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Experiencing, and Being Experienced As, Learning Disabled Choreographers in the West of Ireland
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Parry, Rachel – Research in Drama Education, 2017
Speckled Egg Dance was established in Galway, Ireland, in 2013, to facilitate opportunities for learning disabled dance artists to develop semi-professional dance skills and independent choreographic practice. The company aims to contest normative perceptions of learning disabled dance ability, and to make learning disabled dance aesthetics…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Disabilities, Dance, Dance Education
Research Active Programme: A Pilot Inclusive Research Curriculum in Higher Education
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Salmon, Nancy; García Iriarte, Edurne; Burns, Emma Q. – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2017
Participation of people with disabilities in producing and using research is critical for monitoring the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). The Research Active Programme (RAP) is a module designed to build research capacity of students with intellectual disabilities. RAP was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intellectual Disability, Capacity Building, Research Skills
Digital Storytelling in Adult Education and Family Literacy: A Case Study from Rural Ireland
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Prins, Esther – Learning, Media and Technology, 2017
Previous research on digital storytelling (DST) has focused chiefly on children and youth, but we know little about how it is used in non-formal adult education. This article analyzes a DST class in rural Ireland, which was organized by a family literacy program and offered for parents at an elementary school. Data sources included fieldnotes,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multimedia Materials, Story Telling, Adult Education
The Efficacy of Entrepreneurship Education: Perspectives of Irish Graduate Entrepreneurs
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Fenton, Mary; Barry, Almar – Industry and Higher Education, 2011
This paper presents an analysis of the views of Irish graduate entrepreneurs on the efficacy of entrepreneurship education in fostering their development as entrepreneurs. It answers three key questions: (a) what was the graduate entrepreneurs' experience of undergraduate entrepreneurship education; (b) what was the graduate entrepreneurs'…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Entrepreneurship, Vocational Education, Graduate Surveys
A Government Crossing the Digital Divide to Promote ICT for Adult Learners
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Neville, Karen – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2004
The importance of information and communication technology (ICT) for modern business cannot be questioned and has lead ICT professionals to design, develop, implement and support ICT infrastructures in both the public and private sectors. Organisations, universities and therefore governments face the enormous difficulty of trying to achieve…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Government Role, Access to Computers, Web Based Instruction
An Evaluation of the Training Needs of Staff in the Further Education Sector in the Republic of Ireland
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McNamara, Gerry; Mulcahy, Carmel; O'Hara, Joe – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2005
This article examines the training needs of educators working in the further education (FE), adult education, and Second Chance sectors in the Republic of Ireland. The research on which it is based was funded jointly by the European Union Leonardo da Vinci Programme and the Department of Education and Science of Ireland and took place from 1998 to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Needs, Faculty Development, Adult Education