• 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 ...
• Middle school students' views about physical education: A comparative study between four European countries 

  Periæ, Antonio; Rodrigues Sampaio, António; Pankowska-Jurczyk, Katarzyna; Batutis, Olegas; Costa, João; Onofre, Marcos; Martins, João (Federaión Española de Asociaciones de Docentes de Educación Física (FEADEF), 2021)

  Comparable and cross-national research is needed to examine students' views on the role of physical education (PE) inpromoting active and healthy lifestyles, particularly in non-English speaking contexts. Thus, the present ...
• A scoping review of children and adolescents’ active travel in Ireland 

  Costa, João; Adamakis, Manolis; O'Brien, Wesley; Martins, João (MDPI, 2020-03-18)

  There appears to be a lack of existing data that comprehensively summarizes the evidence of children and adolescents’ active travel in the Republic of Ireland. In lieu of this, a scoping review was conducted to map the ...

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