As part of our ongoing series of online events SCoTENS hosted a very successful research focused webinar on 14 March 2023. This event was aimed at members of SCoTENS and comprised of the following: short presentations by a small group of team members who have been successful in recent SCoTENS funded projects; the launch of our …
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SCoTENS Research Webinar 2023
Launch of Successful Projects under the Shared Island-SCoTENS Research Partnership
The Shared Island-SCoTENS Research Partnership are delighted to announce that the first two projects awarded funding under the the theme of “Enhancing educational attainment: sharing experience and learning on a shared island” will be launched at the SCoTENS Annual Conference 2022 taking place in the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dundalk on 20 and 21 October 2022. “BUDDIES” …
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Managing early years inclusive transition practices
To compare the transition policies and practices employed by mainstream schools for young children with special needs in the North and South of Ireland. Specifically, he project aims to document the policies (at government, local authority and school level) that direct and influence the transition process; to explore the differing practices and strategies employed by …
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Addressing fundamental movement skill training: Learning to move, moving to learn
The aim of this research project is to: to prepare a summary of existing research on best practice in effective fundamental movement skill development in the work place (within and beyond education) (b) to analyse different models of fundamental movement skill training in physical education teacher education in two research sites, and to compare them …
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Reconceptualising school placement as part of Initial Teacher Education in Ireland, North and South: the role of specialist school placement.
The aim of this study is to investigate student teachers’ attitudes towards inclusion and their perceptions of competence in meeting the needs of students with SEN, before and after teaching placement in a specialist setting, on concurrent and consecutive ITE programmes for post-primary teachers, North and South. ITESP Final Report
EDLAW Conference: Contemporary Legal Issues for Management and Staff in Educational Settings: Exploring Legislation, Litigation, Approaches and Strategies and Implications for Teacher Education.
The central questions to be explored are: How can educational management and staff prepare for, deal with, and respond to a range of legal issues which challenge educational settings today? What implications does this have for teacher education EDLaw Final Report
Citizenship Education North and South: Learning and Progression
This project is intended to generate a working model to underpin a larger scale research project, to enable team to pilot a methodology and yield some initial working models for conceptual and skills progression. CENSLP Final Report
The Creative Education Infrastructure of Ireland
To map the third level education infrastructure of the island of Ireland in an effort to gauge its preparedness to exploit creative economy growth. The particular focus will rest on courses and qualification geared at the future creative industry workers. The primary goal of this project is to map the Irish education system’s ability to match …
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2016 North-South Student Exchange Project
The 2016 North-South Student Exchange Project took place between February and April 2016 and involved 8 students from four colleges of education: Stranmillis University College, Belfast; St Patrick’s College, Drumcondra, Dublin; Church of Ireland College of Education, Dublin; Froebel Department of Primary and Early Childhood Education, NUI Maynooth.
2015 North-South Student Exchange Project
The 2015 North-South Student Exchange Project, which took place between 9 and 27 March 2015, involved 14 students from seven colleges of education: Stranmillis University College, Belfast; St Mary’s University College, Belfast; St Patrick’s College, Drumcondra, Dublin; Church of Ireland College of Education, Dublin; Froebel Department of Primary and Early Childhood Education, NUI Maynooth; Mary …
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SCoTENS International Conference – 15/16 October 2015
The 13th SCoTENs annual conference on the theme, Teacher Education for Social Justice will take place on Thursday 15th & Friday 16th October 2015 in the Strand Hotel, Limerick. As always, the conference will also offer panel discussions and a variety of cross-border workshops involving practitioners presenting their work related to educating for social justice. For further …
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