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Direct linkE. García Bengoechea; C. B. Woods; E. Murtagh; C. Grady; N. Fabre; L. Lhuisset; G. Zunquin; A. Aibar; J. Zaragoza Casterad; L. Haerens; M. Verloigne; K. De Cocker; S. Hellebaut; J. Ribeiro; L. Bohn; J. Mota; J. E. Bois – Quest, 2024
Schools are ideal settings to promote adolescent physical activity (PA), yet school-based interventions have shown limited long-term impact. This position paper presents key issues surrounding school-based PA interventions. Collaborative conceptual thinking drawing on multi-author expertise and available evidence advanced our understanding and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Secondary Schools, Physical Activity Level
Carroll, Eamonn; McCoy, Selina; Mihut, Georgiana – British Educational Research Journal, 2022
Reflecting the neglect of childhood disability in social stratification research, there is a notable dearth of research on the mechanisms underpinning disability differentials in educational outcomes. Drawing on rich longitudinal data collected at 9, 13 and 17 years as part of Ireland's 'Growing Up in Ireland' study, we look at the impact of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Schools, Special Education, Special Needs Students
Coffey, Pat; Sharpe, Rachael – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2023
Ireland's government placed a renewed focus on the teaching and learning of numeracy with the publication of a national strategy in 2011. Whole-school planning for numeracy was already a requirement for disadvantaged schools also known as Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools (DEIS) in Ireland. This single site case study explored how a…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Teaching Methods, Teacher Attitudes, Mathematics Instruction
Ó Ceallaigh, T. J.; Ní Shéaghdha, Aoife – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2023
While research on Irish-medium immersion education (IME) has heralded benefits such as cognitive skills, academic achievement and language and literacy development, many studies have also identified challenges to its successful implementation. Immersion-specific research-validated tools can help school leaders navigate the school self-evaluation…
Descriptors: Irish, Immersion Programs, Educational Quality, Best Practices
Ni Shuilleabhain, Aoibhinn; Seery, Aidan – Professional Development in Education, 2018
Based in a time of major curriculum reform, this article reports on a qualitative case study of teacher professional development (PD) in the Republic of Ireland (ROI). Five mathematics teachers in an Irish secondary school were introduced to and participated in successive cycles of school-based lesson study (LS) over the course of one academic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Faculty Development, Mathematics Teachers
MacPhail, Ann – Irish Educational Studies, 2015
This paper prompts us to consider "representation" with respect to a committee structure "managing" the development of the Irish senior cycle physical education framework. The paper is timely due to the national interest in the senior cycle subject development in Ireland and complements work undertaken on the development of…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, Policy Formation
Barry, Margaret M.; Clarke, Aleisha Mary; Dowling, Katherine – Health Education, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide a critical perspective on the international evidence on promoting young people's social and emotional well-being in schools. The challenges of integrating evidence-based interventions within schools are discussed and the need for innovative approaches to research and practice are considered in order…
Descriptors: Well Being, Social Development, Emotional Development, Case Studies
Miller, Paul – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2019
The recruitment of overseas trained teachers (OTTs) in England is a matter that has received as much attention inside the United Kingdom as outside. Education systems in small island and developing states, especially, were believed to have been placed 'at risk' following the departure of experienced and qualified teachers. Correspondingly, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Workers, Teacher Recruitment, Foreign Countries, Overseas Employment
Howley, Donal; Tannehill, Deborah – Physical Educator, 2014
The aim of this study was to examine senior cycle students views on their involvement in a process of curriculum negotiation and implementation and how the methodologies they experienced affected their investment in and ownership of the physical education curriculum. The study was conducted in an urban co-educational comprehensive school. The…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Physical Education, Curriculum Development, Urban Schools
Ruairc, Gerry Mac – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2011
The prestige accorded to standard language varieties, particularly within the field of education, together with language management role of schools with respect to the variety and the extent to which linguistic differences construct discontinuous relationships between the school and specific social groups provide the rationale for this paper. This…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Social Class, Language Variation, Linguistics
Halton, Michael J. – Educational Action Research, 2004
Teacher professional development at second level in Irish schools has become an important issue for those of us concerned about ensuring quality teaching and learning in the classroom. In-service providers are aware that the models of provision that have been used in the past are no longer adequate to meet the professional needs of a modern…
Descriptors: Action Research, Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Teaching Methods
Halton, Michael J. – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2003
Teachers in Ireland fear that benchmarking in the context of the present review of pay and conditions for all public service workers camouflages a shift of concern away from the development of the individual student to concern for the quality of the educational process provided by schools. A recent dispute between secondary teachers and the Irish…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Benchmarking, Change Strategies, Educational Change
