Browsing Education (Theses and Dissertations) by Title
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Leaders or jugglers? the principal dilemma : Irish second-level principals' narratives, identifying selected factors that encourage/limit their acting ethically
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Education, 2012)School principals play a significant role in the effective running of schools. They are confronted by countless demands, expectations and challenges while trying to maintain balance in their decision-making about contradictory, ... -
Leadership in Early Childhood Education and Care: Gender, Class, and Women who Care(s)?
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Education. Discipline of Education, 2021)The Irish Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) sector has undergone considerable change in the last decade, including introducing various leadership roles for the ECEC practitioner. Conversely, it is difficult to ... -
Learner autonomy, teacher autonomy and the process of becoming a pro-autonomy teacher : theoretical perspectives and life stories of six teachers of Japanese as a second language
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Education, 2003)In this thesis I explore how teachers may develop their understanding of and a positive attitude towards learner autonomy. Part 1 of the thesis consists of two chapters. In Chapter 1 I compare definitions of learner autonomy ... -
Learning modern foreign languages in the Republic of Ireland : a study of the learning experiences of upper-secondary level students
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Education, 2012)This study investigates the learning experiences of upper-secondary level students in the Republic of Ireland whilst learning modern foreign languages at school. Essentially this study has sought to capture the students’ ... -
Learning vocabulary in the authentic written form for novice English-speaking learners of Japanese with limited orthographic knowledge
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Education, 2012)It is conventionally assumed that complicated Japanese orthography is too difficult to learn for learners from non-logographic language backgrounds at the early stages of learning. However, this sort of assumption may have ... -
Leaving is not Losing: Influences on and Impacts of Career Decision Self-Efficacy in a Selection of Third Level Students in Ireland
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Education. Discipline of Education, 2020)College withdrawals are a widespread problem and Ireland is no exception. The associated challenges for the third level education provider, the family of the withdrawing student, and above all, the student him/herself, ... -
Letting language live. Establishing a basis for the use of drama in education to support and implement a communicative approach to the teaching and learning of modern foreign languages
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Education, 2009)Having for many years successfully used Drama in Education (DiE) in her classroom as a means of supporting and implementing a communicative approach (CLT) to the teaching and learning of modern foreign languages (MFL), the ... -
The lived experience of teachers working inclusively in the modern classroom, a systemic approach
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Education. Discipline of Education, 2024)Inclusive education is well documented in the literature and in today’s educational settings, all schools are required to drafted inclusive policies. However, historically speaking, inclusive education referred only to ... -
Losing the plot : a hermeneutic phenomenological study of the natue and meaning of psychological distress amongst third level students in Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Education, 2016)Psychological distress, or mental health problems, constitute the leading form of disability worldwide (World Health Organisation, 2014). While much is known about the extent, or breadth, of the issue, less is known about ... -
Mainstream and Margins: An exploration of the policy, practice and perspectives that have shapred part-time flexible learning in Irish Higher Education 2012-18
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Botany, 2020)Part-time flexible learning in Irish higher education has not been embedded within mainstream policy and was of marginal interest to policy makers and Higher Education Institutions (HEIs’). This subject also received ... -
Mapping the journey: Supporting transition from preschool to primary school for children on the autism spectrum in Ireland. A mixed methods exploratory study.
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Education. Discipline of Education, 2019)Transition to primary school is reported as being a key moment in a child's life (Dockett & Perry 2001), however, for children on the autism spectrum it can be challenging, as difficulty coping with change is reported as ... -
Morpheme order studies : a case study of five language minority children acquiring English as an L2 in Irish primary schools
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Education, 2010)This study looks at how five children with English as a Second Language acquire five English morphemes. The morphemes that are the focus of this study are the plural [-s] morpheme, the past tense [-ed] morpheme, the third ... -
A National Study of Leadership in the Irish Primary Sector: STEM Education and Wellbeing during Crisis
Principals are leaders in school communities and their role is becoming increasingly more autonomous. Specifically, the role of the principal is evolving given the continuous implementation of new reforms and policies. ... -
Networked in or networked out? Learners' experiences of completing a PhD on a part-time basis
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Education. Discipline of Education, 2022)Doctoral education policy and practice in Europe tends to recognise candidature in terms of the full-time PhD researcher. Part-time doctoral candidates have been described as invisible in policy (Neumann and Rodwell, 2009) ... -
New Ways of Evaluating, New Ways of Being: STEAM Zines and Non-Formal Learning
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Education. Discipline of Education, 2024)Places in which art and science come together have proven to be fertile grounds for imagination, creativity, and the prototyping of ideas where different forms of inquiry and exploration become possible. Choosing effective ... -
Opening spaces for Critical Pedagogy through Drama in Education in the Chilean classroom
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Education. Discipline of Education, 2019)The links between Applied Theatre and Critical Pedagogy (CP), a social justice oriented educational paradigm, have been studied by a number of authors (Dawson, Cawthon, & Baker, 2011; Doyle, 1993; Freebody & Finneran, 2013; ... -
Organisational climate, biographical factors, and job satisfaction : a national survey of nurses in the Republic of Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Education, 2005)Background and Justification for the Study: This study grew out of a longstanding interest in job satisfaction and its relationship with organisational climate. Several research studies have demonstrated the importance of ... -
Participatory Practices in Open Source Educational Software - The Case of the Moodle Bug Tracker Community
The Moodle bug tracker is a boundary object that faces software developers who write and maintain Moodle’s code whilst simultaneously exposing an interface to a much wider public world of ordinary Moodle users. Bugs can ... -
Past and future in the time talk of teenage learners of English : a longitudinal study of the acquisition of L2 English by three students in the language support programme of an Irish post-primary school
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Education, 2015)This study investigates aspects of the English language development of three teenage learners, (native speakers of Polish, Malayalam and Lithuanian) who were enrolled in the language support programme of an Irish post-primary ... -
The perceived relevance and benefit of Personal Development modules for social care learners, social care workers and practice educator supervisors
Personal Development (PD) is a mandatory module across the four years of the B.A (Hons) in Social Care work (SCW) at Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT). The aim of this study was to examine if PD is relevant and ...