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Paul Sharp; Caitlin Sankey; John L. Oliffe; Nico Schulenkorf; Cristina M. Caperchione – Health Education & Behavior, 2025
Over the past decade, there has been an increased emphasis on tailoring men's health promotion programs. To optimize outcomes, participatory action research that involves and elicits feedback from end-users has been highlighted as important to creating gender-responsive interventions. In this scoping review, we examine (a) how participatory action…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Males, Program Design, Gender Issues
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McGrath, Helen; O'Toole, Thomas – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2016
This paper applies an action research (AR) design and action learning (AL) approach to network capability development in an entrepreneurial context. Recent research suggests that networks are a viable strategy for the entrepreneurial firm to overcome the liabilities associated with newness and smallness. However, a gap emerges as few, if any,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Entrepreneurship, Action Research
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Hourigan, Mairéad; O'Donoghue, John – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2015
There is international dissatisfaction regarding the standard of mathematics subject matter knowledge (MSMK) evident among both qualified and prospective elementary teachers. Ireland is no exception. Following increasing anecdotal evidence of prospective elementary teachers in one Irish College of Education (provider of initial teacher education…
Descriptors: Action Research, Elementary School Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education
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Walsh, Francis D.; Byrne, Sean – Education & Training, 2013
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the factors relating to retention of employers on an undergraduate work placement programme in a third level institution. Design/methodology/approach: An action research methodology involving problem diagnosis, intervention planning, action and evaluation is employed. The diagnosis involved a…
Descriptors: Student Placement, Action Research, Intervention, Research Methodology
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Nugent, Mary – Support for Learning, 2010
In both Ireland and the UK, Traveller children reportedly suffer the lowest rates of educational attainment of any group. This study aimed to promote evidence-based practice in the teaching of reading to Traveller children and thereby to raise their levels of achievement. This involved teachers delivering an evidence-based intervention over a…
Descriptors: Intervention, Action Research, Educational Attainment, Foreign Countries