Journal Article
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Walsh, G. (2013) From policy to practice?: the reality of play in primary school classes in Northern Ireland
As more countries align their curricular frameworks with play-based and experiential pedagogies, this paper provides a critical insight into the […]
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Walsh, G. (2014) Impact of a play‐based curriculum in the first two years of primary school: literacy and numeracy outcomes over seven years
In 2000–2002 an innovative early years curriculum, the Enriched Curriculum (EC), was introduced into 120 volunteer schools across Northern Ireland, […]
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Walsh, G. (2019) ‘It’s teaching … but not as we know it’: using participatory learning theories to resolve the dilemma of teaching in play-based practice
Against a backdrop of ‘play’ as the established notion of best practice in early childhood education, this paper sets out […]
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Walsh, G. (2019) ‘What’s all the fuss about play’? Expanding student teachers’ beliefs and understandings of play as pedagogy in practice
In an attempt to resolve some of the lingering tensions involved in understanding play as learning in practice, a group […]
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Walsh, G. (2019) More than ‘just play’: picking out three dimensions of a balanced early years pedagogy
This paper addresses the incompletely resolved tension between play-based and direct teaching approaches to early years pedagogy and practitioners’ resultant […]
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Gibson, K. and Purdy, N. (2012) Reflect-Select-Defend: a model for student teacher reflection
This study, using mixed methods, addresses the importance of robust self-reflection for final year student teachers completing a Career Entry […]
Purdy, N., Ballentine, M., Lyle, H., Orr, K., Symington, E., Webster, D., York, L., (2023) Growing Up Online: Children’s online activities, harm and safety in Northern Ireland – an Evidence Report.
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Jones, Sharon (2023) The Shortest Way Home? A Geo-critical return to CS Lewis’s Prince Caspian
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