Journal Article

  • McConnell, B. (2021) Practice Editorial

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  • Walsh, G. (2021) Signalling Playfulness: Disguising work as play in the early years classroom

    Play has been widely investigated from a practice-based perspective; playfulness as an effective pedagogical tool has received less attention. Over […]

  • Beck, G. (2021) In Need of Review: Developing Sensory Provision in Northern Ireland’s Mainstream Primary Classrooms

    The impact of Sensory Processing Difficulties across a range of Special Educational Needs is well researched. More recently, the impact […]

  • McClelland, D. and Purdy, N. (2021) Contested childhoods across borders and boundaries: Insights from curriculum provisions in Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State in the 1920s

    Conceptualisations and constructs of children and childhood are temporally and contextually grounded. Historical documents are rich sources of insight and […]

  • Purdy, N. (2021) Attitudes to Sexting Amongst Post-Primary Pupils in Northern Ireland: a Liberal Feminist Approach

    This study focuses on sexting amongst young people in Northern Ireland about which there is, as yet, very little qualitative […]

  • Purdy, N. (2021) The Challenges and Opportunities of Conducting PhD Participatory Action Research on Sensitive Issues: Young People and Sexting

    This paper presents the challenges and opportunities of using a participatory action research (PAR) methodology in a social science PhD […]

Bloomer, S., Purdy, N. Gibson, K., Orr, K. (2022) The Assessment of Vocational Education and Training Qualifications

Bloomer, S., Purdy, N. Gibson, K., Orr, K. (2022) The Assessment of Vocational Education and Training Qualifications

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Purdy, N. Gibson, K., Orr, K., Tsang, K. (2022) Perceptions of Level 4 & 5 Qualifications in Northern Ireland

Purdy, N. Gibson, K., Orr, K., Tsang, K. (2022) Perceptions of Level 4 & 5 Qualifications in Northern Ireland

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Walsh (2021) Play in Practice during the Pandemic: Summary Report

Walsh (2021) Play in Practice during the Pandemic: Summary Report

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