Journal Article

  • Greenwood, R. (2014) Student teachers’ reflections on prior experiences of learning geography

    Primary geography education is an important part of initial teacher education. The importance of prior experiences in the development of […]

  • Walsh, G. (2006) An Appropriate Curriculum for 4-5-year-old Children in Northern Ireland: Comparing Play-based and Formal Approaches

    This paper reports on an investigation into the quality of the learning experiences for 4–5‐year‐old children in Northern Ireland schools […]

  • Walsh, G. (2011) Playful structure: a novel image of early years pedagogy for primary school classrooms

    Playful structure is a new pedagogic image representing a more balanced and integrated perspective on early years pedagogy, aiming to […]

  • Jones, Sharon (2020) Suffering, sense-making and meeting of minds: Le Chambon-sur-Lignon as literary sanctuary

    The mapping of the relationships between space and literature finds an advocate in Bertrand Westphal who argues that the complex […]

  • McMullen, J. (2020) Sitting on a wobbly chair’: mental health and wellbeing among newcomer pupils in Northern Irish schools

    Schools in Northern Ireland (NI) have become increasingly diverse with the numbers of newly arrived migrant pupils more than doubling […]

  • McCullagh, J. (2020) Developing understanding of science skills in Northern Ireland through co-teaching between pre- and in-service teachers

    The Teacher Assessment in Primary Science for Northern Ireland (TAPS-NI) project (2017-19) worked collaboratively with pre- and in-service teachers to […]

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.

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

Jones, Sharon (2023) The Shortest Way Home? A Geo-critical return to CS Lewis’s Prince Caspian

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Purdy, N., Walsh, G., Orr, K., Rowan, A., Symington, E., and Winter, F. (2024) Transfer Talks

Purdy, N., Walsh, G., Orr, K., Rowan, A., Symington, E., and Winter, F. (2024) Transfer Talks

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