Research Impact: demonstrates the contribution of self-study research to the professional development of European teacher educators and to the international knowledge base of teacher educators. Based on the findings, further development of self-study research in […]
Research Impact: In scientific research it is important to include control conditions in good study design in order to answer the research question effectively. In the case of dietary or nutrition studies, often a no […]
Research Impact: We explicate the complexity of teacher education learning by showing how a conflux of interactive elements co-produce a teacher educator’s practice. This encourages us to introduce the metaphor of “orchestration” as a way […]
Planning is a critical part of the coaching process. Expert coaches report thoroughness in planning as having great impact on the success of a coaching session. For example, John Wooden (renowned basketball coach) noted that […]
Research Impact: Motor simulation interventions incorporating simulated practice through motor imagery (MI), action observation (AO), or motor imagery during action observation (AO+MI) are areas of significant research interest in cognitive and performance psychology. Existing models […]
Research impact: The objective was to verify whether two constructivist teaching and learning approaches facilitated the adoption of a deep learning approach and the increase of academic achievement of physical education pre-service teachers. Modelling as […]
Research Impact: Simulation states like motor imagery (MI) and action observation (AO) have been areas of considerable historic research interest in cognitive psychology. Both MI and AO have been previously demonstrated to enhance motor skill […]
Timing is everything and the 20×20 “if she can’t see it, she can’t be it” (20×20) campaign couldn’t have dreamed of a greater spotlight than the global sports performances of Irish women in the first […]
Research Impact: There has been a recent increase in research examining training load as a method of mitigating injury risk due to its known detrimental effects on player welfare and team performance. The acute:chronic workload […]
Research impact: This paper provides fresh insights into the class-specific physical education and sporting practices in elite schooling. In documenting the cultural distinctiveness of the physical education and sporting model in an Irish elite boarding […]
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