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Direct linkRussell, Lynn – Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, 2017
This case study investigates the pedagogical leadership role of the Adult Education Officer (AEO) in the area of Vocational Education and Training (VET) to meet the requirements of the Bruges Communiqué (2010). The study found that the AEOs interviewed are working to implement a confused system imported from other countries that has yet to be…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Leadership Role, Vocational Education, Adult Education
Slattery, Joseph; Fitzmaurice, Olivia – Irish Educational Studies, 2014
This paper reports on an investigation into the conceptual knowledge, through the domain of fraction division, of prospective secondary mathematics teachers in their final/fourth year of undergraduate initial teacher education. The aim of the study is to assess if levels of conceptual knowledge in this domain are sufficient in order for these…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Concepts, Knowledge Base for Teaching
O'Mahony, Kim; Garavan, Thomas N. – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2012
Purpose: This paper aims to report and analyse the lessons learned from a case study on the implementation of a quality management system within an IT Division in a higher education (HE) organisation. Design/methodology/approach: The paper is based on a review of the relevant literatures and the use of primary sources such as document analysis,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Quality, Quality Assurance, Program Implementation
McMillan, Dorothy J.; Walsh, Glenda; Gray, Colette; Hanna, Karen; Carville, Sheelagh; McCracken, Owen – Professional Development in Education, 2012
This paper examines the effectiveness of a professional development model (PDM) devised as part of a research project carried out to support early childhood professionals in Ireland in enhancing their pedagogy. The PDM was constructed on a socio-cultural theoretical framework whereby Vygotsky's zone of proximal development was applied in the…
Descriptors: Diaries, Foreign Countries, Learning Experience, Professional Development
Rose, Richard; Shevlin, Michael; Winter, Eileen; O'Raw, Paul; Zhao, Yu – British Journal of Special Education, 2012
The Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act in Ireland advocated the development of individual education plans (IEPs). However, this section of the Act has never been fully implemented and there is no obligation upon schools to develop IEPs. Research conducted across the country by Richard Rose and Yu Zhao of the University of…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Educational Needs, Individualized Education Programs
Dunning, Carol; Meegan, Sarah; Woods, Catherine; Belton, Sarah Jane – European Physical Education Review, 2011
Teaching practice is a decisive event in a student teacher's training and shapes the beginnings of their life in the teaching profession. It is widely recognized that student teachers' learning opportunities can be maximized during teaching practice by cooperating teacher contribution (Hardy, 1999; O'Sullivan, 2003; Rikard and Veal, 1996;…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Student Teachers, Physical Education, Teaching (Occupation)
Jeffers, Gerry – Curriculum Journal, 2011
The Transition Year (TY) programme is an optional, one-year, stand-alone, full-time programme offered in 75% of second-level schools in the Republic of Ireland. Aimed at those in the 15-16 age group, TY has a strong focus on personal and social development and on education for active citizenship. The implementation of TY in schools is seen as a…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, Transitional Programs
Gabhainn, Saoirse Nic; O'Higgins, Siobhan; Barry, Margaret – Health Education, 2010
Purpose: Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE) is mandated in all Irish schools. This study aims to illuminate the perceived value and quality of SPHE and to document facilitators of successful implementation. Design/methodology/approach: A case study approach was taken, where 713 pupils, 968 parents and 49 teachers and other staff across a…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Questionnaires, Case Studies, Response Rates (Questionnaires)
Jeffers, Gerry – School Leadership & Management, 2010
Introducing an educational innovation into any school context involves some challenge to existing practices. Transition Year is an innovative, optional, one-year programme taken by approximately half the 15-16-year age cohort in schools in the Republic of Ireland. Based on data from an extensive study of TY operating in six different schools,…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Foreign Countries, Instructional Leadership, Program Implementation
Clarke, Aleisha M.; O'Sullivan, Maeve; Barry, Margaret M. – Health Education, 2010
Purpose: This paper seeks to report on the evaluation of Zippy's Friends, an international emotional wellbeing programme, for primary school children in disadvantaged schools in Ireland. The paper aims to present case studies of the profile and ethos of two specific schools participating in the programme, their links with the local community, the…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Rural Schools, Disadvantaged Schools, Disadvantaged
