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Fitzpatrick, Anne; Halpenny, Ann Marie – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2023
This study investigated the concept, role and potential of intergenerational learning (IGL) as a pedagogical strategy in five Irish early childhood education (ECE) services, through exploring the perspectives on IGL of educators (5), children (70) and their parents (43). Informed by socio-cultural theories of learning and aligned to key principles…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Intergenerational Programs, Foreign Countries, Intentional Learning
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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)