Higher education has evolved considerably since the early twentieth century. The concept of a system of higher education only emerged after World War II, with the growing understanding that universities are embedded within ...

As globalisation becomes more and more advanced, and political, economic and cultural exchanges between countries become more and more normal, foreign language education in China was facing important strategic development ...

Collaboration is not a new term in Ireland yet the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) have suggested that countries can learn from Finland, informing and improving their understanding of ...

Bullying can be defined as "repeated aggression, verbal, psychological or physical conducted by an individual or group against others" (Department of Education, 1993. p.6). Once regarded as a childhood issue, the prolonged ...

The study was designed as a quasi-experimental intervention study. There were two intervention groups and two control groups, with 119 students in total. A set of strategies corresponding to reading factors presented in ...

This thesis examined the developments in cultural diversity in Irish society in conjunction with intercultural education in primary schools. A number of prominent themes emerged from the data which included: language, ...

The research commenced with two exploratory studies (2001/2002) in Ireland and Texas into teacher employment patterns (teacher recruitment, teacher turnover and retention) at post-primary level in both Ireland and Texas. ...

The purpose of this thesis is to examine the issues relating to comprehension of economics text by senior cycle students (15 years +) and to present a small scale empirical study of the effectiveness of instruction in ...