Education (Scholarly Publications): Recent submissions
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Investigating diversity in European audiences for public engagement with research: Who attends European Researchers� Night in Ireland, the UK and Malta?
(2021)European Researchers’ Night is an annual pan-European synchronized event devoted to public engagement with research. It was first held in 2005 and now occurs in over 400 cities across Europe, with the aim of bringing ... -
Zines as Reflective Evaluation Within Interdisciplinary Learning Programmes
(2021)This paper presents a unique method for documenting and reflecting learning in interdisciplinary science learning settings, which prioritises the perspectives of marginalised learners and which may be used across cultural ... -
Synergies of Citizen Science and Education
(The Citizen Science Cost Action CA15212 A Framework in Science and Technology to promote creativity, 2017) -
The Role of Citizen Science in Education - Comparing Research Agendas in the UK and Ireland
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A Place for Space: The Shift to Online Space Education During a Global Pandemic
(2021)The COVID-19 global pandemic has transformed the relationship between science and society. The ensuing public health crisis has placed aspects of this relationship in harsh relief; perceptions of scientific credibility, ... -
Guidance to an Independent Adult Life
(National Centre for Guidance in Education, 2021)In this article, Des Aston of the Trinity Centre for People with Intellectual Disabilities (TCPID), provides an insightful reflection on Post-School Transitions for Students with Intellectual Disabilities in the The ... -
Supporting quality in science communication: insights from the QUEST project
(2021)The promotion of quality is a critical aspect to consider in the re-examination of science communication. This problem is analysed in the research carried out by the QUEST project, as featured in this paper. Engaging key ... -
The trouble with STEAM and why we use it anyway
(2021)As an emerging field of theory, research, and practice, STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) has received attention for its efforts to incorporate the arts into the rubric of STEM (Science, ... -
Quality indicators for science communication: results from a collaborative concept mapping exercise
(2021)Although the need to improve quality of science communication is often mentioned in public discussions, the science communication literature offers few conceptualizations of quality. We used a concept mapping approach, ... -
The landscape of European science communication
(2021)European science communication project QUEST surveyed and reviewed different aspects of European science communication, including science journalism, teaching and training in science communication, social media activity, ... -
Citizen Science in Ireland
(2021)Ireland has a rich history of public engagement with science and the growing number of national citizen science initiatives is in keeping with developments seen in other European countries. This paper explores several ... -
Citizen Science, Education, and Learning: Challenges and Opportunities
(2020)Citizen science is a growing field of research and practice, generating new knowledge and understanding through the collaboration of citizens in scientific research. As the field expands, it is becoming increasingly important ... -
Time to Listen: Children s Voice in Geoscience Education Research
(2021)Arguably the greatest threat facing society is that posed by irreversible climate change. Intandem with mitigating the effects of climate change, we must now make decisions aboutissues such as renewable energy, sustainable ... -
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 ... -
Taking the cloth off the telescope
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Post-School Transitions for Students with Intellectual Disabilities in the Republic of Ireland
(Trinity College Dublin, 2021)It’s well established that people with intellectual disabilities (ID) are more likely to be unemployed; more dependent on social welfare; with an increased risk of living in poverty. A shift in policy at a national and ... -
THE HUMAN CATAPULT AND OTHER STORIES ? ADVENTURES WITH TECHNOLOGY IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
(University of Bari, 2013)This paper reports on-going research into how the affordances of off-the-shelf technologies can be aligned with relevant mathematics pedagogy, to create transformative learning experiences with the potential to overcome ... -
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 ... -
An IoT and Wearable Technology Hackathon for Promoting Careers in Computer Science
(2017)This paper explores the use of a constructivist 21st-century learning model to implement a week-long workshop, delivered as a “hackathon,” to encourage preuniversity teenagers to pursue careers in STEM, with a particular ... -
Technology-Mediated Collaborative Learning: The Bridge21 Activity Model in Theory and Practice
(Springer, 2019)This chapter explores the Bridge21 activity model designed to support the development of an innovative twenty-first-century learning environment in second-level schools. Over the past 10 years, the model has been developed, ...
