Research impact: This paper presents the lived experience of a practitioner researcher working as a teacher educator engaging in action research with primary pre-service teachers (PSTs). It is hoped that it may serve as a […]
Category: Publications
Publication: Physical education teachers’ reality and experience from teaching during a pandemic
Research Impact: Most physical education (PE) research pertaining to COVID-19 has focused on the (negative) implications and difficulties PE teachers face during this pandemic period. In fact, despite informed calls for reform and radical change […]
Publication: Neuromuscular Plantar Flexor Performance of Sprinters versus Physically Active Individuals
Research Impact: Comparison of the neuromuscular performance of different athlete types may give insight into the in-vivo variability of these measures and their underpinning mechanisms. Explosive torque production was greater in sprinters, evidenced by greater […]
Data-Driven Insights: My Summer as a PESS Research Intern – Patrick Caulfield.
Introduction Embarking on my journey as a PESS research intern was both daunting and invigorating. It was an opportunity to step away from the classroom theoretics and into the real world of scientific inquiry. Over […]
Publication: Identifying school-based teacher educators’ professional learning needs: an international survey
Research Impact: This study provides an international needs analysis of the professional learning needs of this occupational group through a survey of 1680 school-based teacher educators (SBTEs) conducted in 12 countries. While the findings from […]
Publication: The Use of Recovery Strategies in Gaelic Games: A Mixed-Methods Analysis
Research Impact: This study investigated Gaelic players’ (i) use of recovery strategies following exercise; (ii) recovery strategy use according to sport, biological sex, and playing standard; and (ii) the possible periodization. The results demonstrate that […]
Publication: Higher family affluence is associated with multi-sport participation among Irish youtH
Is early sport specialisation a concern in the Irish context? For teenage athletes, it can be difficult to juggle the demands of multiple sports. Specialisation refers to an athlete selecting a primary sport and investing […]
Publication: Physical activity dose and depression in a cohort of older adults in The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing
Research Impact: The lowest dose of MVPA for protection against depression and the extent to which exceeding this dose conveys additional protection are unknown. We quantified associations between different MVPA doses and depressive symptoms and […]
Publication: Effects of resistance exercise training on depressive symptoms among young adults: A randomized controlled trial
Research Impact: Elevated depressive symptoms are more often present in those with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) than now; though our previous work highlighted that resistance exercise training (RET) improves depressive symptoms, less is known among […]
Publication: Reliability of mechanical properties of the plantar flexor muscle tendon unit with consideration to joint angle and sex
Research Impact: Assessing the reliability of plantar flexor mechanical measures across joint angles allows researchers to identify the measurement angles that can be reliably interpreted to measure a ‘real change’ due to intervention or for […]
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