Student Theses: Recent submissions
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Case Study Examining the Skills and Dispositions that are Developed in a Unit of Inquiry as Students and Teacher Adopt an Inquiry Stance to Learning in a Mainstream Primary School Classroom
(Marino Institute of Education, 2020-06)Inquiry based learning as a teaching practice makes an important contribution to primary education in Ireland as the fundamentals of inquiry; questioning skills, problem solving, critical thinking, agency and collaboration ... -
Empowering Children Through Inquiry
(Marino Institute of Education, 2020-06)Learning through inquiry can make a valuable contribution to primary education. The primary aim of this study was to identify how learning through inquiry might empower children to take action on environmental issues. A ... -
To Screen or Not to Screen? Exploring Primary School Children’s Perspectives on the use of Green Screen Technology when Looking at and Responding to Visual Arts.
(Marino Institute of Education, 2020-06)The 1999 visual arts primary school curriculum was evaluated by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment in 2005 as part of a phase one curriculum review which also included maths and English. This review reported ... -
Examining the Use of Outdoor Learning for Visual Arts Education in the Irish Primary School
There is a long-standing history between Visual Arts and nature. Despite this very natural, collaborative, and synergetic relationship, whereby there are only gains from an arts and environmental education perspective, ... -
An Exploration of the Value of Product in Visual Arts Education in the Irish Primary School
(Marino Institute of Education, 2020-06)This small-scale study explores the value of art product in visual arts education in the Irish primary school setting. A qualitative research approach was adopted, and the data was gathered through semi-structured interviews ... -
Outsider on the inside: Examining quality primary visual art education from an Artist’s perspective.
(Marino Institute of Education, 2020-06)Artists’ perspectives can offer insights untethered by the structures of the educational system. This study is an examination of contemporary artists’ perspective of quality visual art in primary school, through the programme ... -
The Opportunities of an Irish Primary School to Utilise a Per Cent for Art, Contemporary Artwork in Reforming Looking and Responding Practice
(Marino Institute of Education, 2020-06)The Primary School Visual Art Curriculum asserts that providing equal opportunities to facilitate looking and responding to art and making art, is vital to the implementation of a balanced visual art education (National ... -
How are Irish Primary Teachers using Social Media to Influence their Visual Arts Teaching Practice?
(Marino Institute of Education, 2020-06)The first study of its kind in Ireland, this study explored what types of social media platforms were used by Irish primary school teachers when planning for and teaching visual arts. A mixed-methods research approach was ... -
A Comparative Analysis of Lynne Sedgmore’s Spiritual Leadership and its Potential Usefulness in the Irish Post-Primary Setting
(Marino Institute of Education, 2020-06)The past two decades have seen a heightened expression of interest in the field of spiritual leadership, and a growing body of literature and research has proven that spiritual leadership can yield positive consequences ... -
An exploration of the association of religious faith in coping with work-related stress among special education teachers in Ireland
This dissertation explores the association special education teachers in Ireland make between their religious faith and coping with work-related stress. Little is known of the role that religious faith may play in coping ... -
Reinventing or Rediscovering Ethos? Teachers’ Perceptions of Fostering a Lived School Ethos in a Voluntary Catholic Post-Primary School in Ireland
(Marino Institute of Education, 2020-08)For many years, Catholic schools have been the primary option for parents sending their children to school. In recent years, however, a breadth of new options have been established, putting added pressure on Catholic ... -
Recognised, Accepted, Celebrated? Exploring Students’ Experiences of the Inclusion of their Religion or Belief System in a Catholic Post-Primary School in Ireland
(Marino Institute of Education, 2020-11)Ireland has undergone rapid social change in the past two decades. Multiculturalism and the decline of the influence of the Catholic Church have resulted in Catholic post-primary schools striving to cater for the needs ... -
Catholic Female Religious Orders' Legacy of Leadership in Irish Post-Primary Education
(Marino Institute of Education, 2020-06)The aim of this research is to explore Catholic female religious orders’ legacy of leadership in Irish post-primary schools. The research was timely, due to the dearth of research regarding female religious leadership, ... -
Exploring Educational Leadership and the Creation of a Culture of Care for Post-primary Teachers in the Republic of Ireland
(Marino Institute of Education, 2020)Post-primary teachers have been faced with numerous changes and reforms in recent decades. Research has shown that an ethic of care is important to support teachers’ well-being when teachers feel overworked, under-appreciated, ... -
An exploration into the attitudes and experiences of Montessori trained practitioners on the implementation of Aistear: the Early Childhood Curriculum Framework in early years classrooms
(Marino Institute of Education, 2020-06)The introduction of Aistear: the Early Childhood Curriculum Framework in 2009 sought to streamline curriculum provision and intended to honour all existing pedagogical practices, especially the Montessori method, a ... -
Infant Teachers’ Perceptions of Parental involvement in DEIS schools
(Marino Institute of Education, 2020-06)In the ever-changing field of education, there is an awareness of the positive benefits of parental involvement on student achievement especially in the early years of school (Epstein, 2009; Hoover-Dempsey et.al. 2005; ... -
A broken start? An examination of the impact of chronic illness and hospitalisation on the early childhood care and education careers of children attending hospital schools in Ireland.
(Marino Institute of Education, 2020-06)The title of this study is “A broken start? An examination of the impact of chronic illness and hospitalisation on the early childhood care and education careers of children attending hospital schools in Ireland.” This ... -
What are Junior Infant teachers’ and early years educators’ opinions about informal and formal learning and the acquisition of academic skills for 4/5 year olds in the final year of pre-school?
(Marino Institute of Education, 2020-06)This study aims to examine Junior Infant teachers’ and early years educators’ opinions about informal and formal learning and the acquisition of academic skills for 4/5 year olds in the final year of pre-school, in the ... -
“Teacher, is this a book about real things?” Implementing an Intervention Designed to Teach Unconstrained Literacy Skills Using a Dialogic Reading Approach to Non-Fiction Texts
(Marino Institute of Education, 2020-06)This study set out to create an intervention for teaching language and comprehension with a group of Junior Infants. The research explored language and comprehension as components of unconstrained literacy skills and the ... -
“This is a business….. It’s not a one-to-one” Exploring early years educators’ psychological and financial well-being in non-profit and for-profit early years settings in Ireland
(Marino Institute of Education, 2020-06)This research study focuses on comparing early years educators’ psychological and financial well-being in community, private independent and private chain settings in Ireland. Drawing particularly on self-determination ...
