OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Irish Educational Studies is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Does anyone still want to go to lectures? Student perceptions of the face-to-face lecture in an Irish university	48
‘It’s up to the teacher’: a qualitative study of teachers’ use of autism EBPs	33
Supporting student teachers’ enactment of relational mathematics in the classroom: an Action Research study	18
Inclusion of children with disabilities and special educational needs in physical education: an exploratory study of factors associated with Irish teachers’ attitudes, self-efficacy, and school contex	18
Relevant, practical and connected to the real world: what higher education students say engages them in the curriculum	15
Learning losses amid COVID-19 school closures: evidence from Bangladesh	13
Re-positioning strategies: the positioning challenges of newly appointed school principals	13
Parental perspectives on the management of online learning and school readjustment for children with SEN during the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons and applications for possible school closures	12
Relationships: not the Cherry, but the cake!	12
Overcoming barriers to teaching 21C skills: the Bridge21 approach	12
ChatGPT and university teaching, learning and assessment: some initial reflections on teaching academic integrity in the age of Large Language Models	12
Why are students attending fee-charging second-level schools in Ireland more likely to progress to high-demand university degree courses? Evidence from the Growing Up in Ireland longitudinal survey	11
Teachers seconded to continuing teacher education: professional development and the paradox of reaching proficiency	10
Why a focus on ‘what is educational?’ matters so much in reconstructing education?	10
Same route, different destinations: a cluster analysis of student-teacher types among Palestinian student-teachers living in Israel	10
Competition within a multi-campus, merged university – a zero-sum game?	9
Teachers’ perspectives on the implementation of an ethical education curriculum in Ireland	9
Developing culturally responsive school leaders in Ireland and Spain. The evolving role of professional development	9
Back to the future? Reflections from 25 years of empirical research on Leaving Certificate assessment in Ireland	8
Supporting early career teachers’ digital agency: a role for mentorship?	8
The social contexts of educational disadvantage: focus on the neighbourhood	8
Mobilising the untapped in the present: a review and response to Karl Kitching Childhood, religion and school injustice , by Karl Kitching, Cork, Cork University Press,	7
Teacher education for critical and reflexive interculturality	7
‘I’ll do it tomorrow’: supporting the engagement of primary pre-service teachers through blended, inquiry-based learning	7
Perspectives of graduates and principals on master’s level initial teacher education in Ireland	7

Foreword	7
The impact of forming a community of practice on teachers’ attitudes and approaches to primary geography	7
Fostering teacher agency: insights from the DCU changemaker schools network	7
Diversifying the teaching profession	6
Exploring how respect is articulated in Irish education policy, curriculum, circulars and legislation	6
Understanding pre-service teachers’ improvement in professional practice: a quantitative perspective	6
Why teachers matter	6
Recognising autism in girls within the education context: reflecting on the internal presentation and the diagnostic criteria	6
The role of classroom assistants: perceptions and challenges	6
The impact of parental involvement on early childhood development: the moderating role of demographic factors	5
Unsupported and unrealistic expectations? Misalignment between teachers’ required knowledge of the law in the Code of Professional Conduct for Teachers and Céim Standards for Initial Teacher Education	5
‘Bearing witness to negativity’: towards just futures of education	5
Fostering students’ autonomy within higher education: the relational roots of student adviser supports	5
Numeracy-Meets: an innovative professional development model for adult numeracy practitioners in Ireland	5
Optimising online transversal skills delivery in STEM doctoral education	5
(Pod)casting a wider net: let’s talk [disseminating] education research	5
Editorial	5
An ecological analysis of teacher perceptions of, and responses to, student unproductive behaviour in Irish primary schools	5
Navigating a male dominated domain: experiences of female STEM students in higher education in Ireland	5
Addressing educational disadvantage in Northern Ireland 1921–2021: a history of squandered opportunities?	4
Critically reflecting on the human and environmental costs of digital technology use in education: considering the role of leadership and school culture	4
Mastering the writing game: practical insights for early career researchers and supervisors	4
Examinations and Irish history – Intermediate Certificate history and gauging the official historical narrative, 1926–1968	4
An evaluation of the art of science project; an intervention to promote digital storytelling in a cross-curricular (art and science) and cross sectoral (primary and post-primary) environment in Irelan	4
Early childhood education and care in Ireland: charting a century of developments (1921-2021) Early childhood education and care in Ireland: charting a century of developments (1921-202	4
Exploring randomised controlled trials in education: key features and selected examples from Ireland	4
Teaching peace as a matter of justice: toward a pedagogy of moral reasoning	4
No one is going to rock up and tell you ! How a hidden blend of family capitals facilitates access to and success in structured instrumental music education in Ireland	4
The continuous call for school-university partnerships: a thematic review of policy in the Republic of Ireland	4
Irish primary school teachers’ experiences, training and knowledge in first aid	4
‘No one knows where we fit in really’: the role of the Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO) in primary school settings in Ireland – the case for a distributed model of leadership to support i	4
School-based mental health interventions: a feasibility study of the R.E.A.C.T. programme	4
Multigroup model of transition experiences: how parents’ school readiness beliefs and practices change with another child in school	4
Lifting the lid on mathematics grinds at secondary level in Ireland: graduates’ perceptions of the impact of private supplementary tutoring	4
Taming the imposter monster	4
‘What's the magic word?’: mapping oral language interventions implemented in prevention and early intervention programmes	3
Science and society in Ireland: examining public trust in scientists against a global background	3
Barriers to student engagement:	3
An analysis of Irish mathematics textbook tasks in the context of curriculum change	3
School culture as a mediator in the link between leadership and school effectiveness	3
Teachers’ understanding of the concept of ‘embedding’ digital technology in education	3
ECCE teachers’ attitudes in Ireland towards including children with special educational needs	3
Coaching in educational leadership: interferences to school principals’ engagement	3
Literacy for equitable interprofessional learning: implementation protocol for an online community of practice for Irish teachers and speech and language therapists	3
Emotions: philosophy of education in practice	3
Strengthening wellbeing in schools after COVID-19: a pilot evaluation of an awareness based intervention for children and young people	3
You Can Do It! A narrative inquiry into children’s experiences of a social-emotional and academic learning programme	3
FUSE anti-bullying and online safety programme: measuring self-efficacy amongst post-primary students	3
Expanding global horizons through technology enhanced language learning Expanding global horizons through technology enhanced language learning , by Yun Wen, Yi-ju Wu, G	3
Teacher leadership in school self-evaluation: an approach to professional development	3

Understanding narrative inquiry through life story interviews with former prisoners	3
Guerrilla teacher educators: identity considerations of school-based teacher educators in Ireland	3
Project based learning in post-primary school in Ireland – a narrative literature review of the transition year programme to understand evolving digital spaces	3
Hungry for more: early childhood educators’ perspectives on STEM education, teaching and professional development	3
Teachers’ experiences of using Minecraft Education in primary school: An Irish perspective	3
SSPAI 1993-2000: a history of the secondary school principals association of Ireland: a key pillar in the foundation of NAPD	3