2024

Keane, Eileen (2024) An artist-teacher exploration of a Room 13-informed space in an Irish Primary after-school setting. Doctor of Education thesis, Dublin City University.

Rafferty, Rachel ORCID: 0009-0004-9272-9946 (2024) The exploration of children’s learner identities while experiencing outdoor learning in the Irish primary school context. Master of Arts thesis, Dublin City University.

Scanlon, Dylan ORCID: 0000-0002-8774-0532, Coulter, Maura ORCID: 0000-0001-9406-2349, Baker, Kellie ORCID: 0000-0003-0435-2268 and Tannehill, Deborah ORCID: 0000-0002-9036-8911 (2024) The enactment of the socially-just teaching personal and social responsibility (SJ-TPSR) approach in physical education teacher education: teacher educators’ and pre-service teachers’ perspectives. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy . ISSN 1740-8989

2023

Coulter, Maura ORCID: 0000-0001-9406-2349, Gleddie, Douglas, Bowles, Richard, Ní Chroinin, Deirdre ORCID: 0000-0002-0920-980X and Fletcher, Tim (2023) Teacher educators’ explorations of pedagogies that promote meaningful experiences in physical education. PHEnex Journal, 13 (3). ISSN 1918-8927

Murphy, Regina ORCID: 0000-0002-1575-4249 and Eivers, Emer ORCID: 0000-0001-8753-0781 (2023) Evaluation of creative schools - Full report. Project Report. Dublin City University.

Murphy, Regina ORCID: 0000-0002-1575-4249 and Shortall, Claire (2023) Exploring processes of inclusion and creativity in music education showcases in schools. Project Report. Dublin City University.

McEvoy, Michael (2023) Teacher as artist: an exploration of teaching visual art and artmaking in a primary school. Master of Arts thesis, Dublin City University.

Bissessar, Charmaine, McCauley, Kate and Phillips, Elly (2023) Exploring female academics' resiliency during the pandemic. In: Bissessar, Charmaine ORCID: 0000-0001-9223-1137, (ed.) Female Academics' Resilience during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Intercultural Perspectives. Springer, Switzerland, pp. 3-25. ISBN 9783031341397

McCabe, Una ORCID: 0000-0001-7720-0535 (2023) Humour, drama education, and drama curriculum in Ireland. Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance, 28 (4). pp. 652-658. ISSN 1356-9783

Coady, Richard (2023) Teacher participation in the National Children’s Choir: an interpretive study. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Baker, Kellie ORCID: 0000-0003-0435-2268, Scanlon, Dylan ORCID: 0000-0002-8774-0532, Tannehill, Deborah ORCID: 0000-0002-9036-8911 and Coulter, Maura ORCID: 0000-0001-9406-2349 (2023) Teaching social justice through TPSR: where do I start? Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 94 (2). pp. 11-18. ISSN 0730-3084

Roulston, Stephen ORCID: 0000-0001-6043-7261, Brown, Martin ORCID: 0000-0002-5436-354X, Taggart, Samuel ORCID: 0000-0001-8076-8607 and Eivers, Eemer ORCID: 0000-0001-8753-0781 (2023) A Century of Growing Apart and Challenges of Coming Together: Education Across the Island of Ireland. Irish Studies in International Affairs, 34 (2). pp. 78-121.

Eivers, Eemer ORCID: 0000-0001-8753-0781 and Murphy, Regina ORCID: 0000-0002-1575-4249 (2023) Evaluation of Creative Schools_Technical Report - Murphy & Eivers 2023. Technical Report. Dublin City University.

Murphy, Regina ORCID: 0000-0002-1575-4249 and Eivers, Eemer ORCID: 0000-0001-8753-0781 (2023) Evaluation of creative schools executive summary. Project Report. UNSPECIFIED.

Sweeney, Tony ORCID: 0000-0003-0392-9993, Bowles, Richard and Coulter, Maura ORCID: 0000-0001-9406-2349 (2023) Looking back to move forward identifying value in collaborative self-study. In: Cameron-Standerford, Abby ORCID: 0000-0001-5833-0027, Bergh, Bethney ORCID: 0000-0003-3942-3994 and Edge, Christi U. ORCID: 0000-0002-6968-7790, (eds.) Pausing at the Threshold. Self-Study in Teacher Education . Equity Press, USA, pp. 609-618.

Patton, Kevin, Coulter, Maura ORCID: 0000-0001-9406-2349 and North, Chris (2023) Navigating the Thresholds and Crossing Boundaries Into Academic Leadership. Equity Press .

Howells, Kristy, Jerebine, Alethea, Cools, Wouter, D'Hondt, Eva, D Martelaer, Kristine, Coppens, Eline, Sienaert, Helena, Hall, Nathan, Dong, Jinxia, Soini, Anne, O'Keeffe, Christina, Coulter, Maura ORCID: 0000-0001-9406-2349, McNally, Sinead ORCID: 0000-0002-9501-2535, McCaffery, Patricia, Tortella, Patrizia, M.Costa, Aldo, Hernández-Martinez, Andrea, Sollerhed, Ann-Christin, Urtel, Mark, Vinci, Debra, Wirth, Christopher, Vidoni, Carla and Sääkslahti, Arja (2023) Physical play - How do we inspire and motivate young children to be physically active through play? An international analysis of twelve countries’ national early years curriculum policies and practices for physical activity and physical play. Journal of Early Childhood Education Research, 12 (1). pp. 253-276. ISSN 2323-7414

Bowles, Richard, Sweeney, Tony and Coulter, Maura ORCID: 0000-0001-9406-2349 (2023) Using Collaborative self-study to support professional learning in initial teacher education: developing pedagogy through Meaningful Physical Education. European Journal of Teacher Education . pp. 1-16. ISSN 1469-5928

2022

Murphy, John (2022) An exploration of the contexts of physical activity that impact mental health and wellbeing in adolescents. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Murphy, John, Coulter, Maura ORCID: 0000-0001-9406-2349, Sweeney, Mary Rose and McGrane, Bronagh (2022) “You Get to…” a Qualitative Study of Perceived Influence of Physical Activity and Sport on Mental Wellbeing among Adolescent Girls. Advances in Physical Education, 12 (2). pp. 87-105. ISSN 2164-0408

Pennycooke, Caitriona, Rami, Justin ORCID: 0000-0002-2222-9995, Coulter, Maura ORCID: 0000-0001-9406-2349 and Tiernan, Peter ORCID: 0000-0001-5076-8905 (2022) Volunteering during COVID-19 lessons for the future. Project Report. Volunteer Ireland.

Murphy, Regina ORCID: 0000-0002-1575-4249, Ward, Francus ORCID: 0000-0001-8120-8265, McCabe, Una ORCID: 0000-0001-7720-0535, Flannery, Michael ORCID: 0000-0003-3025-8822, Cleary, Andrea ORCID: 0000-0002-2918-3475, Hsu, Hsiao-Ping ORCID: 0000-0002-3943-2690 and Brennan, Eileen (2022) Recasting embodied and relational teaching in the arts: teacher educators reflect on the potential of digital learning. Irish Educational Studies, 41 (1). pp. 213-224. ISSN 0332-3315

2021

Byrne, Rachael (2021) An exploration of playful music pedagogy within selected Irish primary school contexts. Doctor of Education thesis, Dublin City University.

McCauley, Kate (2021) Higher education dance, drama and performance through distance learning beyond times of crisis. In: Bissessar, Charmaine ORCID: 0000-0001-9223-1137, (ed.) Emergency Remote Learning, Teaching and Leading: Global Perspectives. Springer, Switzerland, pp. 81-102. ISBN 978-3-030-76590-3

Marron, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-9024-8426 and Coulter, Maura ORCID: 0000-0001-9406-2349 (2021) Initial teacher educators’ integrating iPads into their physical education teaching. Irish Educational Studies, 40 (4). pp. 611-626. ISSN 0332-3315

Coulter, Maura ORCID: 0000-0001-9406-2349, Britton, Úna ORCID: 0000-0002-4454-2085, MacNamara, Áine ORCID: 0000-0002-8110-6784, Manninen, Mika ORCID: 0000-0002-5281-7309, McGrane, Bronagh ORCID: 0000-0001-6891-7729 and Belton, Sarahjane ORCID: 0000-0001-9672-6276 (2021) PE at home: keeping the ‘E’ in PE while home-schooling during a pandemic. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy . ISSN 2381-7100

Coulter, Maura ORCID: 0000-0001-9406-2349, Britton, Úna ORCID: 0000-0002-4454-2085, MacNamara, Áine ORCID: 0000-0002-8110-6784, Manninen, Mika ORCID: 0000-0002-5281-7309, McGrane, Bronagh ORCID: 0000-0001-6891-7729 and Belton, Sarahjane ORCID: 0000-0001-9672-6276 (2021) PE at Home: keeping the ‘E’ in PE while home-schooling during a pandemic. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 28 (2). pp. 183-195. ISSN 1740-8989

Ní Chróinín, Déirdre ORCID: 0000-0002-0920-980X, Fletcher, Tim ORCID: 0000-0002-7352-4775, Beni, Stephanie, Griffin, Ciara and Coulter, Maura ORCID: 0000-0001-9406-2349 (2021) Children’s experiences of pedagogies that prioritise meaningfulness in primary physical education in Ireland. Education 3-13: international journal of primary, elementary and early years education, 51 (1). pp. 41-54. ISSN 0300-4279

North, Chris ORCID: 0000-0003-4849-8496, Patton, Kevin ORCID: 0000-0001-6587-791X and Coulter, Maura ORCID: 0000-0001-9406-2349 (2021) Negotiating tensions in identity: from physical education teacher educator to academic leader. Sport, Education and Society, 27 (6). pp. 703-716. ISSN 1357-3322

Coulter, Maura ORCID: 0000-0001-9406-2349, Bowles, Richard and Sweeney, Tony (2021) Learning to teach generalist primary teachers how to prioritise meaningful experiences in physical education. In: Meaningful Education: An Approach for Teaching and Learning. Elsevier B.V . Taylor and Francis, pp. 1-13. ISBN 9781032002347

Murphy, Frances M. ORCID: 0000-0002-3026-9778, Marron, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-9024-8426 and Coulter, Maura ORCID: 0000-0001-9406-2349 (2021) Primary field experiences: critical for primary generalist physical education teachers? European Physical Education Review, 27 (4). pp. 761-778. ISSN 1356-336X

Coulter, Maura ORCID: 0000-0001-9406-2349, Bowles, Richard and Sweeney, Tony (2021) Learning to teach generalist primary teachers how to prioritise meaningful experiences in physical education. In: Meaningful Physical Education. Taylor & Francis, New York. ISBN 9781032002347

2020

Faulkner, Jamie, O'Brien, Wendy J., McGrane, Bronagh, Wadsworth, Daniel, Batten, John, Askew, Christopher D., Badenhorst, Claire, Byrd, Erin, Coulter, Maura ORCID: 0000-0001-9406-2349, Graper, Nick, Elliot, Cathrine, Fryer, Simon, Hamlin, Michael J., Jakeman, John, Mackintosh, Kelly A., McNarry, Melitta A., Mitchelmore, Andrew, Murphy, John, Ryan-Stewart, Helen, Saynor, Zoe, Schaumberg, Mia, Stone, Keeron, Stoner, Lee, Stuart, Beth and Lambrick, Danielle (2020) Physical activity, mental health and well-being of adults during initial COVID-19 containment strategies: A multi-country cross-sectional analysis. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 24 . pp. 320-326. ISSN 1440-2440

Coulter, Maura ORCID: 0000-0001-9406-2349, Scanlon, Dylan ORCID: 0000-0002-8774-0532, MacPhail, Ann ORCID: 0000-0003-1875-0582, O'Brien, Wesley ORCID: 0000-0001-6801-7341, Belton, Sarahjane ORCID: 0000-0001-9672-6276 and Woods, Catherine ORCID: 0000-0002-0892-6591 (2020) The (mis)alignment between young people’s collective physical activity experience and physical education curriculum development in Ireland. Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, 11 (3). pp. 204-221. ISSN 2574-2981

North, Chris ORCID: 0000-0003-4849-8496, Coulter, Maura ORCID: 0000-0001-9406-2349 and Patton, Kevin ORCID: 0000-0001-6587-791X (2020) Identity theft on the way to an administrative role. In: Edge, Christi U. ORCID: 0000-0002-6968-7790, Cameron-Standerford, Abby ORCID: 0000-0001-5833-0027 and Bergh, Bethney, (eds.) Textiles and tapestries: self-study for envisioning new ways of knowing. EdTech Books, Herstmonceux, UK.

Sweeney, Tony, Bowles, Richard and Coulter, Maura ORCID: 0000-0001-9406-2349 (2020) Shared learning, different contexts: understanding teaching for meaning in pre-service physical education teacher education. In: Textiles and tapestries: self-study for envisioning new ways of knowing. EdTech Books, Herstmonceux, UK, pp. 185-194.

McCabe, Una ORCID: 0000-0001-7720-0535 (2020) The role of drama in role play. In: Kingdon, Zenna ORCID: 0000-0002-6067-5769, (ed.) A Vygotskian Analysis of Children's Play Behaviours: beyond the Home Corner. Towards an Ethical Praxis in Early Childhood . Routledge (Taylor & Francis). ISBN 9780367135928

Sweeney, Tony, Bowles, Richard and Coulter, Maura ORCID: 0000-0001-9406-2349 (2020) Exploring pedagogy and practice: meaningful physical education (MPE) in elementary pre-service teacher education. In: 2020 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting (AERA), 17 - 21 Apr 2020, San Francisco, CA, USA.

McCabe, Una ORCID: 0000-0001-7720-0535 and Farrell, Thérèse ORCID: 0000-0002-2562-2645 (2020) Play, power and pedagogy: A reinterpretation of research using a Foucauldian lens. International Journal of Early Years Education, 29 (4). pp. 358-370. ISSN 0966-9760

Parker, Melissa, Ní Chroinin, Deirdre, Coulter, Maura ORCID: 0000-0001-9406-2349, McFlynn, Paul and Walsh, Ciaran (2020) ‘Finding the Image’: Using photos to give voice to teacher educator professional learning. Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, 11 (2). pp. 110-128. ISSN 2574-299X

Eivers, Emer ORCID: 0000-0001-8753-0781 (2020) The way forward: Early monitoring and prevention of students at risk of Early School Leaving in Malta. In: ELET Symposium. Early Leaving from Education and Training: The Way Forward, November 2020. ISBN 978-99957-1-874-9

Ní Chróinín, Déirdre ORCID: 0000-0002-0920-980X, Coulter, Maura ORCID: 0000-0001-9406-2349 and Parker, Melissa ORCID: 0000-0002-0257-5516 (2020) “We took pictures”: children’s meaning-making in physical education. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 39 (2). pp. 216-226. ISSN 0273-5024

2019

Howells, Kristy ORCID: 0000-0002-0758-7532, Sääkslahti, Arja ORCID: 0000-0003-4354-0990, De Martelaer, Kristine ORCID: 0000-0001-8242-2669, De Craemer, Marieke ORCID: 0000-0002-5220-7850, Jidovtseff, Boris ORCID: 0000-0002-7535-8993, Dong, Jinxia, Nørager Johansen, Danielle Louise, Skovgaard, Thomas ORCID: 0000-0001-6729-4988, Naul, Roland, Coulter, Maura ORCID: 0000-0001-9406-2349, Duff, Christina, Tortella, Patrizia ORCID: 0000-0002-2553-9163, Fumagalli, Guido ORCID: 0000-0003-2195-4973, Fjortoft, Ingunn ORCID: 0000-0003-2945-4703, Howells, Kristy ORCID: 0000-0002-0758-7532 and Urtel, Mark (2019) Physical activity recommendations for early childhood: an international analysis of ten different countries’ current national physical activity policies and practices for those under the age of 5. In: Howells, Kristy ORCID: 0000-0002-0758-7532 and Sääkslahti, Arja ORCID: 0000-0003-4354-0990, (eds.) Physical Education in Early Childhood Education and Care: Research–Best Practice-Situation. Slovak Scientific Society for Physical Education and Sport, Bratislava, Slovakia, pp. 321-336. ISBN 978-80-89075-81-2

Belton, Sarahjane ORCID: 0000-0001-9672-6276, McCarren, Andrew ORCID: 0000-0002-7297-0984, McGrane, Bronagh ORCID: 0000-0001-6891-7729, Powell, Danielle and Issartel, Johann ORCID: 0000-0003-1016-1409 (2019) The Youth-Physical Activity Towards Health (Y-PATH) intervention: results of a 24 month cluster randomised controlled trial. PLoS One . ISSN 1932-6203

Coulter, Maura ORCID: 0000-0001-9406-2349 (2019) Primary physical education teacher educators professional learning. In: Peters, Michael A. ORCID: 0000-0002-1482-2975, Bojesen, Emile ORCID: 0000-0001-9905-2481 and Randall, Vicky ORCID: 0000-0002-4923-3070, (eds.) Encyclopedia of Teacher Education. Springer Nature, Singapore:. ISBN 978-981-13-1179-6

Marron, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-9024-8426 and Coulter, Maura ORCID: 0000-0001-9406-2349 (2019) Experiences of using iPads in physical education teacher education. In: Koekoek, Jeroen ORCID: 0000-0001-8086-0251 and van Hilvoorde, Ivo ORCID: 0000-0002-8499-9792, (eds.) Digital Technology in Physical Education: Global Perspectives. Routledge, London, UK, pp. 242-256. ISBN 9781138569881

Coulter, Maura ORCID: 0000-0001-9406-2349, McGrane, Bronagh ORCID: 0000-0001-6891-7729 and Woods, Catherine ORCID: 0000-0002-0892-6591 (2019) PE should be an integral part of each school day’: parents’ and their children’s attitudes towards primary physical education. Education 3-13, 48 (4). ISSN 0300-4279

Coulter, Maura ORCID: 0000-0001-9406-2349, Kealey, Fintina, Langan, Sarah Louise and Padden, Serena (2019) Seeing is believing: primary generalist pre-service teachers’ observations of physical education lessons in Ireland and Switzerland. European Physical Education Review, 26 (1). pp. 159-178. ISSN 1356-336X

Parker, Melissa, Ní Chróinín, Déirdre, Coulter, Maura ORCID: 0000-0001-9406-2349, Walsh, Ciaran and McFlynn, Paul (2019) Teacher educator professional learning shaping teacher educator practices. In: Mooney, Brian, (ed.) Ireland's Yearbook of Education 2018/2019. Education Matters Yearbooks . Education Matters, Dublin, Ireland. ISBN 978-0-9956987-2-7

Hall, Kathy, Murphy, Regina ORCID: 0000-0002-1575-4249, Ní Áingléis, Bernadette and Rutherford, Vanessa (2019) Mentoring and assessing student teachers on school placement: Integrating theory and practice. Education Research Perspectives, 46 . pp. 77-107. ISSN 1446-0017

2018

Ní Bhroin, Máire ORCID: 0000-0002-2976-291X and Cleary, Andrea (2018) Approaches to teaching and learning in art education for primary teachers, using art journals as part of the learning process. In: International Conference on Engaging Pedagogy (ICEP '18), 13-14 Dec 2018, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland.

Hall, Kathy, Murphy, Regina ORCID: 0000-0002-1575-4249, Rutherford, Vanessa and Ní Áingléis, Bernadette (2018) School placement in initial teacher education: final report. Policy Report. DCU and UCC.

2017

Grennan, Mary (2017) Exploring the potential for arts-rich education in the primary classroom: teacher Learning, transformation, and new trajectories. Doctor of Education thesis, Dublin City University.

McCabe, Una ORCID: 0000-0001-7720-0535 (2017) The drama in sociodramatic play: implications for curriculum and pedagogy. Drama Australia Journal, 41 (1). pp. 3-12.

2016

Coulter, Maura ORCID: 0000-0001-9406-2349 and Woods, Catherine (2016) Modeling An Effective Method for Enhancing the Teaching of Physical Education by Primary School Generalist Teachers. In: Global Practices and Training in Applied Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology A Case Study Approach. Routledge. ISBN 9781138805972

Coulter, Maura ORCID: 0000-0001-9406-2349 and Woods, Catherine ORCID: 0000-0002-0892-6591 (2016) Working with populations in exercise settings. In: Cremades, J. Gualberto and Tashman, Lauren S., (eds.) Global Practices and Training in Applied, Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology: a Case Study Approach. Routledge, New York, USA and Abington, Oxford, UK. ISBN 978-1-138-80596-2

2014

Bowe, Marie-Louise ORCID: 0000-0001-9065-1103 (2014) Post-primary music education in Ireland: Principals’ perspectives. In: MISTEC 20th International Seminar, 14-18 July 2014, Curitiba, Brazil. ISBN 978-0-9942055-5-1

2013

Coulter, Maura ORCID: 0000-0001-9406-2349 and Ní Chróinín, Deirdre (2013) What is PE? Sport Education and Society, 18 (6). pp. 825-841. ISSN 1357-3322

2012

Coulter, Maura ORCID: 0000-0001-9406-2349 (2012) Teaching outdoor and adventure activities: describing, analysing and understanding a primary school physical education professional development programme. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Ní Chróinín, Déirdre ORCID: 0000-0002-0920-980X and Coulter, Maura ORCID: 0000-0001-9406-2349 (2012) The impact of initial teacher education on understandings of physical education: asking the right question. European Physical Education Review, 18 (2). pp. 220-238. ISSN 1543-5474

2011

Coulter, Maura ORCID: 0000-0002-0892-6591 and Ní Chróinín, Déirdre ORCID: 0000-0002-0920-980X (2011) What is PE? Sport, education and society. Sport, Education and Society, 18 (6). pp. 825-841. ISSN 1470-1243

Coulter, Maura ORCID: 0000-0001-9406-2349 and Woods, Catherine ORCID: 0000-0002-0892-6591 (2011) Primary teachers’ experience of a physical education professional development programme. Irish Educational Studies, 31 (3). pp. 329-343. ISSN 1747-4965

2007

Murphy, Frances M. ORCID: 0000-0002-3026-9778 (2007) Capacity building for primary physical education: enhancing teacher expertise for quality teaching and learning. Doctor of Business Administration thesis, Dublin City University.

2004

McCabe, Una ORCID: 0000-0001-7720-0535 (2004) International Yehudi Menuhin Foundation MUS-E Ireland 2001-4 Action Research Report. Project Report. UNSPECIFIED.