FACULTY OF EDUCATION: Recent submissions
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Reading more deeply into EAL!
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IMPACT maths programme
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Unequal at birth: inequalities in the occurrence of low birthweight babies in Ireland
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'Working together to develop the 3Rs' - an exploration of roles, responsibilities and relationships between ECCE students and teachers in Irish primary school infant classrooms
(CECDE [Centre for Early Childhood Development and Education], 2007)In recent years, several key policy documents have advocated the need for further collaborative working among professionals in the area of Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) to provide more cohesive and coordinated ... -
What’s SWOT in attitudes towards young children in Danish after-school provision: perceptions from an ‘Irish lens’
(OMEP Ireland, 2008)Based on observations of afterschool provision and interviews with stakeholders in Copenhagen, Denmark, this paper presents a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) analysis of the attitudes of adults ... -
Streets ahead: findings on outdoor play from the growing up in Ireland study
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An exploration of the evidential base for early childhood education and care professional practice placement in higher education institutes in Ireland
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On your bike: outdoor play in Irish 5 year olds
(Children's Research Network, 2018)Under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), children have the right to play (UNCRC, 1989 Article 31) and the importance of outdoor play has been well-documented (Bento and Dias, 2017). From a ... -
Growing up outdoors (Pre-published version)
(Early Childhood Ireland, 2019)Did you know that nearly one in six Irish parents don’t think it’s safe for their five year old child to play outside at home during the day? Irish and international research indicates that neighbourhood safety has an ... -
A hop, skip and a jump to school! (Pre-published version)
(Early Childhood Ireland, 2018)As we come towards the end of the preschool year, parents may now be focused on the summer holidays and making the transition to primary school. Parents may be asking you what they should be doing over the summer to prepare ... -
Early years educators ‘your well-being matters’ too! (Pre-published version)
(Early Childhood Ireland, 2017)As summer approaches, consider the advice they give on the plane before take-off…’In an emergency, put your own life-jacket and mask on first before you attend to your children’. In our day to day work we are usually told ... -
Where to now for early childhood care and education (ECCE) graduates? A study of the experiences of Irish BA ECCE degree graduates
(Taylor & Francis [Routledge], 2013)International definitions of early childhood locate the field with the care and education of children between birth and six years. In Ireland, this definition applies to both pre-school and the infant classes of primary ... -
Beyond basic ‘minding’: adopting an ecological, evidence based approach to promoting children’s well-being and developing child health advocacy with early childhood undergraduate students (Pre-published version)
(Children's Research Network, 2017)It is now well-acknowledged that the foundations of lifelong health are built in early childhood (Center of the Developing Child at Harvard, 2010). Internationally, there has been a growing body of evidence highlighting ... -
‘An undervalued, under-appreciated profession, long hours, hard work, poor pay’. A study of the professional identity of BA ECCE graduates
(Institute of Technology Sligo, 2012)Drawing upon a Bachelor of Arts (BA) ECCE graduate occupational profile survey, this paper explores the experiences of graduates with particular reference to the relationship between graduate qualifications and professional ... -
The effects of teacher professional development on rural students’ lexical inferencing skills
(Sage, 2016)Rural students are at risk for vocabulary underdevelopment and often have less access to educational resources. The purpose of this investigation was to examine the effectiveness of an Internet-based Speech/Language ... -
Putting the learner into the curriculum, not the curriculum into the learner: a case for negotiated integrated curriculum
(University of Bahrain, 2014)The question “what is good teaching?” leads to further questions about the nature of curriculum and decision-making. This paper explores the need and feasibility of a Negotiated Integrated Curriculum (NIC) to better empower ... -
Research as a respectful practice: an exploration of the practice of respect in qualitative research
(Hipatia Press, 2016)This article explores the practice of respect within qualitative research methods. As interpersonal respect plays a significant role in the esteem felt within a relationship, it can also serve to cultivate trust between ... -
‘Learning to be more human’: perspectives of respect by young Irish people in prison
(Bergen Open Access Publishing, 2017)Respect is a fundamental aspect of how human beings relate to each other and, arguably, is a significant factor in the relationship between student and teacher. For incarcerated adults, the relationships they foster with ... -
“It’s very hard to know how much is the EAL and how much is the learning difficulty”: Challenges in organising support for EAL learners in Irish primary schools (Pre-published version)
(ILSA [Irish Learning Support Association], 2018)The growth in linguistic diversity in Irish primary schools presents significant opportunities. Learners for whom English is an additional language (EAL) contribute to the rich tapestry of our classrooms. However, ensuring ... -
Dissolving boundaries: building communities of practice
(Ablex Publishing Corporation, 2006)Dr. Roger Austin and Dr. Aidan Mulkeen in 1999 identified the opportunity that the growth of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) presented to schools and founded the Dissolving Boundaries programme from an ...