Research Impact: There is a shift towards increased accountability and assessment in schools and this is echoed in an Irish context, with assessment a neglected area of study in teacher education programmes. The aim of […]
Month: April 2022
Publication: A rhizomatic exploration of a professional development non-linear approach to learning and teaching – Two teachers’ learning journeys in ‘becoming different’
Research Impact: In this paper we suggest that professional development providers need to be aware of the multiple elements of a teacher assemblage and to understand the complexity of teacher learning when deciding where to […]
Book Chapter: ‘Functional Screening’. In: Sport and Exercise Physiology Testing Guidelines: Volume II
Duncan, M., Elwell, S. & Lyons, M. (2022) Functional Screening. In: Davison, R., Smith, P.M., Hopker, J., Price, M.J., Hettinga, F., Tew, G. & Bottoms, L. (Eds) Sport and Exercise Physiology Testing Guidelines: Volume II […]
Publication: Physical activity and analogue generalized anxiety disorder status among young adults: Potential role of exercise expectations
Research Impact: Expectations for psychological responses to exercise may influence anxiety responses to exercise, particularly as mechanisms of placebo/nocebo effects, but remain poorly studied. Thus, we explored the interplay between expectations and physical activity among […]
Pepays ireland forum June 2022: (re)connecting as a Community – Grand Challenges & Opportunities for Research & Practice
Click here to submit your abstract or scan QR code above For further information, contact the PEPAYS Ireland Forum 2022 Programme Chair, Dr. Brendan O’Keeeffe (brendan.okeeffe@ul.ie)
Publication: review of The effect of school-based suicide prevention on suicidal ideation and suicide attempts and the role of intervention and contextual factors among adolescents
Research Impact: This multilevel random-effects meta-analysis and meta-regression estimated the population effect of post-primary school-based suicide prevention (PSSP) interventions on suicidal ideation (SI) and suicide attempts (SA) from cluster randomized trials of 33,155 adolescents attending […]
Research Assistant opportunity on teaching social justice in teacher education – Prof. Ann MacPhail.
This project is looking to recruit a Research Assistant (one day a week (equivalent) over 18 months) to support data collection and analysis on a project exploring teaching social justice in (physical education) initial teacher […]
PEPAYS Forum 2022 – Call for Abstracts – Dr Brendan O’Keeffe
PEPAYS Ireland are delighted to announce that the PEPAYS Forum will take place at the University of Limerick, on Saturday, June 11th. The title of the forum is ‘(Re)connecting as a Community – Grand Challenges […]
PESS INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE JUNe 2022 to december 2022.
The PESS Internship is an opportunity for UL students to spend up to eight weeks in PESS gaining experience in one of four research areas, (1) Food for Health, (2) Physical Activity and Health, (3) […]
undergraduate & Postgraduate Taught Programmes in PESS – Prof Giles warrington.
Building on the reputation of our established flagship undergraduate courses in Physical Education, Sport and Exercise Science, which were the original programmes of their kind in Ireland, in the current academic year PESS has introduced […]
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