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Bridging the gap: Using Veerman and Van Yperen's (2007) framework to conceptualise and develop evidence informed practice in an Irish youth work organisation
(2016-04)
While there is considerable support among the policy, practice and academic communities for the idea that practice in youth work should be based on evidence, Veerman and Van Yperen (2007) highlight the fact that little ...
What added value does peer support bring? Insights from principles and teachers on the utility and challenges of a school based mentoring programme
(Taylor & Francis, 2014-09-24)
Over the past decade, there has been greater attention placed on the potential value of peer support models, particularly in school contexts. This paper uses the case study of an Irish school-based peer mentoring programme ...
Two sides of the one coin: assessment of students who have previously failed a placement and the role of the practice teacher
(Whiting and Birch, 2014)
Why does a student fail? What will be the student s learning needs in any repeat placement? How does the student reflect on their previous placement experience? Can the Practice Teacher provide the appropriate learning ...
Maintaining the mother child relationship within the Irish prison system: the practitioner perspective
(Taylor & Francis, 2015-09-11)
There is a dearth of research on the experience of motherhood
within the Irish prison system. This paper considers the specific
issue of facilitating contact between incarcerated mothers and
their children. It is based ...
Telework isn't working: a policy review
(The Economic and Social Review, 2014)
Towards the latter end of the last decade there was growing recognition that Ireland's transport and mobility patterns were unsustainable in the context of their economic, social and environmental impacts and consequences. ...
The practices of technology: putting society and technology in their place
(Common Ground Publishing, 2013)
Technology is all pervasive in modern society transforming people s
everyday lives and work environments. Societal change is coinciding with
the ever increasing availability of small, light, and affordable tools
for ...
The art of democracy: constitutive power and the limits of dissensus
(Taylor & Francis, 2014-10-03)
This article engages critically with the normative framing of socially engaged/collaborative art as a consensual/dissensual dichotomy, whereby consensualpractices are equated with political abdication. This way of framing ...
Leveraging new opportunities from the use of web widgets in online Web 2.0 environments
(University of Western Australia, 2010)
Over the past two decades the world has experienced a phenomenal
rise in popularity of new Internet technologies in the shape of innovative
software, applications and services.
Online social networking websites, blogging, ...
Environmental gains and social losses? Critical reflections on the sustainability potential of telework
(2014)
Anthropogenic climate change and its environmenmtal and social
consequences are of increasing concern worldwide. Approaches that
advocate a 'greening' of current economic and social systems through
technological ...
Interfacing informal and formal help systems: historical pathways to the Meitheal model
(De Gruyter Open, 2016-09)
Meitheal is a national practice model which aims to ensure that the needs and strengths of children and their families are effectively identified, understood and responded to in a timely manner. The aim of this article is ...