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How Experts Practice: A Novel Test of Deliberate Practice Theory
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Coughlan, Edward K.; Williams, A. Mark; McRobert, Allistair P.; Ford, Paul R. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2014
Performance improvement is thought to occur through engagement in deliberate practice. Deliberate practice is predicted to be challenging, effortful, and not inherently enjoyable. Expert and intermediate level Gaelic football players executed two types of kicks during an acquisition phase and pre-, post-, and retention tests. During acquisition,…
Descriptors: Specialists, Theory Practice Relationship, Praxis, Drills (Practice)
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
Meeting the Skills Needs of a Buoyant Economy: Apprenticeship--The Irish Experience
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O'Connor, Len – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2006
The Irish economy has grown at an unprecedented rate over the last decade and the demand for skilled workers has increased dramatically. The Irish Standards-Based Apprenticeship (SBA) system has been one of the cornerstones of intermediate skills development with the capacity to produce high-quality craft workers and in sufficient numbers to meet…
Descriptors: Skilled Workers, Construction Industry, Apprenticeships, Foreign Countries
Helping Children to the Other Side of Silence: A Study of the Impact of the Stay Safe Programme on Irish Children's Disclosures of Sexual Victimization.
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MacIntyre, Deirdre; Carr, Alan – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1999
A study evaluated the effectiveness of the Stay Safe Programme, a school-based safety skills program, in facilitating the disclosure of sexual abused among 145 sexually abused Irish children and adolescents. More participants, particularly female adolescents, made disclosures of suspected sexual abuse than did 443 non-participants. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Abuse, Children, Disclosure
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Stay Safe Primary Prevention Programme for Child Sexual Abuse.
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MacIntyre, Deirdre; Carr, Alan – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1999
Changes in safety knowledge and skills and self-esteem of 339 Irish children (ages 7-10) who participated in the Stay Safe Programme were compared with those of 388 controls. Trained children showed significant improvements in safety knowledge and skills and these gains were maintained at 5 month follow-up. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Foreign Countries, Knowledge Level, Outcomes of Education
Work and Learning in Micro Car-Repair Enterprises. A Comparative Study on the Relationship between Technological and Organisational Developments and Training Activities in Micro Car-Repair Enterprises in Four European Countries. Synthesis Report. CEDEFOP Panorama.
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van den Tillaart, Harry; van den Berg, Sjaak; Warmerdam, John – 1998
Work and learning in microenterprises in the car repair industries of four European Community (EC) countries were examined through 21 case studies of firms with 10 or fewer employees (6 firms in Ireland and 5 each in Greece, the Netherlands, and Spain). Structured interviews were conducted with each firm's owner and 60 motor vehicle mechanics at…
Descriptors: Auto Mechanics, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Continuing Education
Work and Learning in Micro-enterprises in the Printing Industry. A Comparative Research Study into the Relationship between Technological and Organisational Developments and Training Activities in Micro-enterprises in the Printing Industry in Four European Countries. Synthesis Report. CEDEFOP Panorama.
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van den Tillaart, Harry; van den Berg, Sjaak; Warmerdam, John – 1998
Work and learning in microenterprises in the printing industries of four European Community (EC) countries were examined through 17 case studies of firms with 10 or fewer employees (5 firms in Finland and 4 each in Ireland, the Netherlands, and Spain). Structured interviews were conducted with each firm's owner and a total of 90 staff at the 17…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Continuing Education, Economic Development