professional development

  • 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 […]

  • McConnell (2014) Continuing professional development – why bother? Perceptions and motivations of teachers in Ireland

    In a larger study carried out by O’Sullivan et al. to explore the perceptions and experiences of teachers in the Republic of […]

  • McMurray, S. et al (2016) An innovative model for professional development

    This paper considers an innovative model of continuing professional development in addressing the needs of children with literacy difficulties, namely the Special […]

  • 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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Gibson, K et al, (2025) Pathways to Inclusion: Exploring Higher Education Opportunities for People with Intellectual Disabilities

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Purdy et al (2025) Effective School Leadership in Disadvantaged Communities

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