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Dalton, Gene; Devitt, Ann – International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2016
In the 2011 census almost one in three Irish teenagers claimed to be unable to speak Irish (Central Statistics Office, Ireland, 2012), despite the language being taught daily in school. The challenges facing the Irish language in schools are complex and multifaceted. The research reported here attempts to address some of these challenges by…
Descriptors: Irish, Computer Games, Teaching Methods, Language Usage
Surlis, Mary – Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, 2012
This paper introduces Living Scenes, and intergenerational programme of learning which has been in operation in selected schools in Ireland for the last thirteen years. An overview of the programme is followed by a description of the hidden curriculum and the transmission of arbitrary culture in an educational context. This is followed by an…
Descriptors: Intergenerational Programs, Foreign Countries, Social Capital, Hidden Curriculum
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Nicholl, Bill; Flutter, Julia; Hosking, Ian; Clarkson, P. J. – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2013
This paper reports on an innovative approach for teaching creativity in Design and Technology education based on the notions of authentic learning. Working with secondary schools in England and Ireland, the research team has been developing an intervention known as "Designing Our Tomorrow" (DOT) which introduced students to the important…
Descriptors: Technology Education, Design, Secondary Schools, Foreign Countries
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Breathnach, Catherine; Stephenson, Frances – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2011
The authors explore their experience of a course for long-term unemployed people and reflect as to whether the traits identified by Tom Bourner on readiness for action learning actually relate to their experience. They conclude that based on the obvious development by the members of the group over the course, they observed, in some small way, the…
Descriptors: Unemployment, Experiential Learning, Active Learning, Student Experience
Murphy, Jennifer, Ed.; Griffin, Carrie, Ed.; Higgs, Bettie, Ed. – National Academy for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (NJ1), 2010
The third annual conference of the National Academy for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (NAIRTL) was held at Trinity College Dublin on 11-12 November 2009, and was attended by over 300 delegates. The theme--"Research-Teaching Linkages: Practice and Policy"--was timely and generated some fascinating papers, workshops and…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Health Promotion, Evidence, Program Effectiveness
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Nugent, Richard – Irish Educational Studies, 2006
This study examines the degree of active learning, participation and engagement of civic, social and political education (CSPE) pupils through an analysis of interview and focus group data, supplemented with key findings from a survey undertaken with CSPE pupils. The study focuses on pupils' views of the status of CSPE, their experience of active…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Focus Groups, Experiential Learning, Active Learning