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Farrell, Orna; Buckley, Karen; Donaldson, Lisa; Farrelly, Tom – Online Submission, 2022
This article reports on a study that explored eportfolio practice in Irish higher education. The aim of this research was to gain a landscape snapshot of eportfolio practice and technologies across Irish Higher Education Institutes (HEI) and to address a gap in the literature that there is little empirical evidence about how Irish HEIs engage and…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Portfolios (Background Materials), Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Mahan, James M.; Stachowski, Laura L. – Journal of Teacher Education, 1989
Interviews with 32 British and Irish supervisors of U.S. student teachers produced several suggestions for improving the preparation component of overseas practicum placements. Suggestions related to planning and preparation for teaching, basic teacher preparation courses, cultural preparation, content, arrangements and logistics, teacher image…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Practicums
FitzGibbon, A.; And Others – 1991
This monograph contains two papers that examine the importance of learning styles and discuss whether teaching styles should be matched to learning styles. The first paper, "The Matching of Learning Styles to Teaching during Teacher Education (Theory into Practice): A Preliminary Study," by A. FitzGibbon and others, discusses a research…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Foreign Countries, French, Higher Education
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Veblen, Kari K. – Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 1996
Presents a personal reflection on an ethnographic study of teaching and learning practices in Irish traditional music. Describes the aims and methods of the study and some of the culture of Ireland. Concludes with a rumination on the nature of truth, applicability, consistency and the role of the ethnographic researcher. (MJP)
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Context, Educational Experience, Ethnography