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View article: Embedding Scientific Communication and Digital Capabilities in the Undergraduate Biomedical Science Curriculum
Embedding Scientific Communication and Digital Capabilities in the Undergraduate Biomedical Science Curriculum Open
Introduction: Scientific communication, particularly the dissemination of research findings to both the scientific community and the general public, are skills required of graduates embarking on post-graduate studies and employment within …
View article: Plants Can “Speak” to Each Other
Plants Can “Speak” to Each Other Open
When we think about plants, we do not normally imagine them “speaking” to each other. But they do communicate—in many different ways. More than a century ago, the eminent biologist Charles Darwin suggested that plants have a brain-like str…
View article: Synergies in subject parallels: Coteaching “music-drama”
Synergies in subject parallels: Coteaching “music-drama” Open
This case study contributes with a new coteaching design, in which experienced teachers from two different aesthetic subjects are planning, teaching and evaluating together in higher education, more specifically in general preschool teache…
View article: Teachers and Teacher Candidates Learning Together: Reported Ideas Regarding a Co-Teaching Model
Teachers and Teacher Candidates Learning Together: Reported Ideas Regarding a Co-Teaching Model Open
A recurring issue in science teacher education is how to support teachers using student-centred scientific inquiry projects. This study investigates the first year of a three-year project (Inquire Together) that aims to support teacher can…
View article: Trinity Walton Club: What is its Potential for Promoting Interest in STEM?
Trinity Walton Club: What is its Potential for Promoting Interest in STEM? Open
Concerns are growing in many countries, including Ireland, regarding an inadequate number of graduates to meet workforce needs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. These graduate deficiencies are the result of…
View article: ?Scientists are not always right, but they do their best.? Irish children?s perspectives of innovations in science teaching and learning.
?Scientists are not always right, but they do their best.? Irish children?s perspectives of innovations in science teaching and learning. Open
Research globally has shown that many children lose interest in towards the end of primary school and throughout the post-primary phase. This article explores children's experience and views in Irish schools that have adopted innovative p…
View article: 08. “It is through others that we become ourselves”: A study of Vygotskian play in Russian and Irish schools
08. “It is through others that we become ourselves”: A study of Vygotskian play in Russian and Irish schools Open
Fifty years after publishing his seminal work on play and its role in child development, Vygotskian theory is still highly influential in education, and particularly in early years. This paper presents two examples of full integration of V…