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Direct linkAitken, Ro; Harford, Judith – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2011
This study examines the induction needs of a group of teachers at different career stages working in a socially disadvantaged secondary school in the Republic of Ireland. 44 teachers participated in the study, 11 of whom were student teachers, 11 of whom were newly qualified teachers and 22 of whom were experienced teachers returning to the school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Beginning Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Student Teachers
Murchan, Damian; Loxley, Andrew; Johnston, Keith – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2009
The study reported on in this paper is set in the context of a national programme of professional development for primary teachers in the Republic of Ireland which has been in operation since 1999 and finished in 2008. The paper explores the acquisition and interpretation by teachers of the elements of the reform. The authors consider the extent…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Program Effectiveness
Politis, Yurgos; Killeavy, Maureen; Mitchell, Peter I. – Irish Educational Studies, 2007
There has been a disturbing decline in the take-up of physics within second-level education in Ireland since the early nineties. Here, an analysis is presented of the main factors influencing the take-up of physics from the perspective of secondary school teachers. The database underpinning the analysis is based on a comprehensive survey of…
Descriptors: Physics, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers
Murphy, Cliona; Kilfeather, Paula; Murphy, Colette – Irish Educational Studies, 2007
This article reports on the outcomes of a study that compared implicit and explicit teaching approaches on the development of contemporary conceptions of the nature of science (NoS). The sample comprised two groups of prospective primary teachers in the Republic of Ireland, all non-specialists in science. Research has shown that contemporary…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Teaching Methods
Waldron, Fionnuala; Pike, Susan; Varley, Janet; Murphy, Colette; Greenwood, Richard – Irish Educational Studies, 2007
Research into student teachers' perceptions, attitudes and prior experiences of learning suggests that these experiences can exert an influence on practice which can be relatively undisturbed by their initial teacher education. This article is based on the initial findings of an all-Ireland survey of all first-year students on B.Ed. courses in…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Geography, Foreign Countries, History
Travers, Joseph – Irish Educational Studies, 2006
This article reports findings from an exploratory study of how learning support and resource teachers perceive each other's role. The study was conducted during the debate on the proposed changes to allocation and deployment of support teachers, following the publication of Circular 24/03 by the Department of Education and Science. It sought to…
Descriptors: Resource Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers
