Education: Recent submissions
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To examine the professional development of pre-service modern language teachers from a consecutive program of study in terms of both knowledge and identity underpinned conceptually by the Threshold Concepts Framework (TCF)
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Education. Discipline of Education, 2021)This study tracks the professional development (PD) of two cohorts of student language teachers (ST) in Initial Teacher Education in both their learning and school placement throughout a year of their studies in terms of ... -
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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The Social Engagement Experiences of Disabled Students in Higher Education in Ireland.
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Education. Discipline of Education, 2021)Title: The Social Engagement Experiences of Disabled Students in Higher Education in Ireland. Vivian Rath Ph.D. School of Education, Trinity College Dublin. The aim of this research was to examine the social engagement ... -
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, ... -
Technology-enhanced learning supporting engagement, assessment, and reflection in higher education science
(ALMA MATER STUDIORUM University of Bologna, 2019)In this paper, the results of a study conducted in higher education science across three groups of early-career scientists in the same university²undergraduate students, masters students, and doctoral students²will ... -
Never the right time: maternity planning alongside a science career in academia
(2020)Pregnancy and maternity planning pose a challenge and stress in the academic career of a researcher, especially at the PhD and postdoctoral level, where the conditions of employment and role status are not clear. This paper ... -
Examining a Virtual Learning Environment: Utilisation factors and impact on post-primary national school teachers in Malaysia
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Education. Discipline of Education, 2021)Since 2012 teaching and learning in all national schools in Malaysia are supplemented with a cloud-based virtual learning environment (VLE). This study was instigated by the fact that despite many programmes associated ... -
A case study of 21st century learning in an Irish context: An exploration of the utilisation of mobile devices and how they contribute to the realisation of the aims of the new Junior Cycle framework
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Education. Discipline of Education, 2021)The 20th century has provided a number of significant technologies that have transformed education, with the introduction of the overhead projector, Schools TV, the whiteboard, personal computers, video projectors and ... -
Expert Perspectives & Methodological Excerpts: A Creative Semi-Fictionalised Epistolary Describing A Student Voice Led Study Of Irish Teens' Engagement With Earth Science & Climate Change
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Education. Discipline of Education, 2020)Today’s teens have seen the writing on the wall, as oceans rise and global superpowers fall. Schoolchildren take to the streets and make crucial pleas, challenging the powers that be. Meanwhile, in Ireland, Junior Cycle ... -
Socialisation, Role theory, and Infrapolitics: Officers of the Irish Defence Forces and Civilian Higher Education since the 1960s
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Education. Discipline of Education, 2020)The military profession has a long history, and its institutions of education have been central to the development of military officers. Questions about the higher education of officers became increasingly important in the ... -
Measuring Social and Psychological Outcomes from Activation Labour Market Programmes in Higher Education: A Pilot Study
(2018)Following the 2008 recession, Ireland experienced unemployment rates as high as 15% (McGuinness, O’Connell and Kelly, 2014). Policy responses have been through the introduction of upskilling and reskilling through activation ... -
Flipped-mastery learning through the use of 'student action cycles' in a mixed-ability secondary level Irish science classroom
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Education. Discipline of Education, 2020)The following document explores the use of student action cycles (SACs), a reflexive, student-driven approach to flipped-mastery learning, with a focus on developing deep understanding rather than on learning to pass ... -
Effective Practices for Helping Students Transition to Work
(Oxford University Press, 2020)People with disabilities have been among the most marginalized groups within society, with consequent limitations imposed on their access to many goods within society, including education, employment, and economic independence. ...
