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    Agendas, influences, and capability: perspectives on practice in design and technology education. 

    Doyle, Andrew; Seery, Niall; Canty, Donal; Buckley, Jeffrey (Springer, 2019)
    A philosophical shift in policy now situates the development of technological capability as the focus of Irish technology education. Internationally, the effectiveness of curricular reform in the discipline has previously ...
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    Considering the relationship between research and practice in technology education: a perspective on future research endeavours. 

    Seery, Niall; Kimbell, Richard; Buckley, Jeffrey; Phelan, Joseph (Design and Technology Association, 2019-07)
    Technology subjects are a relatively recent addition to the discipline offerings at postprimary level, and have a short but interesting history in terms of associated educational research. In this paper, an overview of ...
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    The importance of supporting technological knowledge in post-primary education: a cohort study. 

    Buckley, Jeffrey; Seery, Niall; Power, Jason; Phelan, Joseph (Routledge, 2019)
    ABSTRACT Background: Substantial research highlights the differences between scientific and technological knowledge. Considering that learning is heavily focused on the acquisition of knowledge, it is important to examine ...
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    Spatial cognition in engineering education: developing a spatial ability framework to support the translation of theory into practice. 

    Buckley, Jeffrey; Seery, Niall; Canty, Donal (Taylor & Francis Online, 2019)
    A substantial degree of empirical evidence has illustrated the correlation between spatial skills and performance in engineering education. This evidence has been foundational in the construction of educational interventions ...
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    A comparison of Swedish and Irish secondary students' conceptions of engineers and engineering using the draw-an-engineer test 

    Buckley, Jeffrey; Gumaelius, Lena B.; Hyland, Tomás; Seery, Niall; Pears, Arnold Neville (ASEE, 2019-06)
    Women are significantly underrepresented in engineering and engineering related disciplines. One area where this is clearly illustrated is in the percentage of females enrolled in higher education engineering courses. The ...
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    Developing a methodological approach to measure cognitive load during complex problem solving. 

    Reid, Clodagh; Kieghrey, Conor; Dunbar, Rónán; Murray, Niall; Buckley, Jeffrey (Technology Education Research Group, 2019-06)
    Problem solving is an important element of engineering and technology disciplines and spatial ability contributes to learners’ success in problem solving in these areas (Wai, et al., 2009). As excessive cognitive load ...
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    The predictive capacity of spatial ability for knowledge retention in third level technology and engineering education. 

    Hyland, Tomás; Buckley, Jeffrey; Seery, Niall; Gordon, Seamus (Technology Education Research Group, 2019-06)
    It is well established that spatial ability correlates with STEM performance. THis has been shown through substantial longitudinal evidence e.g. (Wai, Lubinski, & Benbow, 2009). Specifically, it has been demonstrated as ...
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    Inducting ITE students in assessment practices through the use of comparative judgement. 

    Canty, Donal; Buckley, Jeffrey; Seery, Niall (Technology Education Research Group, 2019-06)
    A new curricular framework, presented by the Department of Education and Skills (DES), (2015), implements an assessment strategy that has changed from a predominantly summative to a more formative integrated approach. With ...
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    On the role of industry contact on the motivation and professional development of engineering students. 

    Pantzos, Panagiotis; Gumaelius, Lena; Buckley, Jeffrey; Pears, Arnold (Frontiers in Education, 2019-10)
    This full research paper aims to investigate the nature of industry-related activities engineering students encounter at a Swedish university, as well as the impact these activities have on their motivation to study ...
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    Curriculum development in technology teacher education: integrating epistemology, pedagogy and capability. 

    Dunbar, Ronan; Buckley, Jeffrey; Seery, Niall (Technology Education Research Group, 2019)
    Technology education continues to establish itself internationally as a primary contributor to a broad and balanced curriculum that prepares students for the technological age that we are living in. It is critical that ...
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