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Susan Pike; Sandra Austin; Richard Greenwood; Karin Bacon – Irish Educational Studies, 2024
This paper presents findings from a research project that investigated the aspects of inquiry-based learning (IBL), specifically experiences of teacher inquiry, within initial teacher education (ITE) programmes. The participants in the project were four teacher educators and 127 student teachers with the teacher educators being the research team.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Teachers, Teacher Educators, Inquiry
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Lishchynska, Maryna; Palmer, Catherine; Lacey, Seán; O'Connor, Declan – European Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2023
Taught to non-mathematics undergraduates (business, science, engineering, and other technical programs), service mathematics is commonly associated with poor exam performance and low skill/knowledge attainment. The primary objective of the present study was to examine the range of factors thought to impact mathematics performance in higher…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Mathematics Achievement, College Freshmen, Introductory Courses
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Edel Ni Ghrainne – Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, 2024
Many English language tutors have little training in working with traumatised students, especially regarding second language acquisition. A literature review was undertaken on work carried out to identify issues surrounding memory and retention in relation to second language acquisition in traumatised adult refugees, as well as the link between…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Refugees, Trauma Informed Approach, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
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Andre Perusso; Robert Wagenaar – Studies in Higher Education, 2024
Driven by COVID-19, remote work is popularising. Companies and employees are increasingly embracing its benefits of flexibility and convenience, showing reluctance to return to full-time office schedules. Similarly, companies and HEIs started offering remote forms of work-based learning (WBL) -- or eWBL. However, remote work presents social and…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Workplace Learning, Trainers, Higher Education
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Bayley, Jonathan G.; Waldron, Janice – International Journal of Music Education, 2020
This study is the third and final part of a longitudinal ethnographic investigation of music learning and teaching of the Online Academy of Irish Music (OAIM), an Irish music "school" situated in both online (www.oaim.ie) and offline (Doolin, County Clare, Ireland) contexts. We first examined the online OAIM through teacher narratives in…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Music Education, Electronic Learning, Foreign Countries
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Gabriel, Florence; Marrone, Rebecca; Van Sebille, Ysabella; Kovanovic, Vitomir; de Laat, Maarten – Irish Educational Studies, 2022
Technology is omnipresent in our rapidly changing digital world. Capitalising on these technologies is paramount for education systems to support a modern workforce. This study presents a review of 10 countries, highlighting how different public education systems have integrated digital technologies for teaching and learning. These education…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Educational Policy, Learning Strategies, Comparative Education
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Bruen, Jennifer – Language Learning Journal, 2020
The purpose of this paper is to gain insights into the strategies employed by beginning learners of Spanish, German, Chinese and Japanese as Foreign Languages at university level in order to comprehend texts in their target languages. It also investigates possible relationships between strategic behaviour and success in reading comprehension…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Spanish, German, Chinese
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Eustace, James; Bradford, Michael; Pathak, Pramod – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 2020
Mathematics is a foundation subject within Computer Science which students continue to find challenging. Technology-enhanced learning pedagogies provide opportunities to improve educational learning outcomes, supporting dialogue and best practice. Research conducted over a three-year period at National College of Ireland's "Introduction to…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Teaching Methods, Computer Science Education, Mathematics Instruction
Classick, Rachel; Gambhir, Geeta; Liht, Jose; Sharp, Caroline; Wheater, Rebecca – UK Department for Education, 2021
Social mobility and improving the performance of disadvantaged pupils is a focus for policy in England, Northern Ireland and Wales. The findings from PISA 2018 provide a unique opportunity to explore the impact of disadvantage on pupils aged 15, to contextualise achievement outcomes with information about home-life and school, as well as providing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economically Disadvantaged, Academic Achievement, Secondary School Students
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Catibušic, Bronagh; Gallagher, Fiona; Karazi, Shadi – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2021
This paper describes a research project investigating language and intercultural support for adult Syrian refugees in Ireland under the Irish Refugee Protection Programme (IRPP). Learning the language of the host community has been identified as a crucial factor in resettlement satisfaction for adult refugees, with particular difficulties reported…
Descriptors: Refugees, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Social Integration
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Tillmanns, Tanja; Holland, Charlotte; Filho, Alfredo Salomão – Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education, 2017
This paper presents the design criteria for Visual Cues--visual stimuli that are used in combination with other pedagogical processes and tools in Disruptive Learning interventions in sustainability education--to disrupt learners' existing frames of mind and help re-orient learners' mind-sets towards sustainability. The theory of Disruptive…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Design Requirements, Visual Aids, Cues
Coss, Sarah – Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, 2017
This article is a feminist inquiry into the learning experiences of mothers in an informal parent support group and asks: What is quality education and how do we ensure we are identifying it appropriately? Drawing on feminist research and incorporating contributions from 16 women, this article highlights how a group of women identify their…
Descriptors: Mothers, Feminism, Informal Education, Dialogs (Language)
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Walkington, Helen; Dyer, Sarah; Solem, Michael; Haigh, Martin; Waddington, Shelagh – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2018
A geographical education offers more than skills, subject knowledge and generic attributes. It also develops a set of discipline-specific capabilities that contribute to a graduate's future learning and experience, granting them special ways of thinking for lifelong development and for contributing to the welfare of themselves, their community and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Geography Instruction, Competency Based Education, Discourse Analysis
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Bollen, Laurens; van Kampen, Paul; Baily, Charles; Kelly, Mossy; De Cock, Mieke – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2017
The ability to switch between various representations is an invaluable problem-solving skill in physics. In addition, research has shown that using multiple representations can greatly enhance a person's understanding of mathematical and physical concepts. This paper describes a study of student difficulties regarding interpreting, constructing,…
Descriptors: Symbols (Mathematics), Computer Graphics, Knowledge Representation, Problem Solving
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Lawlor, John; Conneely, Claire; Oldham, Elizabeth; Marshall, Kevin; Tangney, Brendan – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2018
There have been calls for decades by many educational writers and commentators for a new model of learning to facilitate what is generally described as twenty-first-century learning. Central to this challenge is the required shift in responsibility for who leads and owns the learning--from teacher to student. Such a shift requires a pragmatic…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Cooperative Learning, Technology Uses in Education, Models
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