We are thrilled to announce that Dr Karen Weekes will be our keynote speaker at this year’s PEPAYS Ireland forum. Karen has been an integral figure in the Physical Education Teacher Education community for some […]
Category: Research
Pepays ireland forum June 2022: abstract submission deadline extended to may 20th -(re)connecting as a Community – Grand Challenges & Opportunities for Research & Practice
The abstract submission deadline for the PEPAYS Ireland has been extended to 20th May at 5pm. Submissions can be made of at the following[…]
PESS Student Research Day – dr. brendan O’Keeffe.
We are delighted to announce that the Young Scientist Student Research Day will return this year, taking place in the PESS Department, UL on Thursday May 19th 2022. This event showcases the work of post […]
Publication:
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 […]
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: 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 […]
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 […]
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