Education: Recent submissions
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The Implementation of In-Service Training Focusing on Young Children’s Social-Emotional Development, and how it Impacts on Early Years Practitioners’ Knowledge, Professional Confidence and Reporting Practices: An Action Research Project
This action research project explored the impact on Early Years practitioners of an in-service training programme focusing on social-emotional development in young children. The subsequent effects on Early Years practitioners’ ... -
Leaving is not Losing: Influences on and Impacts of Career Decision Self-Efficacy in a Selection of Third Level Students in Ireland
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Education. Discipline of Education, 2020)College withdrawals are a widespread problem and Ireland is no exception. The associated challenges for the third level education provider, the family of the withdrawing student, and above all, the student him/herself, ... -
A Short Instrument for Measuring Students' Confidence with Key Skills (SICKS): Development, Validation and Initial Results
(2020)Despite a shift in educational landscape towards more competence-based pedagogies that focus on developing students' higher order thinking skills, there remains a dearth of pragmatic measures to evaluate the skills deemed ... -
When Adding up Doesn't Make Sense
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the benefits, if any, of applying a cognitive based approach to teach place value. The research evaluated two components of the approach which were, impact on conceptual understanding, ... -
Do Science Cafés Reach New Audiences, Or Just Thirsty Scientists?
Science Café are informal science events held in casual locations such as bars and restaurants, and the relaxed atmosphere has been thought to be inviting to people who would not otherwise engage in learning about science. ... -
Comparative Analysis between STEM and Maker Education in the Digital Age
With the ongoing knowledge age, equipping students with 21-st century learning skills such as critical thinking, problem-solving ability, innovation and creation, collaboration, empathy seems to be more important than ... -
Engaging migrant and refugee communities in non-formal science learning spaces.
(2020)In this era of pandemics, economic crises and civil unrest, science centres and museums have an opportunity to become truly relevant resources to society. This paper summarises a number of critical lessons from the PISEA ... -
Trinity Access: School Data 2019
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Technology usage in mathematics education research - A systematic review of recent trends
(2017)There is a significant body of research relating to technology-enhanced mathematics education and the perceived potential of digital tools to enhance the learning experience. The aim of this research is to take a structured ... -
How Does an Embodied Approach to the Curriculum Impact upon the Acquisition of Grammar in an ESL Classroom?
This was a small scale, practitioner-researched study involving 10 participants which took place in a pre-intermediate English classroom in a Dublin adult language school in February 2018. The research question was designed ... -
In the Spotlight Together: Using mentoring as a model for professional development in drama in education
Abstract Robert Kirkham In the Spotlight Together: Using mentoring as a model for professional development in drama in education In 2016, British Columbia’s Ministry of Education introduced a redesigned curriculum, ... -
Bridge Between Theatre and Classroom: A Case Study of NTGent’s Spiegelproject in a Secondary School
This case study examined secondary school students’ experiences in a Spiegelproject carried out by NTGent, the city theatre of Ghent, Belgium in comparison with the theatre’s artistic agenda adopted in 2018. Spiegelprojects ... -
Fishing for Phronesis: A Search for Tacit Knowledge in Technical Theatre Education
Daniel Persse Abstract Fishing for Phronesis: A Search for Tacit Knowledge in Technical Theatre Education This study examines the relationship between experiential learning, reflective practice and tacit knowledge in ... -
Stepping Through Doorways: An Exploration of Drama in Education, Host Culture and International Schools.
Stepping Through Doorways: An Exploration of Drama in Education, Host Culture and International Schools. Chilla Sipos (Tamas) Trinity College Dublin In an increasingly globalised world, intercultural understanding ... -
The Challenges Schools Face and Strategies They Adopt Regarding Internet Safety: A Case Study.
Background Technological advances have occurred rapidly in recent decades, with Information and Communication Technologies playing an increasingly prominent role in the lives of adults and children alike. While there are ... -
Migrant Children’s Experiences of Learning English as an Additional Language in Irish Primary Schools.
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Education, 2019)This study aimed to investigate migrant learners’ experiences of learning English as an Additional Language (EAL) in Irish primary schools, within the context of the school community and the larger language-in-education ... -
A Study of Parental Engagement with Home Literacy Practices and School Supports in an Area of Disadvantage
This thesis aimed to explore the home literacy environments (HLE) of children from Junior and Senior Infant classes in a Delivering Equality of Opportunity in School (DEIS) band 1 urban school serving an area of social ...
