Congratulations to Dr. Antonio Calderon who has been selected as the Faculty of Education and Health Sciences winner of the UL Excellence in Teaching Award (individual). This is a wonderful achievement and reflects the high […]
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Publication: Original intentions & unintended consequences: the ‘contentious’ role of assessment in the development of Leaving Certificate Physical Education in Ireland
Research Impact Summary: This paper explores how the Leaving Certificate Physical Education (LCPE) specification was constructed. Ten Physical Education Development Group (PEDG) members, who had the responsibility of such construction, were interviewed. This construction process was […]
Publication: Improvement in game performance & adherence after an aligned TGfU floorball unit in P.E.
Research Impact: This study provides additional support for progressing from comparative studies in educational settings to enacting an aligned TGfU unit of floorball contextualized in the principles of play. Based on participants’ key comments, four aspects […]
The ‘Phyz’ Project – Dr Antonio Calderon
Recently, the team represented by Dr Deborah Tannehill and myself (from the PESS Department) together with the National Council of Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA), has been successful with a request for funding through the Healthy Ireland […]
Bold new alphabet for teacher education: AI, VR, AR, MR… what? Dr Antonio Calderon
Recently, I attended a SITE conference. SITE stands for Society of Information Technology and Teacher Education and is an international, academic association of teacher educators, researchers, practitioners and collaborating organizations across multiple disciplines, which has as its […]
Publication: Design & Validation of the Questionnaire of Perception of Elementary Education Teachers on the Inclusion of Key Competences
Research Impact: From the inclusion of key skills/competences in the Spanish Primary Education Curriculum in 2006, we still do not know the impact of that inclusion from teachers’ perspective. This validated survey was designed to […]
Publication: Primary school student and teacher perceptions of competency-based learning
Research Impact: Two hypothetical models for predicting competency-based learning were designed according to the perceptions of 8.513 primary school students and 1010 teachers from 110 spanish schools. The study allows to advance recommendations that could help to guide and facilitate […]
Publication: Primary School Student and Teacher Perceptions of Competency-Based Learning
Research Impact: Two hypothetical models for predicting competency-based learning were designed according to the perceptions of 8.513 primary school students and 1010 teachers from 110 spanish schools. The study allows to advance recommendations that could help to guide and facilitate […]
Publication: Relationship between perceived competency-based learning and measured learning in TIMSS 2015
Research Impact: The results of this study confirmed the high relationship between perceived competency-based learning and learning measured with the TIMSS 2015 in students from Spain and Germany. Likewise, with all the caution required by such […]
Rich environments for active learning in higher education – Antonio Calderon
Currently, most of the universities in the world aim to create and sustain an outstanding and distinctive learning environment for all their students. This is addressed by ensuring a strong, well-designed and dynamically delivered curricular […]
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