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Tindall, Daniel; MacDonald, Whitney; Carroll, Edith; Moody, Brigitte – European Physical Education Review, 2015
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of a 10-week adapted physical activity programme on the attitudes and perceptions of 64 Irish pre-service teachers (aged 19-25) towards teaching children and young people with physical, intellectual, and learning disabilities. Data were collected through written pre-programme expectations, weekly…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Disabilities, Diaries, Reflection
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Connolly, Micaela; Gersch, Irvine – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2013
Parents of children waiting for a diagnostic assessment for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience distress and anxiety while they wait. The present small-scale study took place in a multi-disciplinary therapeutic service in Ireland for children with ASD and was run between April and September 2011. The first author, an educational psychologist…
Descriptors: Parents, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Clinical Diagnosis
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Smith, Greg – Professional Development in Education, 2014
This study investigates the influence of a two-year professional development programme on primary teachers' attitudes towards primary science, their confidence and competence in teaching science, and pupils' attitudes towards school science. Unlike the traditional "one-size-fits all" model of professional development, the model developed…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Science Instruction, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Teachers