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Emer Smyth; Merike Darmody; Dympna Devine – Educational Review, 2025
The world-wide COVID-19 pandemic significantly disrupted education, with school closures leading to a shift to remote learning. Existing and emerging research has shown that even a relatively short period of missed school has negative consequences for academic and social outcomes among children and young people, especially for those from more…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing
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Ross, Colman; Kennedy, Maria; Devitt, Ann – Irish Educational Studies, 2021
Home School Community Liaison Coordinators (HSCLs) play an essential role in the Irish education system to address systemic educational disadvantage by supporting children and families. This paper focuses on the experiences of HSCLs during Covid-19 school closures in Ireland in 2020. Research questions focus on challenges and enablers for HSCLs in…
Descriptors: Family School Relationship, Coordinators, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Mac Domhnaill, Ciarán; Mohan, Gretta; McCoy, Selina – Distance Education, 2021
During the academic year 2019-2020, school buildings worldwide closed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, necessitating a rapid shift to distance education. This study assessed the influence of high-speed broadband availability on student engagement with distance learning during this period in Ireland. Employing data from a representative sample…
Descriptors: Internet, Learner Engagement, Attendance, Principals
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Hall, Tony; Connolly, Cornelia; Ó Grádaigh, Seán; Burden, Kevin; Kearney, Matthew; Schuck, Sandy; Bottema, Jeroen; Cazemier, Gerton; Hustinx, Wouter; Evens, Marie; Koenraad, Ton; Makridou, Eria; Kosmas, Panagiotis – Information and Learning Sciences, 2020
Purpose: This paper is based on the emergency changes we have had to make in the European DEIMP Project (2017-2020), "Designing and Evaluating Innovative Mobile Pedagogies" (DEIMP). DEIMP is undertaken by a transnational consortium comprising partner institutions and schools from the UK (coordinating), Australia, Belgium, Cyprus, Ireland…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Egan, Suzanne M.; Beatty, Chloé – Irish Educational Studies, 2021
The aim of the current study was to investigate how children in Ireland adapted to the change in schooling, and particularly their use of screen devices to support their learning at home, during a period of lockdown due to the COVID-19 crisis in early 2020. This research draws on data from 506 parents of children aged 1-10 years in Ireland who…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education