• "I worry about money every day": The financial stress of second-level initial teacher education in Ireland 

  Prendergast, Mark; Ní Dhuinn, Melanie; Loxley, Andrew (Western Australian Institutes for Educational Research, 2021-06-19)

  In Ireland, the past ten years have seen the emergence of new policies and practices in initial teacher education (ITE) in response to national priorities and the professed aim of progressing standards. A key mechanism of ...
• What's the point? Impact of Ireland's bonus points initiative on student profile in mathematics classrooms 

  O'Meara, Niamh; Prendergast, Mark; Treacy, Páraic (Western Australian Institutes for Educational Research, 2020-12)

  In 2012 mathematics was assigned a special status within the Irish post-primary school curriculum with the introduction of a bonus points initiative (BPI). Students are now awarded additional credit in their upper post-primary ...
• Learning and teaching: the extent to which school principals in Irish voluntary secondary schools enable collaborative practice 

  Moynihan, Joseph A.; O'Donovan, Margaret (Routledge - Taylor & Francis Group, 2021-03-16)

  Policy-makers in Ireland advocate teacher collaboration as being a vital component of educational reform and school improvement in inclusive and participatory communities of practice. The objective of this research study ...
• Irish pre-service mathematics teachers' knowledge of curriculum-aligned content 

  Ní Ríordáin, Máire; Ni Shuilleabhain, Aoibhinn; Prendergast, Mark; Johnson, Patrick (Taylor & Francis Group, 2021-04-05)

  This study critically examines the mathematics knowledge of pre-service post-primary mathematics teachers (N = 85) on commencing their Professional Master of Education (Level 9) initial teacher education (ITE) programme ...
• Relationship between gender, physical activity, screen time, body mass index and wellbeing in Irish children from social-disadvantage 

  O'Brien, Wesley; Belton, Sarahjane; Fitzpatrick, Ben; Shannon, Stephen; Brennan, Deirdre; Chambers, Fiona; O'Donovan, Karol; Breslin, Gavin (Taylor & Francis, 2021-03-12)

  Research has shown that childhood physical activity participation has a positive relationship with markers of wellbeing, such as self-esteem and quality of life, and physical activity participation may serve as protective ...

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