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Youth homelessness : an investigation into the emotional effects on social care workers
No full textThis research aims to investigate if social care workers were emotionally affected when working with young people aged between 12-17 years accessing emergency services. The researcher adopted a qualitative approach and data was collected through the use of semi structured interviews. A thematic analysis was conducted and the data identified four themes which revealed there was a difference between social care workers working with young people in emergency settings compared to a residential setting.
The research study found that social care workers were emotionally affected while providing young people out-of-home with emergency accommodation, basic needs and support. This study has contributed to the large gap in the existing literature of emergency placements and how these young people accessing emergency accommodation are vulnerable to the detrimental effects of trauma exposure, psychosis and post-traumatic stress disorder. Author Keywords: Youth homelessness, emergency accommodation, social care workers, Stress
The use of visual aides for children with autism in preschool settings : a teacher's perspective
No full textThe aim of this dissertation is to investigate the use of visual aids with children with
autism within both autism specific preschool classrooms and mainstream preschool
classrooms from a teacher’s perspective. Both classrooms had children with autism
attending when the research was conducted. Qualitative interview schedules were
conducted with participants from both settings. The research sample consisted of
three autism specific preschool teachers and three mainstream preschool teachers.
Results showed that there was a significant difference with the use of visual aids
between the two preschool settings. Findings suggest that the autism specific
preschool teachers showed a higher degree of knowledge and experience with all
visual aids within the preschool setting. Author keywords: Autism, visual aids, picture schedules, PECS, Grace App, preschool, ABA, TEACCH, teache
A comparison of the teaching experiences of school teachers in Ireland and the United States
No full textThis comparative study examines the working experiences of primary or elementary
school teachers in Ireland and the United States. In comparing the two, the researcher
aims not only to increase the field of research – for such a comparison has never been
reported – but also to make certain suggestions for improvement to the Irish experience.
Six teachers were interviewed, 3 in Ireland and 3 in the US, using open-ended questions
in a semi structured interview. Resulting data was later analyzed and discussed. The main
differences in experience were found to be between socioeconomic groupings, rather than
based on a geographic divide. Suggestions were made which could increase parental
involvement in student education and reduce instructional downtime given over to
discipline. Author keywords: Teachers, teaching, experiences, comparison, primary school, elementary school, Ireland, United States of Americ
An exploration of development education within the Irish secondary school curriculum
No full textThis research study examined the implementation of Development Education Policy in Irish Secondary Schools. Using qualitative methodology and thematic analysis current Development Education Policy in Ireland was reviewed and was analysed and discussed through six teachers’ experiences of Development Education across three secondary schools. Recommendations from organisations with a Development Education remit were assessed. The possible implementations of these recommendations and policies were questioned in relation to the challenges identified by the teachers in this research. The five main themes which emerged from the interviews identified the main challenges throughout the research which was the overcrowded secondary school curriculum and the lack of a common definition of Development Education. Confusion also arose because of the similarities and differences between Environmental Education, Education for Sustainability and Development Education. Author keywords: Development education and teacher
Migrants' integration experience in Ireland
No full textThis study will explore migrants‟ experience of integration in Ireland. Using a qualitative method which involves interviewing 4 males and 4 females‟ ages between 29 and 47. The focus of this study is to find out the challenges and barriers that the migrants are facing in the process of integrating into Irish society. While some of the participants expressed negative experiences of integration in Ireland, in contrast some have positive experiences of integration. Different factors such as the neighbourhood, cultural differences, racism and barriers were some of the factors that contribute to these varied experiences. Although despite Ireland limited experiences in immigration and integration issue it is evident from this research that things are gradually changing and improving; however, there is still a big room for improvement both from the policy making level and the from the society attitude at large. Author keywords: Integration, migrants, immigratio
Enhancing the first-year experience with online quizzes and screencasts
No full textDecreasing the attrition rate -- Enhancing the student learning experience -- Support development of independent study habits -- Explore the use of elearning to support student learning -- Encourage experiential learning. Author keywords: Elearning, student attrition, experiential learnin
Portfolio assessment : the learner perspective
No full textAn exploration of the use of eportfolios as a learning process and as a formative assessment method Yielding a unique learner perspective on portfolio assessment and on the perceived differences between an eportfolio and a traditional paper portfolio. Author keywords: Eportfolio, reflection, learner experience, learning process vs. produc
An exploring of the factors that cause stress and burnout among health care assistants in Dublin hospitals
No full textThe aim of this study was to obtain views and perceptions of factors that cause stress among health care assistants in acute Dublin hospitals.
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This study was carried out as a qualitative piece of research with semi structured interviews the 5 participants interviewed were health care assistants working in acute hospital settings.
The Data was analysed using thematic analysis and NVivo 10 software was used to code interviews’ and subsequently put into themes. The finding suggest that all health care assistants enjoy their work despite being exposed to poor working conditions in acute hospital settings.
In addition the study reveals that health care assistants were feeling relatively stressed.
The research indicated that the major stressors for participant were: shortage of staff and work overload, undervalued and unfair treatment, lack of training and stress management programmes and gender inequalities and emotional labour
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
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