This spring semester, as part of the module ‘Youth Sport and Policy’, our 4th year physical education undergraduate students engaged in a 7-week community placement in association with Limerick Sports Partnership (LSP). The module involves […]
Physical activity levels of children with visual impairments during an adapted sports camp
Research Impact: At present, numerous studies have noted a scarcity of research examining the effectiveness of interventions designed to reach recommended moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) levels as well as physical activity (PA) levels of specific sports […]
Cost Effective Research – Data & Methodology Harmonisation ~ Ciarán Mac Donnacha
Many national and international studies have a research focus on human health; these studies often examine specific risk behaviours, their determinants and related health risk indicators. Studies may be cross-sectional, longitudinal in nature or involve […]
Questionnaire on Perceived Competency-based Learning for primary school students
Research Impact: The purpose of this study was to design and validate an assessment instrument to explore how primary school students perceive their competency-based learning. Main findings showed that students from year three to year six […]
Teaching and learning sport education: A self-study of a teacher educator and pre-service teachers
Research Impact: This study conveys that Sport Education is a curriculum and instructional model lacking a thorough exploration that can establish an even more robust and sophisticated model. Appreciating the research conducted on Sport Education, we […]
A Systematic Road to Publication – Emmet Crowley
In this blog, I hope I can shed light on the publication process by outlining my experiences and what I learnt, along the way, from this experience. My first publication “The Impact of Resistance Training […]
The Dean’s Post Doctoral Fellowship Programme: Post Doctoral Researcher in Physical Activity and Health
Applications are invited for the following position: The Dean’s Post Doctoral Fellowship Programme: Post Doctoral Researcher in Physical Activity and Health – Specific Purpose Contract Faculty of Education & Health Sciences Department of Physical Education & […]
Post Doctoral Researcher in Physical Activity and Health (Healthy Ireland Demonstration Project)
Applications are invited for the following position: Post Doctoral Researcher in Physical Activity and Health (Healthy Ireland Demonstration Project) – Specific Purpose Contract Department of Physical Education & Sport Sciences Faculty of Education & Health Sciences […]
Coaching Sprinting: Expert coaches’ perception of resistance-based training ~ Richard Bolger
This paper forms one of the chapters of my PhD on Specificity of Resistance-based Training for Sprinters supervised by Dr Ian Kenny, Dr Mark Lyons and Dr Andrew Harrison. It follows on from my first […]
Too much freedom and autonomy in the enactment of assessment?
Research Impact : The cautious climate in Ireland of teachers being involved in assessing students’ work is delaying the enactment of such curricula and, more specifically for this paper, currently hindering associated assessment processes. It is […]
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