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Gary Beauchamp; Sammy Chapman; Angelica Risquez; Susan Becaas; Cheryl Ellis; Michaël Empsen; Fiona Farr; Laüra Hoskins; Wouter Hustinx; Liam Murray; Steven Palmaers; Sinead Spain; Natalia Timus; Melanie White; Shona Whyte; Nick Young – Teaching in Higher Education, 2024
Conversations and networks are essential for transforming academics' teaching practices as learning experiences (Palmer 1993). Yet, there has been little research reporting academics' informal conversations about teaching (Thomson and Trigwell 2018). Teachers will generally access small significant networks (Becher and Trowler 2001) for nuanced…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Networks, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes
Lee, Yi-Fang, Ed.; Lee, Lung-Sheng, Ed. – Online Submission, 2022
The quantity and quality of talented individuals in STEM (science/S, technology/T, engineering/E and mathematics/M) fields contribute to a nation's overall competitiveness. Taiwan and many countries around the world are vigorously promoting the training of STEM professionals and the enhancement of STEM literacy for all as one of the key education…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Competition, Reputation, Cross Cultural Studies
European University Association, 2024
Transnational joint education provision -- education jointly developed and delivered by two or more institutions in different countries -- has emerged as a desired experience for many students, a key priority of several institutions, and a site of innovation. The strategic importance of this topic on a European level is one of the reasons it was…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Global Approach, International Cooperation, Partnerships in Education
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Shivaun O'Brien; Gerry McNamara; Joe O'Hara; Martin Brown; Craig Skerritt – Irish Educational Studies, 2024
The importance of school self-evaluation (SSE) as a school improvement mechanism has been acknowledged by increases in the number of countries with legal requirements for schools to conduct self-evaluation. Despite the provision of a range of support to schools to encourage their engagement with SSE, many implementation challenges have been…
Descriptors: Self Evaluation (Groups), Faculty Development, Educational Improvement, Program Implementation
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Audrey Doyle; Enda Donlon; Marie Conroy Johnson; Elaine McDonald; PJ Sexton – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2024
In early 2020, Initial Teacher Education providers were forced to reimagine many long-established practices due to pandemic restrictions. One post-primary concurrent Initial Teacher Education programme in the Republic of Ireland responded by conceptualising and developing an initiative to engage pre-service teachers in an authentic assessment task…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Beliefs, Teacher Attitudes, COVID-19
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Válková, Silvie; Öbrink, Markus – European Education, 2022
Students and teachers from different language backgrounds are at risk of becoming victims of conflicting trends and conventions when writing in English. This study compares conventions of English academic writing at several European universities with what is taught in English-speaking countries. Data were collected with questionnaires and by…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction, Comparative Education
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Cotter, Gertrude; Bonenfant, Yvon; Butler, Jenny; Caulfield, Marian; Prestwich, Barbara Doyle; Griffin, Rosarii; Khabbar, Sanaa; Mishra, Nita; Hally, Ruth; Murphy, Margaret; Murphy, Orla; O'Sullivan, Maeve; Phelan, Martha; Reidy, Darren; Schneider, Julia C.; Isaloo, Amin Sharifi; Turner, Brian; Usher, Ruth; Sinalo, Caroline Williamson – International Journal of Development Education and Global Learning, 2022
The Praxis Project, established at University College Cork (UCC), Ireland, in 2018, seeks to assess possible models of best practice with regard to the integration of global citizenship and development education (GCDE) into a cross-disciplinary, cross-campus, interwoven set of subject area pedagogies, policies and practices. This study--the first…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Citizenship Education, Global Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
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O'Keeffe, Christina; McNally, Sinead – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2021
School closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic have disrupted the education of 91% of students worldwide. As a critical process in supporting young children's resilience, play is increasingly recognised as a valuable pedagogical strategy within a shifting educational landscape during the pandemic. This study reports on findings from a survey on play…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Play, Early Childhood Teachers, Foreign Countries
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Connolly, Cornelia; Logue, Pauline Anne; Calderon, Antonio – Irish Educational Studies, 2023
It is well documented that the integration of inquiry-based learning (IBL) and problem-based learning (PBL) methodologies in initial teacher education (ITE) provides opportunities to enhance pre-service teachers' research skills. However, few studies articulate the processes by which teacher educators implement and sustain these approaches in…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Inquiry, Problem Based Learning, Preservice Teacher Education
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Seun Bunmi Adebayo; Manuela Heinz – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2024
This paper explores the experiences and perspectives of parents from minority-ethnic backgrounds concerning their children's education in primary and post-primary schools in Ireland. Five focus groups were conducted with 20 parents of non-White African and Asian backgrounds. Our findings demonstrate complex interactions and tensions between home…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parents, Parent Attitudes, Parent Background
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Risquez, Angelica; Cassidy, Dara; O'Suilleabhain, Gearoid – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2020
This article describes a professional development initiative facilitated through a transformational partnership model. In this context, we discuss our experience of piloting an online continuing professional development course in the area of online teaching, which offered a digital badge for successful participants. The course was the result of a…
Descriptors: Recognition (Achievement), Faculty Development, Foreign Countries, Institutional Cooperation
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Hannon, Laura; O'Donnell, Grainne M. – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2022
We wanted to know how teachers and parents perceive one another and how their perceptions could impact upon their behaviour. Qualitative research was best suited to our study. We interviewed teachers and parents repeatedly over the course of eight months, conducting 97 interviews in total. The teachers reflected stereotypical views of people…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Behavior
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Hamilton, Miriam; O' Dwyer, Anne; Leavy, Aisling; Hourigan, Mairéad; Carroll, Claire; Corry, Edward – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2021
This paper explores the experiences and professional learning of a group of in-service primary school teachers, participating in a STEM education programme in Ireland. Four primary teachers from the same case school engaged in a two-year project to explore STEM teaching and learning. This STEM project was structured as a multi-tiered partnership…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, STEM Education, College School Cooperation
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Farrell, Rachel – Irish Educational Studies, 2023
Current international policy documents on teacher education are peppered with the word partnership and there seems to be an assumption that there is a common agreement regarding understandings of 'partnership'. Traditionally the university has been the decisive voice in educational partnerships which has often led to a power differential as well…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Teacher Education Programs, Partnerships in Education, Foreign Countries
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Martins Gomes, Diogo; McCauley, Veronica – Science Education, 2021
Inquiry learning pedagogies have not only been proposed as a successful teaching methodology to draw students into science, they are also rich with possibilities for creativity. The particular focus on investigations and problem-solving provides opportunity for educators to embrace this. The primary curriculum explicitly values creativity in this…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Inquiry, Problem Solving, Teaching Methods
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