Masters

Jeffers, Winifred (2012) Childcare Tutors: Profiles, Perspectives and Professional Development Needs. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Dempsey, Majella (2001) The Student Voice in the Transition Year Programme A school based case study. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Hickey, Catherine (2005) Issues and Challenges in Implementing the 1999 Curriculum for Visual Arts: Case Study in a Junior School. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

O'Neill, Mary Teresa (1999) A Study of the Comparative Experiences of LCVP in Selected Schools. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Mulcahy, Patricia (2005) An Analysis of Teachers’ use of ICT in a Selection of Irish Schools. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Devereux, Philip (2005) An Investigation into Parental Attitudes and Preferences Regarding the Development of an Educate Together Post-Primary School. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

McGrath, Rachel (2004) Curriculum Innovation in a Post Primary School: A Case Study of the LCVP. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Barron, Dave (2000) Are Irish Second-level Schools Ready For a Culture Of Reflective Practice and Professional Collaboration? Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Birnie, Diane (1999) Embracing ICT in a Second Level School: Challenges and Implications for Teacher Attitude, Role, and Development. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

O'Connor, Emer (2004) Student Perspectives and Experiences of Interculturalism: A Study of Inclusion of Ethnic Minority Students in an Irish Second Level School. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Boran, Michael (2002) The Challenge of Change: An Investigative Study of the Transition Year in Six Schools. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Deane, Patricia (1997) The Transition Year: A Case Study in the Implementation of Curriculum Change. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Kinnarney, Paula (2001) Involving Students in their own learning: The Experience of a first year Curriculum innovation. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Kelly, Catherine (2004) Exploring New Depths to Learning through the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT)in a Junior Primary School. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Foley, Niall (1997) The Rhetoric and Reality of Transition from Primary to Post-primary Schooling. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Shelly, Stephanie (2006) Preventing drop-out: how can post-primary schools best support students at risk of early school leaving? Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Connolly, James (1994) Doctors and Drinkers: An Exploratory Study of the Therapeutic Commitment of General Practioners in Longford/Westmeath towards working with Problem Drinkers. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

O'Shea, James (1998) The Web of Addiction An Exploration of the Complex Physiological, Psychological, Social and Political Forces Involved in the Development of Addictive Behaviours. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Dolan, Rose (2001) Today's Youth, Today's Leaders and Citizens: Youth Leadership and its Importance in Education. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Malone, Anthony (2002) “He who has the bigger stick has the better chance of imposing his definition of reality.” Assimilation and Integration: International Students in a Second Level School. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Drewett, John (2001) An Investigation of the Physical Education Curriculum in Irish Primary Schools and of the Factors Which Impede Its Full Implementation. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Lynch, Kathleen (2000) Strategies for Transition From Primary to Post-Primary. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Nolan, Senan (2005) Leaving Certificate Applied and Beyond: A School-Based Investigation o f the Experiences o f Students who have taken the Leaving Certificate Applied Programme. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

O'Dubhlaing, Sean (1997) Donogh O’Malley And The FreePost Primary Education Scheme. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Burke, Dolores (2004) Making Parental Involvement a Key Process in Primary Education: An Action Research Project in a Junior, Primary School. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Maher, Michael (2004) Exploring the factors that encourage postholders to engage in curriculum leadership. A study of large primary schools. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Guinan, Anne Marie (2001) Who, What and Why... Subject Choices for Senior Cycle in a Second Level School. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Lyons, Patrick J (1977) Work and School A Case Study. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Ball, Derek C (2004) Continuity between the Primary School and the Junior Cycle of Post-Primary A School-Based Study. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Lievens, Marthe Maria (2006) The Implementation of the Leaving Certificate Applied Programme in a School: The Complexity of Curriculum Change. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Woods, Cornelius (1979) The Concept of Learning and Education. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

McEvoy, Caroline (2003) Factors that Influence Parental Choice of School and Experiences in a Rural Education Market. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Murphy, Deirdre (2003) Civics Revisited? An Exploration of the Factors Affecting the Implementation of CSPE in Five Post-Primary Schools. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Allen, Terence (2004) Two ‘Heads’ Are Better Than One An Examination and Analysis of the Role of the Deputy Principal in Irish Primary Schools. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Rouine, Brigid Barbara (1976) An analysis of the philosophy of Paulo Freire for the purpose of structuring community education programmes. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Horgan, Geraldine (2001) Analysis of INSET Policy and Provision for Second Level Teachers in the Nineties. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Moloney, Margaret (2000) Collaboration/Networking in Education, its contribution to schools. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Lynch, John (2003) The Leaving Certificate Applied Experience in Five Case Study Schools. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Brannigan, Cyril Gerard (1982) Quaker Education in Ireland 1680 - 1840. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Moynihan, Catherine (2004) The Professional Development of Teachers: The Perspective of the Practicing Transition Year Teacher. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Hughes, Freda (2012) The Palestine Education Initiative: A Case Study on Campaigning, Development Education and Activism in Ireland. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Gaffey, Geraldine (2017) Selecting Primary School Principals in Ireland. The Extent to which Competency Frameworks are used. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

McGovern, Anne-Marie (2018) Time to stop blaming parents: A case study of parents’ and children’s experiences of family life and in marginalised communities with implications for parenting interventions, educational welfare policy and practice. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Perez-Gonzalez, Kelly Yolanda (2023) Exploration of the Action-oriented Approach for Second Language Acquisition in Students with Special Educational Needs: A Scoping Review. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

PhD

Quilty, Aideen (2010) Special Species of Space: making room for Geography within Education an Inter-disciplinary conceptual Exploration. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Jeffers, Gerry (2008) Innovation and resistance in Irish schooling: the case of Transition Year. PhD thesis, University of Limerick, Ireland.

Condren, Dan (2010) Working in a web of relationships: Experiences of selected second-level teachers in Ireland. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Granville, Gary (2010) Curriculum Development as a Subversive Activity? Discourse and Ideology in the Evolution of Curriculum Policy in Ireland 1980-2005. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Rooney, Marie (2010) "Learning is my Prescription": Adult Education and Mental Health Recovery. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Ryan, Michael F. (2010) A Constructivist Exploration of the Teacher's Role: understanding the policy practice navigation between: Pedagogy, Professionalism & Vocationalism. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Butler, Deborah (2010) Are housing professionals born or made? The role of education and identity amongst housing professionals in Ireland. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

O'Malley, Michael F. (2012) University and the State in Ireland: from a negotiated exchange relationship based on trust to prescriptive requirements in university governance. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

McGlynn, William (2012) Community Educators and the Struggle for Recognition Theorising meaning, educator and institution in Ireland’s community education field using a generative grounded theory approach. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Hardiman, Fergal (2011) "Finding a Voice" The experience of mature students in a college of further education. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Smith, Gregory (2012) The Western Seaboard Science Project: An Innovative Model of Professional Development to Enhance the Teaching and Learning of Primary Science. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Lynch, Peggy Ellen (2011) Mathematisation and Irish students: The ability of Irish second-level students to transfer mathematics from the classroom to solve authentic, real life problems. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Sobiesiak, Kamila Magdalena (2012) Drifting identity in the global era? Polish students in Irish Higher Education. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Lorenzi, Francesca (2012) Assessment as Dialogue, through Dialogue, for Dialogue. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Kennelly, Anne (2013) An áit ina bhfuil t-anam is ann a thógas do chosa tú (your feet will always take you to the place of your soul): A study of transformation through indigenous ways of knowing in a County Kerry Community. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Nolan, Suzanne (2012) Respect & Recognition: What’s the Story? PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Prats Porcar, Elena (2013) Early introduction of trilingual education in primary schools in Ireland and Catalonia: a comparative study. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Gilbride, Mary (2013) The unequal operation of power in Irish Education: An exploration and evaluation of the development and operation of the Section 29 Appeal System and the extent to which it has addressed power and inequality issues in Irish Education. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Lacey, Peter (2013) The ‘People’s Movement’ ‘EU Critical Action & Irish Social Activism’. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

O'Reilly, Aine (2014) Re-Visioning Quality Assurance in Higher Education. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Brosnan, Anne (2007) The Teaching of Mathematics at Post-Primary Level in Ireland A Review of Traditional Patterns and an Exploration of Future. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Connolly, Brid (2008) Praxis, Critical Pedagogy and Critical Adult and Community Education. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

O'Dowd, Padraic (2007) Rites of Passage in Rafoarty: Curriculum Continuity and Transition from Primary to Post-primary in an Irish Town. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Duffy, Patrick (1997) State policy on school physical education in, Ireland, with special reference to the period 1960-1996. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Conaty, Concepta (1999) Partnership in Education, through Whole School Development with Parent and Community Involvement: A Study of a National Initiative to Combat Educational Disadvantage - the Home, School, Community Liaison Scheme (2 Vols.). PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Lenehan, Niamh (2015) Substantial Difference in the Recognition of Foreign Qualifications? A Research Study on the Practices of Credential Evaluators in Irish Higher Education Institutions. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Martin-Hodgins, Nicola (2014) Bereavement in the Primary Classroom: The Perspectives of Widowed Parents. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

McGarrigle, John (2017) An Arts Based Narrative Inquiry into Learning in an Early Childhood Education and Care Degree. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Lawlor, Aine (2014) Transitions Toward Transformation: Exploring Continuing Professional Development for Teachers in Ireland (2 Vols.). PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Ryan, John Gerald (1993) Apprenticeship in Ireland: An Historical Analysis. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Murray, Cliona (2019) Veteran teacher voices: Relational accountability and ethical professionalism in second-level education in Ireland. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Henry, Sean (2019) Queering Religions Schooling: Teaching, Values, Rituals. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Ryan, Rosairo (2019) How Inequality in Education in Ireland is Produced, Reproduced, Justified, and Resisted at the Intersection of Disability and Social Class. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Doyle, Audrey Mary (2019) Curriculum Becoming in the Assemblage of Lower Secondary Education in Ireland. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Hanratty, Orla (2018) Being a Professional Lecturer: Framing Professional Learning within and beyond an initial accredited programme in Teaching and Learning in an Irish Institute of Technology. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Cosgrove, Judith (2005) Issues in the Interpretation of PISA in Ireland: A Study of the Content and Design of PISA with Comparative Analyses of the Junior Certificate Examinations and TIMSS (1 Volume). PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Young, Keith (2019) Imagined Futures: The impact of mlearning and access to mobile technology on the role of the teacher. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

McCauley, Eamonn (2020) Team-teaching for inclusion: A critical analysis of disability discourse in Irish Post-Primary Schools. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Feeney, Angela (2019) Habitus is a fate not a destiny: A Study of Student Completion In First Year at an Irish Institute of Technology. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Liston, Lindsey (2019) "The Problem Class"?: A Critical Analysis of Experiences of Schooling and Involvement with the Criminal Justice System. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Morris, Eileen (2021) Dancing on the Threshold of Time: An Orphic Journey into the Second Half of Life. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Meegan, John (2021) An Arts Based Narrative Inquiry into Children's Experiences of the Five Foundations of the Social-Emotional and Academic Learning Program you can do it! Program Achieve. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Minnock, Michael J. (2021) Passing on the Torch: A study of the transfer of the Irish Christian Brothers’ educational mission to a lay trust, with particular reference to DEIS secondary schools. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Curneen, Annmarie (2021) An examination of the Leaving Certificate Applied Programme: Origin, Policy and Practice - A Contextual, Relational, Discursive and Spatial Analysis Employing a Critical Theory Approach. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Devenney, Roisin (2021) Exploring Perspectives of School Refusal in Second-Level Education in Ireland. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

O'Donnell, Tiernan (2021) Supporting new principals as leaders of learning through mentoring. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Matson, Sinéad (2021) Productively Undoing a Doctoral Study: Ethically Researching Early Childhood Education and Care in the Majority World. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

McHugh, Áine M. (2022) An Examination of the Nurse/Midwife Prescribing Programme in Ireland: Confidence, Accuracy, Seeking Advice and working within the Scope of Practice. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Dooley, Colm Gerard (2021) Unearthing Pedagogy: Recitative to reasoned practice. An exploration of the documented pedagogical understandings and practice of a cohort of PST students in an ITE programme in Ireland. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Doran, Annemarie (2021) An exploration of how teacher wellbeing is conceptualised and supported by the main stakeholders in post-primary schools in Ireland. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Cannon, Stacey M. (2021) Exploring Life Skill Development, Leadership and Transfer: Experiences of young sportspeople in a youth leadership development programme, within a specific community based sports setting. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Costello, Eddie (2022) An Action Research Investigation into Pedagogies of Enactment in Initial Teacher Education to Support Pre-Service Primary Teachers to teach Mathematics for Relational Understanding. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Kenneally, Maureen (2022) Supporting Teachers’ capacity in the pedagogic use of ICT An Action Research Case Study. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

O'Flanagan, Denise (2022) Stalking with World-Stories. An Arts based narrative inquiry into an Arts curriculum in a school library in the Junior Cycle school programme (JCSP) library project. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Thorpe, Vincent (2022) Implementing school self-evaluation: The experience of one school in making the process meaningful. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Geoghegan, Annette (2022) SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO? An Exploration of the Experiences of Career Change Teachers in Ireland: Motivations for Changing Career and the Factors that Influence their Attrition from the Teaching Profession. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Flood, Margaret (2019) Exploring the Impact of a Collaborative Whole-School Model of Continuous Professional Development on the Enactment of Level 2 Learning Programmes in a Mainstream Post-Primary School. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Mescal, John (2022) The Experience and Effect of External Evaluation on Teachers’ Practice. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Barrow, Giles (2022) Soil, Soul & Society in the Educational Encounter. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Dobutowitsch, Mira (2019) All screen and no play?A mixed methods approach to screen time in middle childhood. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

O'Connell, Niamh (2022) A cross-national comparative study exploring formative assessment enactment in Ireland and Scotland. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Coffey, Sharon (2021) From Initiation to Implementation: A Case Study of the Professional Development of Teachers in Ireland. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

O'Neill, Natalie (2022) Bridging the Epistemic Divide: A Design Based Research Project on Laboratory Work at Upper Second Level in Ireland. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Ní Chléirigh, Laoise (2023) Loving Mother Earth: Exploring education for sustainable development and the circular economy concept in an Irish primary school context. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Egan-McGann, Mercedes (2000) Students who have Down Syndrome. A study of their school placement, educational supports and parental evaluation of their education. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Murphy, Deirdre (2023) Broke, not broken: Exploring the narrated experiences of teachers from low-income backgrounds. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Sloan, Ciara (2023) Exploring school-university partnerships: the roles, experiences, and interactions of student teachers, cooperating teachers, and placement tutors. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Ramputh, Tazila (2023) An Evaluation of the Influence of Accountability Regimes on the Curriculum Policy-Practice Nexus at Higher Education in Ireland. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Kearns, Annette J. (2024) From language to literacy: Supporting the development of early childhood educator’s knowledge and skills in phonological awareness. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Flanagan, Fergal (2024) An Evaluation of Teachers’ Perceptions of the Influence of Neoliberalism on Teaching Skills in the Senior Cycle. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Doran, Claire (2024) Engaged Witnessing: An Ethical Framework for Teaching the Holocaust. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

McSharry, Trevor (2024) An Exploration of Change and Leadership in an Emerging Technological University. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Morley, Pauline (2023) How principals and teachers in mainstream primary schools in a Dublin postal district support inclusion as they mediate the ‘new model’ of special education teacher allocation. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Keegan, Chloe (2024) “It’s Like a Baby Jail!” The impact of regimented daily routines on children’s participation in early childhood education. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.