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"A fish out of water": The middle-class experience of over-indebtedness and the role of adult education.
(2012)
Holton, Josephine
"A fish out of water": The middle-class experience of over-indebtedness and the role of adult education.
(2012)
Holton, Josephine
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As a Money Adviser with the Money Advice and Budgeting Service (MABS), I noticed a new cohort of clientele seeking the advice of MABS. Traditionally the MABS client base was confined to those from disadvantaged backgrounds but this new cohort are educated and middle-class. They present to the service in states of high anxiety and bewilderment, akin to a ‘fish out of water’. This study documents the previously undocumented experience of these over-indebted, educated, middle-class MABS clients. It asked why, despite their education, these clients did not have the capacity to manage their crisis alone. It found they were incapacitated by the extent of their crisis which goes deeper than income reduction and material poverty alone. It found the dispositions of their middle-class habitus and a lack of critical reflection limited their capacity to imaging alternatives to deal with their circumstances. The research recommends that a critical pedagogy should underpin all MABS education poli...
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/9613/
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"Sometimes I thinking about home.....seems like magic y'know": Stories from the displaced: Stories of identity, meaning and real learning.
(2017)
Berridge, Martin
"Sometimes I thinking about home.....seems like magic y'know": Stories from the displaced: Stories of identity, meaning and real learning.
(2017)
Berridge, Martin
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How can we live without our lives? How will we know it’s us without our past? * History tells us that displacement and migration are part of the human experience. Ireland bears witness to this through the mass emigration of hundreds of thousands of its people in the middle decades of the nineteenth century. And across mainland Europe the devastating effects of two prolonged periods of war in the twentieth century resulted in enormous numbers of people being displaced by May 1945 – the eminent British historian Eric Hobsbawm (1995) quotes one estimate which put the figure at a staggering 40.5million (p. 51). Undoubtedly then, we know that displacement and migration are historical facts, part of the collective experience of being human. But while we know about these experiences, a legitimate question to ask is the degree to which we understand them. We know that displaced individuals, as with people everywhere, get on with the business of their daily lives as best they can, seeking op...
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/9660/
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A qualitative study on the effects of a student suicide on the experienced teacher in secondary and adult education.
(2016)
Jennings, Mary
A qualitative study on the effects of a student suicide on the experienced teacher in secondary and adult education.
(2016)
Jennings, Mary
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ii ABSTRACT Background: World Health Organisation figures indicate that suicide among the 0 -19 age group has increased in Ireland and has now become a major public issue. Aims: This study aims to determine the impact on educators who have been exposed to a death by suicide of a learner. Method: This is a qualitative study, with seven participants. Participants in the study were purposively selected because of their experience of this phenomenon. To date, educators have largely been neglected in studies on suicide. The lived experience of the event was recorded and the open-end questionnaire items were thematically analysed. Results: All participants reported to have been significantly affected by the death by suicide of a learner. Exposure to such a situation undermined their professional functioning and confidence in both their private and professional lives. Conclusions: The study illustrates that there is a range of impacts in the aftermath of a death by suicide of a learner in ...
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/9631/
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All our griefs: An exploration of how we adjust to and accommodate non-death losses - an arts based narrative inquiry.
(2016)
Manning, Joy
All our griefs: An exploration of how we adjust to and accommodate non-death losses - an arts based narrative inquiry.
(2016)
Manning, Joy
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When thinking about loss, we frequently consider it in terms of the losses that occur when others die. Yet, non-death losses feature throughout our lives. This arts-based research investigates how we adjust to, and accommodate loss experiences through imaginary dialogue with a dog, along with other creative approaches. As a guidance practitioner, I frequently meet people, whose lives have been altered through illness, disability or unemployment, requiring them to alter their assumptions about their self, others, and the world around them. While many of these losses are apparent, the significance of others are less easily recognised, and indeed, sometimes not acknowledged at all, both by individuals and wider society. There is pressure in a fast moving society to separate ourselves from our experiences and ‘just get on with things’ and those who fail to do so are often considered to be personally lacking. This research demonstrates that by providing safe ‘holding’ environments and op...
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/9614/
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An Exploration of Change, Progression and Transition in, Through and Beyond Community Education.
(2015)
Smith, Mary
An Exploration of Change, Progression and Transition in, Through and Beyond Community Education.
(2015)
Smith, Mary
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This thesis sets out to examine the experiences of adult learners in, through and beyond community education. To interrogate this question a qualitative study was carried out using semi structured interviews with five adult learners at and two adult guidance counsellors were carried out. This research was underpinned by an interest in the impact of early education on adult education, the effect of the social distribution and use of power with regard to education and an interest in the transformative nature of transformative learning. The results of the research showed the contrast between enforced education in childhood and its transformative nature as adult learners in community education settings. Substantial barriers to participation in community education were identified which included issues around previous experiences with education, identity, caring roles and persistence in education. These findings demonstrate the need for changes in the structured way adult education is off...
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/9629/
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Beyond Integration: An inquiry into the lived experiences of immigrants in Ireland.
(2011)
Akpoveta, Ebun
Beyond Integration: An inquiry into the lived experiences of immigrants in Ireland.
(2011)
Akpoveta, Ebun
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This inquiry is an exploration of the lived experiences of five immigrants who are effectively functioning in the four life domains in Ireland under which the integration process is monitored. In this chapter, I outline my reason for carrying out this study. I also set out the research question and research hope and define my philosophical stance and dual positioning as insider and outsider. The chapter ends with a description of all the chapters. In Chapter two, I consider previous work on integration focusing on the Irish context, the complexity of the process and challenges in adopting a definition. I argue that the role of the host community is more of a decider for the outcome of contact with new cultures. I pose a constant question: if to be, is to be like? In Chapter three I describe how I carried out the research through a small group interview where five immigrants had a conversation about two fictionalised stories (Jane and Paul‟s stories) which I wrote in order to start a...
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/9607/
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Can the life stories of adult learners offer insights into the development of understanding and knowledge for critical adult and community education? An exploration of the experimental reflections of four adult learners in Ireland.
(2016)
Leydon, Mary
Can the life stories of adult learners offer insights into the development of understanding and knowledge for critical adult and community education? An exploration of the experimental reflections of four adult learners in Ireland.
(2016)
Leydon, Mary
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This thesis discusses the life stories of four adult learners in Ireland who tell of their difficulties and how they successfully overcame those difficulties. Through interviews I have conducted with each of them, I hope to provide an opportunity for the reader to gain insight into the experiences of people who have been marginalised. Each of the respondents spoke of their experience of marginalisation and its effect on their lives, highlighting the contention that societal structures work to marginalise people, those who are perceived as different. Using Human Scale Development theory (Max-Neff, 1991) I will discuss the possibility of human needs when not fulfilled, may be viewed as both a deprivation and a potential; a positive and a negative. My research hopes to determine if these life stories can offer insights into the development of ‘An Understanding and A Knowledge’ that will be of benefit for Critical Adult and Community Education. I hope to show that the experiential refle...
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/9630/
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Career Stories: Applying narrative approaches to guidance in a national employment service context.
(2011)
Hicks, Orla C.
Career Stories: Applying narrative approaches to guidance in a national employment service context.
(2011)
Hicks, Orla C.
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So begins Studs Terkel’s oral history of the working lives of Americans in the early Seventies, when he travelled around, capturing the voices of ordinary people reflecting on their daily toils. For many, as illustrated in the quote above, work represented a type of prison, a daily grind which had to be endured for survival (Cohen, 2004). However, amongst the stories are glimpses of those who, even in apparently mundane jobs, have found a sense of purpose and meaning to their work; there are some who display extraordinary pride in their duties, and others for whom work is a true expression of themselves and their values (ibid, 2004). Is it just luck or chance which leads people to an occupation they are happy in? How can some people find this sense of contentment in their working lives, while others are forced to settle, or worse, endure ‘daily humiliations’? One of the core values underlying my own work as guidance counsellor is the belief that everyone is entitled to have a chance...
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/9647/
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Challenged in a web of power: A study of a small cohort of early childhood care and education practitioners through the lens of outdoor learning and risky play.
(2016)
Roche, Mary
Challenged in a web of power: A study of a small cohort of early childhood care and education practitioners through the lens of outdoor learning and risky play.
(2016)
Roche, Mary
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There is a growing body of research that has provided evidence of the benefits of outdoor learning and risky play for children’s development, yet within an Irish context there appears to be a gap in the provision of this type of play in the early childhood sector. This study is about early childhood care and education practitioners and how they can reconcile the outdoor learning and risky play with the pressures to avoid, omit or obscure it in the current climate. It begins by positioning my role as critical educator and the context in which the early childhood care and education sector is developing. The research draws from literature to demonstrate how the early childhood care and education practitioner is positioned to offer experiences to children on a daily basis. This qualitative study sets out to determine what is it that promotes or negates engagement in outdoor learning and risky play with children in early childhood care and education services. This study aims to enhance o...
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/9632/
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Challenging the stigma of Youthreach: Recognition, Interpersonal Relations and Narrative Stories.
(2015)
Breslin, Paul
Challenging the stigma of Youthreach: Recognition, Interpersonal Relations and Narrative Stories.
(2015)
Breslin, Paul
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This research project investigates the area of Youthreach education, exploring its status as a sector in Irish education. Specifically, it argues that Youthreach is often perceived as a lower status form of education and hence holds stigmatizing effects for the sector and its learners. This research intends to use the concept of recognition to explore the issue, and to begin to turn the tide on it through an active case study approach which will explore the following questions; 1. What type of education is on offer in a Youthreach center? 2. Using the concept of recognition, what status does Youthreach have in the Irish education system? Is it stigmatized as a form of education? 3. How is the status of Youthreach education related to the early school leaving profile of its learners? How does the issue of class relate to this? 4. How can Youthreach respond to these challenges? 5. How do personal stories from Youthreach students transform attitudes of parents within these communities?...
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/9648/
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Community Arts as an act of praxis and resistance.
(2016)
Larkin, Stefanie
Community Arts as an act of praxis and resistance.
(2016)
Larkin, Stefanie
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The focus of the study is to examine how community arts acts as a dynamic catalyst for uncovering multiple ways of knowing, and for naming and confronting power relations. A commitment to social justice and a firm belief in the power of community arts, to engage people’s hearts and spirits through transformative processes, have inspired this study. Remaining true to the possibilities of political action, and to the moral principles of community arts practice in the face of repressive ideologies, is of great concern to me. Participatory action research and arts based research are the main methodologies used to investigate the impact community arts has had on my research group. This study also identifies community arts, in itself, a research process. This research examines, in theory and practice, how making art contributes to knowledge production, and connects collective reflection to political action. The philosophical and theoretical concepts underpinning the research provide a cli...
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/9657/
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Game on! How video games and game design principles can help to make adult education more engaging for the learner.
(2012)
McLaughlin, Dan
Game on! How video games and game design principles can help to make adult education more engaging for the learner.
(2012)
McLaughlin, Dan
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The recent technological revolution has produced a new type of adult learner. This thesis will examine the educational needs of this new learner, and suggest ways in which adult educational practice can adapt in order to meet these needs. In doing so it will examine the concepts of digital game-based learning and the "gamificaiton" of adult education and training, in the context of Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences and Paulo Freire's problem-posing approach to education.
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/9633/
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Health Literacy: Knowledge and experiences of Traveller women.
(2012)
Fitzmaurice, Vivienne
Health Literacy: Knowledge and experiences of Traveller women.
(2012)
Fitzmaurice, Vivienne
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AIM OF RESEARCH The aim of this research is to gain more understanding and insight into the knowledge and experiences of Traveller women in the area of health literacy using a use narrative inquiry approach with an education focus and to explore implications and make recommendations based on the outcomes of the research. METHODS USED A method of narrative research was used to gather data through in-depth conversational interviews with Traveller women exploring their experiences of health literacy, education and from a perspective of insider research based on prior relationship of working with Traveller women on health literacy. CONTRIBUTION OF THIS RESEARCH The research has exposed a number of factors within the area of health literacy in the Traveller community, including; That the critical theory approach to health literacy education can be effective in addressing the empowerment of individuals to improve their health literacy That the method of peer educators is a positive approa...
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/9664/
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How do your learners paint flowers? An exploration into person-centred learning in Community Training Centres.
(2017)
O'Keeffe, Sandra
How do your learners paint flowers? An exploration into person-centred learning in Community Training Centres.
(2017)
O'Keeffe, Sandra
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This study is an invitation to explore a vital part of our further education and training sector. It gives context to the foundations underpinning the provision of Community Training Centres by exploring the needs and difficulties of early school leavers. The literature reviewed explores class in education, human development and identity and person-centred learning. This section also looks at governmentality, neoliberalism and New Managerialism in education. The findings reveal many of the attributes of person-centred learning present in CTCs and also reveals the many challenges to this way of learning. Overall the research was exploratory in nature as it explored the experiences of participants in a community training setting. The study tried to generate the ways in which person-centred approaches to education influenced the experiences of past participants of a CTC. The methodology was a qualitative research influenced by constructivism and led by interpretivism. The research meth...
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/9652/
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ICT: Collaboration, innovation and integration - an action research study of the development of a new ICT career learning tool.
(2016)
Walsh, Bernadette
ICT: Collaboration, innovation and integration - an action research study of the development of a new ICT career learning tool.
(2016)
Walsh, Bernadette
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The internet provides a significant platform from which people can explore and develop their career thinking, learning and development. This thesis is an action research study of collaboratively developing an innovative ICT career learning tool to support adults with their career planning. This study is based on my real-world practice and is action research in action. Central is the importance of the adult guidance relationship in supporting individuals with their career decisions, and how ICT career tools can inform a collaborative meaning-making process. This blended approach within adult guidance offers client’s more opportunities to become proactive and empowered. Career learning is not the sole responsibility or unique to the guidance relationship. The role of adult education in providing ICT career exploration opportunities within group learning is discussed. Aware that not all adults are in a position or wish to access ICT career tools, this research recognises the barriers a...
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/9661/
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In an era of neoliberalism and inequality can self-transcendence foster conscientisation for social change?
(2017)
Murray, Siobhan
In an era of neoliberalism and inequality can self-transcendence foster conscientisation for social change?
(2017)
Murray, Siobhan
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In an era of neo-liberal ideology, this thesis examines the impact of a paradigm which promotes the ideals of a self-regulating global market and the privatisation of state assets and services. An epoch where humanity’s existence is reduced to mere ‘clients’ and ‘consumers’ of services and products. Whereby the promise of ‘freedom of choice’ means the freedom to; exploit workers, charge extortionate interest-rates for public and private debt, poison our natural habitat and tax avoidance (if you can afford it) (Monbiot, 2016). As the prevalence rates of mental ill health are on the increase and according to some, could be considered to have reached epidemic proportions (Carlat, 2010, Kirsch, 2010, Whitaker, 2010). Investigating the high percentage rate of consumption in prescriptive anti-depressant drugs, I would argue that it is perhaps the pressures from living in a world, as described above, that people are opting out of life and choosing death by suicide. Examining, recent struct...
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/9636/
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Inclusive education; challenges and barriers for people with intellectual disabilities accessing further education.
(2015)
Doody, Helena
Inclusive education; challenges and barriers for people with intellectual disabilities accessing further education.
(2015)
Doody, Helena
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While there have been advances towards inclusive education at primary; post primary level and in higher education such as Maynooth University there has been little or no progress made for people with intellectual disabilities accessing further education (FE). Despite policy and legislation calling for inclusive education for people with intellectual disabilities; this marginalised group are disproportionately represented in further education colleges in Ireland. This study examines the challenges and barriers to inclusive further education for people with intellectual disabilities. Literature on disability issues and models of inclusive education for people with intellectual disabilities is also reviewed. The research question focuses on the challenges and barriers to inclusive education for people with intellectual disabilities from the perspective of adult educators working in two further education colleges, under the auspice of two separate Education and Training Boards (ETB). Th...
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/9608/
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Learning How to be Still: A Narrative Inquiry.
(2011)
Bates, Sarah
Learning How to be Still: A Narrative Inquiry.
(2011)
Bates, Sarah
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This thesis reflects upon a research journey which was motivated by the author‟s personal desire to become more self-aware and be more connected and balanced in body, mind and spirit; and by her professional ambition to provide a more productive space for clients seeking adult guidance and for adult students returning to education, that would welcome and promote all parts of their selves and their narratives. A narrative inquiry approach was taken to the research which focuses on the relevance of recognising all aspects of self – body, mind and spirit; on exploring and experimenting with Mindfulness and Mindfulness practices; on the reflexive potential of Personal Journaling as a tool for learning, recording and researching; and on the power of narrative and storytelling. The thesis will be of interest to anyone passionate about self-development, professional development and self-awareness; and any caring professional, adult guidance counsellor, or educator, interested in developing...
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/9653/
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Learning through creative writing.
(2012)
Keane, Roisin
Learning through creative writing.
(2012)
Keane, Roisin
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This research is an arts-informed inquiry into the informal learning of a group of writers to explore the ways in which writing creatively and participating in a writing group contributes to their learning. The inquiry investigates self developmental, emotional and reflexive processes which are key aspects of transformative learning. Artistic ways of knowing are incorporated in the representation of the text and in the research data. This is a reflexive inquiry to investigate the potential contribution of creative writing processes to the practice of an adult educator. Key findings include the use of creative writing practices as a personal coping strategy and the self exploration and development engaged in through creative writing.
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/9651/
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Listen to me: The learning and experience of adults with intellectual disabilities using autobiographical digital narratives.
(2013)
Hunt, Roisin
Listen to me: The learning and experience of adults with intellectual disabilities using autobiographical digital narratives.
(2013)
Hunt, Roisin
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The research question explores the learning and experience of adults with intellectual disabilities using autobiographical digital narratives. The thesis uses a case study approach to apply the research question. A teaching and learning process was designed and developed for adult learners with intellectual disabilities that centres on autobiographical digital narratives. The process involved the delivery of workshops with a small group of adults with intellectual disabilities, examining the learning that arose as a result of the process of creating digital narratives both on the part of the learners involved and the researcher as an adult practitioner.
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/9650/
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Motivational factors in further education.
(2012)
Dixon, Deirdre
Motivational factors in further education.
(2012)
Dixon, Deirdre
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Motivational factors refer to reasons why we want to do something or learn something. In the further education setting there are many elements that determine motivational factors The learners own attitude and interest in learning will be a primary factor. Within the setting tutors and student support can also impact on the motivational factors of the learners. Further education combines concepts, methods, processes, tools and pedagogic styles to achieve a holistic approach to teaching and learning. The amalgamation of a mixture of structured classroom-based formal lessons, informal learning through work placement and student support seeks to ensure that learner centred requirements is the main priority in the teaching/learning process. The purpose of this research was to examine the motivational factors for studying in Further Education, to the examine the ratio of male to female students studying in the areas of Child Care, Nursing and Social Care in Moate Business College. I also ...
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/9605/
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Reclaiming the Docile Body: An Autoethnography of Illness and Adult Education.
(2017)
Codd, Rachel
Reclaiming the Docile Body: An Autoethnography of Illness and Adult Education.
(2017)
Codd, Rachel
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I am presenting an autoethnography on my experiences of illness and my return to education, in an adult education context. I first became ill with acute kidney failure in January 2011, a few months after giving birth to my son. It happened so suddenly and unexpectedly. I was thrown into a completely different world, questioning and reflecting on my life up to that point. In this thesis, I will show how my experiences of illness led me to return to education and how adult education enabled me to reclaim myself through agency. I have used the work of Foucault to help me interpret my experiences. I chose to do this topic for other to gain insight into the experiences of those with illness and how adult education can be used as a catalyst for change.
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/9649/
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The Butterfly Effect: The recommodification of labour and implications for further education and training.
(2013)
Bohan, Virginia
The Butterfly Effect: The recommodification of labour and implications for further education and training.
(2013)
Bohan, Virginia
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This is an extraordinary period in Adult Education. This statement could equally have applied in 2000 when the White Paper on Adult Education, “Learning for Life” (DES 2000), was published. However, this is an extraordinary time for very different reasons. In 2011 the government announced plans for the establishment of SOLAS, the Further Education and Training Authority. Allied to this change the VEC sector, the traditional home of adult education, is also changing. Sixteen Education and Training Boards are being established from an aggregation of the existing thirty-three VECs. FÁS, the State Employment and Training Agency, has already undergone significant readjustment with community and employment services and staff transferred to the Department of Social Protection in 2012 to provide an enhanced employment and entitlements Service – Intreo. Of the remaining FÁS staff, training services will transfer to the Education and Training Boards over the next few months, leaving approxima...
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/9663/
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The Well of the Educator: An investigation into how well-being is maintained by Educators working in Youthreach.
(2015)
Cunningham, Sinead
The Well of the Educator: An investigation into how well-being is maintained by Educators working in Youthreach.
(2015)
Cunningham, Sinead
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‘As I teach, I project the condition of my soul onto my students, my subject and our way of being together.’ (Palmer, 2007, p.1) I believe that what is going on inside of an educator has a direct impact on the learner’s life and this impact has a ripple effect on their families’ lives and society. I see being an educator as a huge responsibility that requires thoughtfulness and self-awareness. This responsibility can be draining, as being an educator is an occupation that requires immense energy both physically and emotionally. In my role as an educator I aim to maintain my wellness and to have a positive impact on the learner and my colleagues. In this research I am looking into the world of educators who in my eyes are successful at maintaining their wellbeing. They deal with stress well, enjoy their job and are productive. I will be uncovering what their thinking is about self-care and wellness, how they deal with stress and what commonalities appear between them. For some self-c...
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/9655/
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Using attachment theory as a lens to understand the role of an adult educator.
(2012)
Quinn, Siobhan
Using attachment theory as a lens to understand the role of an adult educator.
(2012)
Quinn, Siobhan
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The attachment theory created by John Bowlby has had a lasting impact on our understanding of child development and more recently on adult development. The primary aim of this dissertation is to show how attachment theory can be used as a tool to inform educators about teaching and learning. There is an abundance of literature on attachment from infancy to adulthood, incorporating all forms of relationships. However, there is little research carried out on attachment and the implications for adult teaching and learning. This thesis outlines the key tenets of Bowlby’s theory, while drawing on the recent research studies of leading theorists, to lay the foundations for the study. Concepts such as the attachment behavioural system, secure and insecure attachment styles, internal working models and the strange situation are discussed. The study also explores how adult learners and educators are influenced by their own attachment styles and internal working models and how this impacts on...
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/9656/
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