Mary Immaculate Research Repository: Recent submissions
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A foucauldian discourse analysis of intellectual disability in Irish education
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2013)Since the birth of the Irish State there has been three official terms for children with mental disabilities, ‘mental deficiency’, ‘mental handicap’ and ‘intellectual disability’. Each new term replaced the previous one; ... -
When the Christian Community Gathers on Sunday in the Absence of the Presbyter: What Happens?
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Moving on: Achieving Equity of Access to Education in Ireland – the case of travellers
(TED Project Mary Immaculate College, 2007)This paper examines the issues of traveller access to higher education in geral, and how the moving on project at Mary Immaculate College (MIC) is addressing them specifically -
Achieving equity of access to higher education in Ireland, the case for travellers
(2005)This study contains the results of two separate, but connected, studies on the access and provision for Traveller students in education in Ireland: • A review of existing policy documentation pertaining to Traveller ... -
Evaluation of pre-university programme
(2005)Introduction. In the period of November 2004 – February 2005, the pilot Pre-University Programme, run in partnership with the Adult and Community Education Programme of County Limerick Vocational Education Committee ... -
Policy Impacts on Internationally Mobile Researchers and Research in Education
(2013)CAROLINE HEALY 38TH EDUCATIONAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF IRELAND CONFERENCE LIMERICK (21–23 MARCH 2013) THEME - ‘EDUCATIONAL POLICY IN CHANGING TIMES: CONSULTATION, IMPLEMENTATION AND IMPACT’ -
An evaluation of the Targeted initiative on access of mature Students in Ireland
(2001)This Report contains the results of two separate, but interlocking, studies on the access and provision for mature students in Irish higher Education • An evaluation of the Higher Education Authorities targeted initiative ... -
The church and the public sphere
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Theological education: A resource for public moral discourse?
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Building the Ark
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Insights into the Hunt Report’s Research Recommendations
(2012)National Strategy for Higher Education to 2030 in Ireland (January 2011) and what it may mean for educational research in Ireland during this time of transformation Strategy is a major review of all aspects of contemporary ... -
The Congar legacy
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The development of internationalisation policy in UK higher education
(2002)This study is concerned with examining the process of the intemationdsation of education and teaching within UK higher education in general, and in particular, with the impact on the working practices, values and norms ... -
The moduli stack of vector bundles on a curve (Pre-published Version)
(Ramanujan Mathematical Society, 2010)This expository text tries to explain brie y and not too technically the notions of stack and algebraic stack, emphasizing as an example the moduli stack of vector bundles on an algebraic curve. -
Professional identity in early childhood care and education: perspectives of pre-school and infant teachers (Pre-Published Version)
(Routledge, 2010)This paper explores perceptions of professional identity in the early childhood care and educations sector (ECCE) in the Republic of Ireland (ROI). It is concerned with the status, salary and conditions of those working ... -
Pupils' and teachers' perceptions of a culminating festival within a sport education season in Irish primary schools
(Routledge Taylor and Francis, 2009)Background: Whilst there is considerable literature on Sport Education [SE] little attention has been afforded to an investigation into the use of a specific festival as a culmination to a season. Purpose: The purpose ... -
Locating quality in early childhood care and education discourse in Ireland: pre-school and infant classrooms as a crucible for learning and development
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2011)This study examines the extent to which national and international early childhood policy becomes embedded as an everyday phenomenon in pre-school and primary contexts. Located within an ecological contextual framework ... -
Irish primary school teachers' experiences with Sport Education
(Routledge Taylor and Francis, 2012)Recent reviews illustrate the considerable literature on Sport Education (e.g. Kinchin, 2006; Wallhead & O’Sullivan, 2005). However, research on the experiences of non-specialist physical education teachers attempting Sport ... -
Trace forms of symbol algebras (Pre-published version)
(World Scientific Publishing Complany, 2012)Let S be a symbol algebra. The trace form of S is computed and it is shown how this form can be used to determine whether S is a division algebra or not. In addition, the exterior powers of the trace form of S are computed.