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Analysing Female Academic Underrepresentation in Senior Leadership Positions in Tanzanian Higher Learning Institutions
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Education. Discipline of Education, 2024)Gender inequality remains a pressing global issue, especially in Higher Learning Institutions (HLIs) where the underrepresentation of women in senior positions has been a longstanding challenge. This research investigates ... -
"Please don't forget me!" An Exploration of Mathematical Preparedness in the context of Ireland's Curricular Middle Child, Transition Year.
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Education. Discipline of Education, 2024)The literature identifies that there are growing international concerns about the basic mathematical abilities of students in mathematics-related courses at undergraduate level. These concerns are referred to as the ... -
Bridging citizen science and science communication
(Frontiers Media SA, 2024)The growth of public engagement in science is supported by two complementary fields of research and practice: citizen science and science communication. Presenting unique opportunities for the development of science in ... -
N� Sh�och�in, Tr�ona (2018). Singing Ideas:Performance, Politics and Oral Poetry.
(2018)Singing Ideas: Performance, Politics and Oral Poetry is a fascinating insight into the Irish tradition of singing and its potency to fuel political thought and identity, in the context of eighteenth-century Ireland. To ... -
Editorial: Bridging citizen science and science communication
(2024)The growth of public engagement in science is supported by two complementary fields of research and practice: citizen science and science communication. Presenting unique opportunities for the development of science in ... -
The distribution of science communication teaching around the globe
(2023)In the context of a special issue of this journal focused on teaching science communication, we present a map of the geographical distribution of 122 science communication teaching programmes from 31 countries around the ... -
Renewing an undergraduate science curriculum for the 21st century
(2023)Introduction: The rapid pace of technological advancement, globalisation, and complex socio-economic challenges facing 21st-century society necessitates a rethinking of undergraduate science education. Undergraduate science ... -
Investigating the indirect impact of transformational leadership on performance and work alienation: evidence from school principals navigating COVID-19
(2024)Purpose – Although significant research has examined the concept of transformational leadership, few studies have explored the indirect impact of transformational leadership on individual and organizational outcomes ... -
GlobalSCAPE: successes and failures in connecting with science communicators around the world
(2024)The GlobalSCAPE research project was tasked with engaging people working in science communication to better understand their views of the field. While being a European-based research project, GlobalSCAPE aimed to connect ... -
Dynamic Multilingual Identities: A linguistic ethnography exploring identity, multilingualism and language policy in primary school aged, migrant learners and their families in Ireland.
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Education. Discipline of Education, 2024)Previously a country with a sustained history of emigration, Ireland has experienced significant immigration in the last thirty years, which has resulted in an increasingly diverse ethnolinguistic landscape (Central ... -
Inspiring Women - An Educational Design Research Study
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Education. Discipline of Education, 2024)The under-representation of girls in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) education and careers is a deep-rooted problem. Gender differences in the participation of STEM education are visible as early as ... -
Shifting Sands: Disability and Reasonable Accommodation in the Covid/Post Covid Higher Education Environment
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Ableism in Academia in Ireland: Experiences of Disabled Academics & Recommedations for the Future
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Home-schooling in the Republic of Ireland
(2023)Internationally, there continues to be a rise in the popularity of home-schooling. Although the growth in the numbers of families choosing this alternative approach was evident prior to the Covid-19 Pandemic school ... -
ALTITUDE The National Charter for Universal Design in Tertiary Education: Technical Report
(AHEAD Educational Press, 2024)Ireland’s education system is at a critical stage in its development towards inclusion. Greater diversity in the student population, national and international policy emphases on the right to an inclusive education for ... -
Exploring the impact of a parent-designed family literacy programme in a DEIS primary school on family literacy practices, home school-relationships and confidence
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Education. Discipline of Education, 2024)This doctoral research is set in an urban DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools) band 1 primary school (a school at risk of educational disadvantage) in Ireland and explores family literacy, home-school ... -
Implementing Computer-Mediated Communication Learning Activities for Adolescent Learners of Chinese as a Foreign Language in Ireland: Task Design, Learning Process, Affordances and Constraints
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Education. Discipline of Education, 2024)Drawing together the development of Chinese as a curricular language subject in Ireland and the most advances in technology enhanced language learning, this doctoral study took place during the Covid pandemic to investigate ... -
From Oral Storytelling to Critical Thinking: A Design-Based Research Pedagogical Intervention
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Education. Discipline of Education, 2024)Critical thinking is at the forefront of learning and gaining increasing attention as a 21stcentury skill that helps students make well-informed decisions that positively impact their learning and life opportunities. In ... -
New Ways of Evaluating, New Ways of Being: STEAM Zines and Non-Formal Learning
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Education. Discipline of Education, 2024)Places in which art and science come together have proven to be fertile grounds for imagination, creativity, and the prototyping of ideas where different forms of inquiry and exploration become possible. Choosing effective ... -
An Exploration of the Trinity Access Mentoring Programme and the Perceptions and Experiences of 6th-year Students in Five of its Post-Primary Link Schools.
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Education. Discipline of Education, 2024)This research explored the effectiveness of the Trinity Access (TA) mentoring programme in supporting and/or informing the post-school aspirations and expectations of sixth-year students. It assessed the operational aspects ...
