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Lifelong learning in Ireland- combating early leaving and comparisons with international experiences

Maunsell, C., & Downes, P. et al. (2011, Forthcoming) Lifelong Learning for All: Policies and Practices in an Irish Context. In E. Saar et al. (Eds), Lifelong Learning in Europe: National Patterns and Challenges. Edward Elgar.

Downes, P., Maunsell, C,. McLoughlin, V., & Taljunaite, M. (2006). Lifelong learning in Ireland and Lithuania: Some examples of Irish policy and practice for Lithuania to consider?. Filosofija.Sociologija [Philosophy. Sociology], 4, 29-36.

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Mental Health and lifelong learning, Overcoming barriers to progress

Downes, P. (2009). Prevention of bullying at a systemic level in schools: Movement from cognitive and spatial narratives of diametric opposition to concentric relation. In S. R. Jimerson, S. M. Swearer, & D. L. Espelage (Eds.), Handbook of bullying in schools: An international perspective (pp. 517-533). New York, NY: Routledge.

Downes, P. (2008). The international right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health: A key legal framework for human trafficking? In P. Downes, A. Zule-Lapimaa, L. Ivanchenko, & S. Blumberg (Eds.), Not one victim more: Human trafficking in the Baltic States (pp. 278-289). Tallinn, Estonia: Living for Tomorrow.

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Professional Identity and teaching in Ireland

Ware, J., Balfe, T., Butler, C., Day, T., Dupont, M., Harten, C., Farrell, A.M., McDaid, R., O’Riordan. M., Prunty, A., & Travers, J. (2009). Research report on the role of special schools and classes in Ireland. Meath: NSCE.

Dupont, M.,  Kitching, K., & Morgan, M. (2007, April). Do Irish teachers feel like professionals? Analysing how Irish teachers may be positioned within professional discourses. Paper presented at AERA conference, Chicago.

Last Updated: Monday March 14 2011