, 2020-11)Ireland has undergone rapid social change in the past two decades. Multiculturalism and the decline of the influence of the Catholic Church have resulted in Catholic post-primary schools striving to cater for the needs ... -
Reinventing or Rediscovering Ethos? Teachers’ Perceptions of Fostering a Lived School Ethos in a Voluntary Catholic Post-Primary School in Ireland
(Marino Institute of Education, 2020-08)For many years, Catholic schools have been the primary option for parents sending their children to school. In recent years, however, a breadth of new options have been established, putting added pressure on Catholic ... -
#selfie: An Investigation into the Attitudes and Opinions of Girls in 5th and 6th Class on the Selfie
(2018-05)Selfies, shared far and wide across various social media platforms, have changed the way in which we communicate. Young people dominate the statistics when it comes to selfie taking, particularly girls. It appears that ... -
“Sitting Pretty?”: A Mixed-Methods Study into the amount of Time Irish Primary School Pupils spend Sitting throughout the School Day.
(2017-05)The focus of this study is to investigate the amount of time children in Irish primary schools spend sitting and how much physical activity they participate in during a typical school day. In addition, this study also ...