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M.Ed. theses currently held in the Library,
organised alphabetically by author: Thesis abstracts can now be viewed
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| Author |
Title |
Year |
| Macken, Suzanne |
(ICT)
The effectiveness of using an audio device to record a teacher's
observations in physical education. |
2012 |
| Maher, Katriona |
Why
they stayed: an exploration of factors which supported veteran
primary school teachers in their careers. |
2010 |
| Maloney, Lisa |
Different
Genres of Music: Investigating the Responses of Children. |
2006 |
| Marshall, Claire |
(ICT)
An investigation into the efficacy of the accelerated reader
programme in a designated disadvantaged school. |
2012 |
| Maxwell, Margaret |
(French)
Current Implementation of Intercultural Educational Policy
in Irish Primary Schools. |
2003 |
| Mc Cabe, Yvonne |
Philosophical
Dialogues: An Approach to Developing Critical Thinking in
a Designated Disadvantaged Junior Infant Classroom. |
2008 |
| McCafferty, Kate |
"Bright
Sparks" Developing Potentials of Gifted and Talented Children
in a Community of Socio-Economic Disadvantage. |
2011 |
| McCauley, Sinéad |
Examining
the relevance for teachers of in-class sensory integration
approaches for children in DEIS schools: Developing a theoretical
framework and a focus on process |
2011 |
| McCarthy, Maria |
An
Investigation into the Role of the Resource Teacher for Children
with Special Needs in Irish Primary Schools. |
2001 |
| McCormack, Annette |
Parental
Involvement in Literacy Through "A Parent Tutor Reading Program".
|
2011 |
| Mc Cormack, Ciaran |
"Examining
the Online FÍS Teacher's Professional Development Course -
Can a Teacher Benefit form FÍS Professional Development Through
an Online Program Which Encompass Technical Skills, Pedagogy
and Curriculum Integration?" |
2007 |
| Mc Cormack, Marlene |
School
Age Childcare: Conceptualising Policy and Models of Practice |
2006 |
| McDonagh, Sorcha |
'The
Feminisation of Education': An insight into parents', teachers',
and childrens' attitudes and perceptions of the imbalanced
gender nature of the teaching profession. |
2011 |
| McDonald, Edel |
(ICT)
Integrating a Geography and Literacy programme: children's and teachers' perspectives. |
2012 |
| McDonald, Elaine |
A
Collaborative Approach to the Provision of Research - Based,
Balanced Literacy Instruction. |
2006 |
| McElhinney, Joanne |
Using
Spreadsheets as a mindtool to develop Children's Understanding
of Data handling within a Constructionist Learning Environment. |
2011 |
| McElligott, Norma |
(ICT)
"If someone told me to write it, I wouldn't be able to and now I can": the impact of sixth class children working collaboratively with their peers to
enhance their persuasive communication and writing skills. |
2012 |
| McElvaney, Siobhán |
Is
Indirect Dyslexia Learning an Effective Tool in Teaching Pupils
with Dyslexic Difficulties?. |
2011 |
| McGann, Teresa |
Teacher's
Perspectives, Systematic Challenges and Professional Development
Opportunities in the Changing Social Context of the New Ireland. |
2002 |
| McGrath, Brian |
The
Implementation of Assessment for Learning and its Effect on
Teaching and Learning. |
2009 |
| McGuinness, Eimear Kathleen |
The Digital Technologies
in Irish Language Lessons. |
2009 |
| McHale, Doreen |
Using
Wikis in Fourth Class to Develop Non-Fiction Report Writing
Skills, Based on the 'First Steps' Writing Programme. |
2009 |
| Mc Hugh, Margaret |
Teachers'
views of Physical Education Professional Development. |
2008 |
| McLoone, Marion |
The
impact of participating in lesson study on teachers' beliefs
and attitudes in relation to the teaching of Mathematics. |
2010 |
| McMahon, Martin |
Mentors'
Perspectives on the Induction Process of Newly Qualified Teachers. |
2009 |
| McManus, Grainne |
(ICT)
Exploring the use of the writing workshop with English language learners
in first class. |
2012 |
| McNally, Jacqueline |
(ICT)
Going places: the successful implementation of the 1999 primary Geography curriculum. |
2012 |
| McNally, Peter |
Attitudes
Towards Science Education Among Ten to Fourteen Year Old Boys:
A Case Study. |
2004 |
| Mc Namara, Aine |
The
Relevance of Art Museums and Galleries in Dublin for Primary
Art Education. |
2004 |
| Mc Namara, Margaret |
Exploring
a Spirituality of Education in the Context of the Irish Primary
School. |
2007 |
| McVey-Peoples, Sharon |
An
investigation into the professional development needs and
actions of primary school teachers in an Irish rural school
and their perceptions of professional development: facilitators
and barriers. |
2010 |
| McQuaid-Keane, Mary |
(ICT)
The "write-a-book" project in County Clare process or product. |
2012 |
| McSkeane, Mary |
(ICT)
The early childhood studies graduate experience and perceptions of working in the early childhood
education and care sector. |
2012 |
| Mehigan, Gene |
Perspectives
on Teaching Reading in the First Year of Primary School. |
2002 |
| Mehigan, Patricia |
Teaching
Contingency Awareness in the Classroom to Pupils with very
Profound General Learning Difficulties. |
2004 |
| Minnock, Mairéad |
Transfer from Primary to
Secondary School: A Child and Parent Perspective. |
2009 |
| Mitchell, Liam |
Toward
Constructing the Professional Identity of an Irish Male Primary
School Teacher. |
2007 |
| Molloy, Cora |
An
Evaluation of "Visualising and Verbalising for Language Comprehension
and Thinking" in Teaching Oral and Reading Comprehension to
Children in Primary School who have both Mild and General
Learning Disability and Language Delay. |
2004 |
| Molloy, Detta |
The
Impact of the School Development Planning Support Service
on the Personal and Professional Development of Teachers. |
2005 |
| Moran, Gemma |
Art
as a Tool for Learning: Integrating Art With Other Subject
Areas in the Curriculum. |
2009 |
| Moran, Máire |
Evaluation
of First Steps Writing in a Learning Support Setting in a
Disadvantaged School. |
2008 |
| Morrissey, Linda |
(ICT)
Implementing a writing workshop in a linguistically diverse senior infant class. |
2012 |
| Moylan, Jenny |
A
Study in the Development of Young Children's Oral Language
and Dramatic Skills through Engagement in Vivian Gussin Paley's
Storytelling Model. |
2010 |
| Mulkerrins, Dympna |
Home
School Community Liaison Co-ordinators: Tackling Inequality
in Education? A Case Study in a North Dublin Area. |
2005 |
| Mullan, Yvonne |
Mathematics
and Educational Disadvantage: the Impact of the Number Worlds
Programme on the Number Knowledge of Children in a Junior
Infant Class. |
2005 |
| Murnane, Jacqueline |
Constructive
Theory Applied to Children's Thinking in a Community of Inquiry. |
2000 |
| Murphy, Deirdre |
An
Investigation into Young Children's Thought During the Process
of Thinking Time. |
2008 |
| Murphy, Michael |
'No
Country for old men': A Critical Analysis of Migration, Retention
and Motivations of Teachers in Schools Designated as Disadvantaged. |
2005 |
| Murphy, Susan |
An
An investigation into the impact of a professional development programme by a mentor on the teaching
of a quality physical education programme. |
2012 |
| Murray, Anne |
Identify
and Implement a Community Integrated Support 'system that
Addresses the Needs of Young People from Educational Disadvantage
Backgrounds with Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties Preventing
their Exclusion from the Educational System. |
2007 |
| Murray, Elizabeth |
A Comparative Study of Teachers'
Perspectives on Pupil Misbehaviour in Senior Primary School
Classes in Ireland and England. |
2009 |
| Nic Fhionnlaoich, Fiona |
An
Analysis of Irish Textbooks Published to support the Implementation
of the Primary School Curriculum (1999). |
2008 |
| Nic Nioclais, Dearbhla |
Children's
Use of Time and Space, After School and at the Weekend. |
2006 |
| Ní Bhaoill, Máire |
The
Introduction of Formal Reading Instruction in Irish and English
in Irish-Medium Schools. |
2004 |
| Ní Bhreacháin, Caoimhe |
'Irish
for fun': an Irish language intervention programme designed
for the children and parents of a senior infant class. |
2010 |
| Ní Bhroin, Máire |
The
Interrelationships between Art, Play and the "Real" Life of
the Child in Junior Infants. |
2004 |
| Ní Dheaghaidh, Christina |
Using
Scratch as a constructionist Mindtool to engage learners in
higher-order thinking in an Irish Primary School Classroom. |
2011 |
| Ní Dhónaill, Róisín |
An
A community of practice: supporting poetry writing in an Irish primary school. |
2012 |
| Ní Mháirtín, Aisling |
Cleachtas
maidir le Tús na Léitheoireachta I scoileanna Gaeltachta gus
Scoileanna lán-Ghaeilge sna Sé Chontae is Fiche. |
2007 |
| Ní Mhaolmhuaidh, Eimear |
Researching
the Need for Music Lesson Materials in Gaelscoileanna and
Their Design, Trial and Assessment. |
2002 |
| Nic Phaidin, Elva |
Assessment
for learning in a special needs context. |
2010 |
| Ní Shúilleabháin, Carmel |
Religious
Education, Culture and the 9 to 10 year old Child. |
2002 |
| Nolan, Adrienne |
The
Development Stages of a group of Primary School Teachers in
two Schools Using the Interactive Whiteboard. |
2008 |
| Nolan, Michelle |
The
effects of an instructional programme which enables children
to read and write nonfiction text. |
2010 |
| Noronha, Yvonne |
An
Beyond the green flag: children's perspectives of climate change. |
2012 |
| Nugent, Carmel |
(Educational
Disadvantage) Early School Leavers: An Analysis of Their Perceptions
and Experiences of School. |
2003 |
| Oates, Gwen |
Literacy
Student/Prisoners' Perspective of a Freirean Model of Adult
Education within the Irish Prison Education System. |
2007 |
| Ó Braonáin, Dominic |
An
What do learning support teachers identify as problematic when teaching children with learning difficulties in immersion settings in the area of
Mathematics and what approaches and strategies do they use to overcome them? |
2012 |
| O' Callaghan, Colm |
Revising
Assessment Practices in English Writing. |
2008 |
| O'Callaghan, Sheena |
Three-dimensional
Shape and Story: An Integrated Teaching Approach in a Senior
Infant Class. |
2007 |
| O'Connell, Cathriona |
An
Teachers and teaching in times of reform: teachers' perspectives on the impact of education reform
in the areas of occupational stress and job satisfaction. |
2012 |
| O'Connor, Mairéad Karol |
Developing
a Mathematics Portfolio in a Girls' Disadvantaged School. |
2007 |
| O'Connor, Maria |
Constructing
Multiliteracy Pedagogy Among Six to Eight Year Olds Using
Digital Storytelling Through Claymation Situated Within the
Learning by Design Framework. |
2008 |
| Ó Díomasaigh, Sean D. |
Primary
Principals' Perspectives on the Impact of the New Middle Management
Structures on Their Role. |
2000 |
| O'Donoghue, Evelyn M.L. |
Listening
and Responding to Music in Middle Standards of the Primary
School: An Experiment in Resource - Based Teaching and Learning. |
2006 |
| O'Donovan, Gráinne |
A
Study of a Student Council in a Disadvantaged Primary School. |
2007 |
| O' Gorman, Aoife |
Teachers
in Early Childhood Education: An Exploratory Study of the
Influence of Gender. |
2008 |
| O'Kelly, Una Marie |
Listening
and Responding to Music in the Revised Primary Music Curriculum
(1999): A Case Study in Music Development. |
2002 |
| Olwill, Ciara |
Artists
Working in the Primary School - Is this a Worthwhile Exercise
and can Current Practices be Improved Upon? |
2007 |
| O' Mahony, John |
A
Case study exploring the Attitudes and Experiences of a Group
of Teachers and Students Engaging in Inquiry-Based Science
Education Activities Outside the Classroom. |
2011 |
| O'Mahony, Mary |
(Educational
Leadership) Exploring the Professional Development Needs of
Recently Appointed Primary School Principals. |
2003 |
| O'Meara, Mairead |
The
Use of Programmable Bee Bot Robots, as Catalysts for the Development
of Young Children's Problem-solving Strategies, in a Constructionist
Learning Environment. |
2011 |
| O'Neill, Claire |
Young
children's spatial abilities and the development of their
spatial cognition. |
2010 |
| O'Neill Forde, Nodlag |
Children's
ICT Usage Inside and Outside of the Classroom. |
2011 |
| O'Neill, Una |
"Family
reading fun": approaching infant literacy through parental
empowerment in language development, using Brofenbrenner's
theory of dyadic interaction. |
2010 |
| O'Reilly, Suzanne |
Implementation
of Guided Reading in Second Class in a Designated Disadvantaged
School. |
2006 |
| O'Rourke, Elaine |
The
implementation of the 1999 History Curriculum in an Irish
primary school. |
2010 |
| O' Rourke, Maria |
The
Implementation of the Writing Workshop in Junior Infants:
Examining Emergent Writers' Development and Perception. |
2008 |
| O' Shea, Catherine |
Primary
School Teachers' Use and Perceptions of Positive Reinforcement
as a Behaviour Management Tool. |
2008 |
| O' Sullivan, Jennifer |
More
Than Words Can Say: The Explicit Teaching of Visual Literacy
Through Picture Narratives. |
2008 |
| O'Sullivan, John R. |
Could
experiencing a form of distributed leadership be a factor
in teachers' decisions to apply for principalship within the
Irish primary system? |
2010 |
| O'Sullivan, Noranne |
The
effectiveness of Programme Five: emotional regulation, social
skills and problem-solving section of the Incredible Years
Classroom Management Programme in improving children's social
skills in a mixed ability mainstream class, a case study. |
2010 |
| O'Sullivan, Sile |
Individualised
Education Plans in a Mandatory Environment: Perceptions of
Teachers in Irish Primary Schools. |
2002 |
| Pender, Jean |
The
Impact of Increasing Learners' Responsibility on the Writing
Habits of Five to Nine Year Olds: An Action Research Project. |
2006 |
| Pentony, Antoinette |
JCSP,
Junior Certificate Schools Programme. Educational incentive
or compromise? |
2011 |
| Phelan, Eimear |
"WAYS
OF SEEING": An Investigation Into the Teaching and Learning
of Observational Drawing in the Senior End of the Irish Primary
School. |
2007 |
| Powell, Tara |
Education
Programmes in Dublin Art Galleries/Museums - Children's and
Facilitators' Experiences, their Relevance to Current Literature
and to the Visual Arts Curriculum. |
2011 |
| Prendergast, Fiona |
Supporting
the Development of Children's Creativity Through Engagement
with Digital Technologies Within a Constructivist Learning
Environment. |
2009 |
| Prizeman, Róisín |
Perspectives
on the Co-Teaching Experience: Examining the views of teaching
staff and students. |
2011 |
| Purcell, Anne |
Big
Boys Don't Sing: A Comparative Study of the Attitudes of the
4th and 6th Class Boys Towards Singing. |
2002 |
| Purcell, April |
An
Physical education and physical activity: children's views on
strategies and factors which affect physical activity in athletics. |
2012 |
| Quealy, Michael |
An
Investigation into the Use of Movement Programmes for Children
with Motor Difficulties in Primary Schools. |
2008 |
| Quigley, Breda R. |
Perspectives
on Children with Tourette Syndrome in school: Implications
for their Educational Needs. |
1999 |
| Quinn, Matthew |
An
Investigation of Post-Primary Teacher's Experiences of and
Opinions on Performance Education within the Senior Cycle
of the Music Curriculum. |
2011 |
| Rea, Siobhan E. |
Intercultural
responses to art. |
2010 |
| Redmond, Brian |
The
Role of the Home School Community Liaison Coordinator in Engaging
Parents in Literacy and Numeracy Initiatives: An Action Research
Project in a South Dublin Area. |
2007 |
| Reilly, Sarah |
"Hitting
the 'Write' Note": The Motivational Impact of Musical Instruction
on Reading and Writing. |
2011 |
| Reilly, Siobhan |
Introducing
Formative Assessment to a Junior Infant Class. |
2011 |
| Ring, Alice |
Using
the Chester Beatty Library as a Multicultural Resource for
teaching the Visual Arts. |
2004 |
| Rocks, Eddie |
(Educational
Leadership) School Development Planning in Schools with Teaching
Principals. |
2003 |
| Ruane, Cathal |
An
Teaching basketball through the sport education model of instruction and exploring the
effect on primary school children's atttitudes to games. |
2012 |
| Russell, Josephine |
Moral
Consciousness: A Study in a Chosen Sample of Two Groups of
Participants in a Community of Inquiry. |
2000 |
| Ryan, Aileen |
An
An exploration into how digital technologies can enhance the language
experience approach in a DEIS school. |
2012 |
| Ryan, Catherine |
An
An investigation into the impact of site specific resources on teaching
and learning in the locality of a primary school. |
2012 |
| Ryan, Cathríona |
An
Exploration of the Lived Experience of a Group of Children
Diagnosed with Attention - Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
and the Services Available within a Socio-Economically Disadvantaged
Urban Area of Dublin. |
2008 |
| Ryan, Jim |
(Educational
Leadership) Why are some Principals Handing Back the Keys? |
2003 |
| Ryan, Richard |
An
To investigate if the strand of local studies in the Irish primary school History curriculum (1999) is
being implemented fully in our classrooms. |
2012 |
| Ryan, Sheila |
The
Social, Personal and Health Education Curriculum as a Resource
for Teaching Nutrition in Primary Schools in Ireland. |
2008 |
| Sadlier, Patricia |
(French)
European Awareness in Irish Primary School Pupils and Teachers:
The influence of Comenius One. |
2003 |
| Sands, Cathy |
Spelling
Matters: The Challenge of Teaching and Learning Spelling in
Primary School. |
2008 |
| Saunders, Mary |
Home
School Community Liaison Scheme: Perspectives from North Dublin. |
2002 |
| Sexton, Martina |
Exploring
the Potential Benefits of an Informal Music Programme for
the Development of Pupils in the Senior Cycle of a Primary
School of Designated Educational Disadvantage. |
2011 |
| Sharkey, Sinead |
Children's
Participation in Decision - Making: Combined Systems Theory
Approach to Student Councils at Primary School Level. |
2007 |
| Sheehy, Siobhán |
A
Study of the Perceptions of Teachers and students (from 3rd
to 6th year) of the Teaching and Learning of Biology in Irish
Secondary Schools. |
2011 |
| Sheils, Sally |
Section
37.1 of the EEA: its impact on the personal and professional
lives of primary school teachers, particularly lesbian, gay
and bisexual teachers. |
2011 |
| Sheridan, Doireann |
Supporting
English Language Learners Through Content area Literacy: A
Comparative Case Study. |
2007 |
| Sheridan, Owen Eugene |
The
Practice of Shared Leadership in One School. |
2011 |
| Shier, Eoin |
Using
Scratch in a Constructionist Learning Environment to Develop
Problem Solving Skills. |
2011 |
| Shortall, Claire |
Singing
with my Friends: An exploration of the nature of the choral
experience for the members of a boys' primary school choir
in inner city Dublin. |
2011 |
| Slack, Niamh |
Competitions
and Other Commercial Promotions Involving Primary School Children
in Artwork. |
2004 |
| Smith, Eilish |
Teacher
Role-models in the Home: Contribution to Identifying Self-as-Teacher. |
2008 |
| Smith, Kathryn |
Investigating
the Effects of Teachers' Methodologies and Approaches on Children's
Attitudes to Science. |
2007 |
| Smyth, Eileen |
An
investigation into parents' and childrens' attitudes to Geography
and a locality based geography experience. |
2010 |
| Stanley, Karen |
The
Use of Digital Tools to Support the Development of Oral Language
Skills when used in a Constructivist Learning Environment
in an Irish Primary School Infant Classroom. |
2011 |
| Steen, Dianne |
The
Therapeutic and Enhancing Effects of Music and their Application
in the Classroom. |
2009 |
| Stokes, Edel |
Engaging
readers: developing reader response through shared dialogue
within literature circles in a first class. |
2012 |
| Sweeney, Tony |
Teacher's
Perspectives on the Inclusion of Pupils with Special Educational
Needs in the Mainstream Primary Physical Education Class. |
2008 |
| Swinburne, Úna Mary |
An
investigation into links between art and learning in other
curricular areas, incorporating aspects of the Reggio Emilia
approach. |
2011 |
| Synnott, Katherine |
The benefits of nutrition
intervention to primary school children. |
2012 |
| Taylor, Julie |
The
Teaching and Learning of Irish in Schools Serving Areas of
Disadvantage. |
2004 |
| Teahan, Michelle |
Teaching
History in a desadvantaged junior primary school: practices
and perceptions. |
2010 |
| Temple, Caoimhe |
Motivational
Stimuli in the Writing Process. |
2011 |
| Threadgold, Emer |
(French)
European Identity under Construction: Perceptions of and Attitudes
to Europe in the Primary School. |
2003 |
| Toyin, Jibson Odidi |
Nigerian
Immigrants' Children: Full Integration into the Irish Primary
School System. |
2009 |
| Treacy, Aisling |
"Oh
I Loved That Giant!" An Exploration of the Responses, Impacts
and Outcomes for a Junior Infant Class in Engaging with Three-Dimensional
Works of Art. |
2011 |
| Trimble, Maev |
The
Wider Benefits of Music Education in the Primary School. |
2011 |
| Tyrrell, Mary Ryan |
Teaching
principals - an enduring species? motivation for becoming
and remaining a teaching principal. |
2010 |
| Walshe, Alison |
Generating
philosophical dialogue with a class of senior infant children
using traditional fairytales as a stimulus. |
2010 |
| Walsh, Bridie |
Narrative Language: Perceptions,
Assessment and Collaborative Practice. |
2009 |
| Walsh, Laura |
The
Ability of Early Years Children to Engage with Graphicacy
Processes in Geography. |
2006 |
| Walsh, Miriam J. |
The role of oral language in play using the
Aistear guidelines in a majority EAL school. |
2012 |
| Walsh, Trisha |
Knock,
Knock! Who's There? Teachers' Interpretations of the Impact
of Externally Imposed Classroom Interruptions on Teaching
and Learning. |
2011 |
| Ward, Donal |
Knock,
Video for Teacher Reflection: An examination of video of self
teaching as a facility for self- reflection towards improved
classroom management in a DEIS School. |
2011 |
| Ward, Ronan |
A
Study of Primary School Children's Place-Value Knowledge and
Skills. |
2009 |
| Ward, Sarah |
Music
and free-play: A Case Study of four and five year old Children. |
2011 |
| Ward, Shemus Ronan |
A
Study of Primary School Children's Place-value Knowledge and
Skills. |
2002 |
| Warren, Rosemary |
Adapting
the Reggio Emilia Philosophy of Education to an Irish Primary
School Context. |
2003 |
| Watson, Gillian |
The
impact of repeated reading procedures on developing metacognitive
awareness of reading fluency on children in second class. |
2010 |
| Webb, Adrienne |
A
Study of the Impact of a New Model of Continuing Professional
Development on the Integrations of an Interactive White Board
in Class Teaching. |
2008 |
| Weekes, Siobhan |
Smooth
transitions: making the case for directed post-primary transfer
formation in DEIS primary schools. |
2010 |
| Weldon, Niall |
The
Importance of Student Well-Being in Second Level Teaching.
Perspectives and Practice in Three North Louth Secondary Schools. |
2011 |
| Whelan, Peter |
"Men did most of the things back then": the teaching of a
gender-balanced History curriculum in an Irish primary school.
|
2010 |
| White, Christopher |
The
Use of a Metacognitive Style of Instruction in the Teaching
of Reading Comprehension Strategies in Senior Primary Classes. |
2004 |
| Whyte, Emer |
A
Pilot Study which Examines how Student Questioning can Increase
the Acquisition of Scientific Knowledge and Skills among Irish
Third Class Boys. |
2004 |
| Wickham, Laura |
An
Exploration of Child-Centred Teaching of Piano for Six/Seven
Year-Old Children. |
2006 |
| Wood, Daphne |
An
The Implementation of a Model of Co-Teaching in an Irish Primary
School: A Case Study of Year One. |
2009 |
| Wynne, Carmel Ann |
Perspectives
on Training: An Investigation into Specialised Training for
Teachers in Schools for Pupils with Mild General Learning
Disability. |
2004 |
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