Ashling Bourke
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 143589 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Ashling Bourke |
| NOMBRES | Ashling |
| APELLIDO | Bourke |
| FIRMA | BOURKE A |
| AFILIACIONES | Dublin City University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3997-895X |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 14 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 10 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 14 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2013 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Predictors of Recent Incidence Trends in Sexually Transmitted Infections
Objective Increasing trends in sexually transmitted infections (STIs) warrants an examination of the potential factors behind this phenomenon. This systematic review aims to synthesize evidence on the predictors of recent trends in chlamydia, gonorrhea, HIV, and syphilis.Methods A systematic search was conducted via scientific databases (i.e., CINAHL, Embase, PubMed, PsychINFO, Scopus), expanded by citation-mining techniques, and complemented by …
The Conceptions About Mathematics and Its Teaching Held by Primary Pre‐Service Teachers
Teachers' beliefs, attitudes and confidence in the subject they are teaching play a crucial role in the quality of their teaching. In this study, we explored the conceptions about mathematics and its teaching held by 458 preservice primary teachers, where conceptions include beliefs about mathematics and society; attitudes toward mathematics; confidence in teaching mathematics and intentions to apply progressive approaches in the teaching of math…
Exploring well-being and ill-being in education
Recent years have seen a significant increase in the explicit naming of well-being in educational policy and practice. However, there is a tendency for such naming to occur in a theoretical vacuum which can lead to an ambiguous and ill-defined application, and runs the risk of the construct being viewed purely as ‘happiness’ and negates the space for individual vulnerabilities and experiences of ill-being that are part of the human condition. In …
Spaces between importance and enactment
Radical primary level curriculum reform is underway in Ireland. Many significant changes and additions include, for the first time, an explicit reference to global citizenship at primary level, an active citizen competency and several global learning themes. Research indicates that oftentimes, policy curriculum aspirations fail to materialise in the classroom due to insufficient attention to implementation and teacher ownership. Drawing on a mixe…
Preparing to teach relationships and sexuality education
Children have a right to Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE). A key place for this to occur is in schools, and teachers’ comfort and competence in teaching is critical to delivering high-quality CSE. Good quality Initial Teacher Education (ITE) should provide student teachers with a strong foundation for the delivery of CSE and the creation of safe, supportive, and inclusive classrooms and whole-school cultures. This study examined primary IT…
Navigating heteronormativity
Despite some progress in creating more inclusive schooling environments, LGBTQ+ individuals still grapple with the persistence of heteronormativity, as reinforced through curricula, policies, and pedagogical practices. This qualitative systematic review synthesises international empirical research on how LGBTQ+ educators experience and navigate heteronormativity in early years, primary and secondary educational settings, utilising minority stress…
A rapid review of guidelines on the involvement of adolescents in health research
How to address the barriers to meaningful adolescent involvement in health research
The under-involvement of adolescents in health research has been attributed to multiple barriers faced by both researchers and adolescents. Despite identifying these barriers, the literature offers few solutions, mostly from the perspective of researchers. To address this, we conducted a qualitative study to explore effective strategies to address these barriers from the perspective of both researchers and adolescents. We conducted semi-structure…
A Systematic Review of the Provision of Sexuality Education to Student Teachers in Initial Teacher Education
Teachers, and their professional learning and development, have been identified as playing an integral role in enabling children and young people’s right to comprehensive sexuality education (CSE). The provision of sexuality education (SE) during initial teacher education (ITE) is upheld internationally, as playing a crucial role in relation to the implementation and quality of school-based SE. This systematic review reports on empirical studies …
Realisation of Children’s Rights under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child to, in, and through Sexuality Education
Through the framework of the Convention of the Rights of the Child ( uncrc ), this paper argues that quality sexuality education is fundamental to the realisation of rights for children and young people, particularly those related to their identity, sexual lives and relationships. Beyond the right to education itself and sexual health, sexuality education supports the realisation of a wide range of children’s rights including wellbeing, protectio…
Adults’ Endorsement of Children’s Protection and Participation Rights and Likelihood of Reporting Abuse
Children’s rights only serve their purpose in as far as they are recognised as rights by those who can exercise them. This study examined a sample of Irish adults’ (predominantly students; n=83) perceptions of children’s participation and protection rights across two age groups of children (seven- and 14-year-olds). Participants completed the Perceptions of Children’s Rights Questionnaires and likelihood of reporting child abuse online. A within-…
Sex education, first sex and sexual health outcomes in adulthood
This study investigated the relationship between school sex education and sexual health behaviours at first sex and later in adulthood, using nationally representative data. Respondents were adults from the 2010 Irish Contraception and Crisis Pregnancy Survey, a cross-sectional survey designed to assess knowledge, attitudes and behaviours relating to sex, contraception and pregnancy in Ireland. Results indicate that respondents who received sex e…
Parental involvement in sexuality education
Recent research has highlighted the importance of parental involvement in sexuality education, and studies of sexuality education sometimes take place via national sexual health surveys. This \npaper aims to identify key parental characteristics that predict parental involvement in sexuality education while also encouraging debate on how this topic is optimally investigated. Data were a subset from a nationally representative cross-sectional tele…
The Role of Criminal Social Identity in the Relationship between Criminal Friends and Criminal Thinking Style within a Sample of Recidivistic Prisoners
Previous research suggests a direct relationship between criminal friends and criminal thinking style; however, social identity theory proposes that identity mediates the impact of social group members on development of thinking styles. This research project is the first attempt to empirically test the mediating role of criminal social identity in the development of criminal thinking styles within a recidivistic prison sample (N = 312). The struc…
The Role of Criminal Social Identity in the Relationship between Criminal Friends and Criminal Thinking Style within a Sample of Recidivistic Prisoners
Previous research suggests a direct relationship between criminal friends and criminal thinking style; however, social identity theory proposes that identity mediates the impact of social group members on development of thinking styles. This research project is the first attempt to empirically test the mediating role of criminal social identity in the development of criminal thinking styles within a recidivistic prison sample (N = 312). The struc…
Adults’ Endorsement of Children’s Protection and Participation Rights and Likelihood of Reporting Abuse
Children’s rights only serve their purpose in as far as they are recognised as rights by those who can exercise them. This study examined a sample of Irish adults’ (predominantly students; n=83) perceptions of children’s participation and protection rights across two age groups of children (seven- and 14-year-olds). Participants completed the Perceptions of Children’s Rights Questionnaires and likelihood of reporting child abuse online. A within-…
Realisation of Children’s Rights under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child to, in, and through Sexuality Education
Through the framework of the Convention of the Rights of the Child ( uncrc ), this paper argues that quality sexuality education is fundamental to the realisation of rights for children and young people, particularly those related to their identity, sexual lives and relationships. Beyond the right to education itself and sexual health, sexuality education supports the realisation of a wide range of children’s rights including wellbeing, protectio…
Parental involvement in sexuality education
Recent research has highlighted the importance of parental involvement in sexuality education, and studies of sexuality education sometimes take place via national sexual health surveys. This \npaper aims to identify key parental characteristics that predict parental involvement in sexuality education while also encouraging debate on how this topic is optimally investigated. Data were a subset from a nationally representative cross-sectional tele…
The Role of Criminal Social Identity in the Relationship between Criminal Friends and Criminal Thinking Style within a Sample of Recidivistic Prisoners
Previous research suggests a direct relationship between criminal friends and criminal thinking style; however, social identity theory proposes that identity mediates the impact of social group members on development of thinking styles. This research project is the first attempt to empirically test the mediating role of criminal social identity in the development of criminal thinking styles within a recidivistic prison sample (N = 312). The struc…
Sex education, first sex and sexual health outcomes in adulthood
This study investigated the relationship between school sex education and sexual health behaviours at first sex and later in adulthood, using nationally representative data. Respondents were adults from the 2010 Irish Contraception and Crisis Pregnancy Survey, a cross-sectional survey designed to assess knowledge, attitudes and behaviours relating to sex, contraception and pregnancy in Ireland. Results indicate that respondents who received sex e…
Adults’ Endorsement of Children’s Protection and Participation Rights and Likelihood of Reporting Abuse
Children’s rights only serve their purpose in as far as they are recognised as rights by those who can exercise them. This study examined a sample of Irish adults’ (predominantly students; n=83) perceptions of children’s participation and protection rights across two age groups of children (seven- and 14-year-olds). Participants completed the Perceptions of Children’s Rights Questionnaires and likelihood of reporting child abuse online. A within-…
A Systematic Review of the Provision of Sexuality Education to Student Teachers in Initial Teacher Education
Teachers, and their professional learning and development, have been identified as playing an integral role in enabling children and young people’s right to comprehensive sexuality education (CSE). The provision of sexuality education (SE) during initial teacher education (ITE) is upheld internationally, as playing a crucial role in relation to the implementation and quality of school-based SE. This systematic review reports on empirical studies …
Realisation of Children’s Rights under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child to, in, and through Sexuality Education
Through the framework of the Convention of the Rights of the Child ( uncrc ), this paper argues that quality sexuality education is fundamental to the realisation of rights for children and young people, particularly those related to their identity, sexual lives and relationships. Beyond the right to education itself and sexual health, sexuality education supports the realisation of a wide range of children’s rights including wellbeing, protectio…
A rapid review of guidelines on the involvement of adolescents in health research
How to address the barriers to meaningful adolescent involvement in health research
The under-involvement of adolescents in health research has been attributed to multiple barriers faced by both researchers and adolescents. Despite identifying these barriers, the literature offers few solutions, mostly from the perspective of researchers. To address this, we conducted a qualitative study to explore effective strategies to address these barriers from the perspective of both researchers and adolescents. We conducted semi-structure…
Exploring well-being and ill-being in education
Recent years have seen a significant increase in the explicit naming of well-being in educational policy and practice. However, there is a tendency for such naming to occur in a theoretical vacuum which can lead to an ambiguous and ill-defined application, and runs the risk of the construct being viewed purely as ‘happiness’ and negates the space for individual vulnerabilities and experiences of ill-being that are part of the human condition. In …
Spaces between importance and enactment
Radical primary level curriculum reform is underway in Ireland. Many significant changes and additions include, for the first time, an explicit reference to global citizenship at primary level, an active citizen competency and several global learning themes. Research indicates that oftentimes, policy curriculum aspirations fail to materialise in the classroom due to insufficient attention to implementation and teacher ownership. Drawing on a mixe…
Preparing to teach relationships and sexuality education
Children have a right to Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE). A key place for this to occur is in schools, and teachers’ comfort and competence in teaching is critical to delivering high-quality CSE. Good quality Initial Teacher Education (ITE) should provide student teachers with a strong foundation for the delivery of CSE and the creation of safe, supportive, and inclusive classrooms and whole-school cultures. This study examined primary IT…
Navigating heteronormativity
Despite some progress in creating more inclusive schooling environments, LGBTQ+ individuals still grapple with the persistence of heteronormativity, as reinforced through curricula, policies, and pedagogical practices. This qualitative systematic review synthesises international empirical research on how LGBTQ+ educators experience and navigate heteronormativity in early years, primary and secondary educational settings, utilising minority stress…
Predictors of Recent Incidence Trends in Sexually Transmitted Infections
Objective Increasing trends in sexually transmitted infections (STIs) warrants an examination of the potential factors behind this phenomenon. This systematic review aims to synthesize evidence on the predictors of recent trends in chlamydia, gonorrhea, HIV, and syphilis.Methods A systematic search was conducted via scientific databases (i.e., CINAHL, Embase, PubMed, PsychINFO, Scopus), expanded by citation-mining techniques, and complemented by …
The Conceptions About Mathematics and Its Teaching Held by Primary Pre‐Service Teachers
Teachers' beliefs, attitudes and confidence in the subject they are teaching play a crucial role in the quality of their teaching. In this study, we explored the conceptions about mathematics and its teaching held by 458 preservice primary teachers, where conceptions include beliefs about mathematics and society; attitudes toward mathematics; confidence in teaching mathematics and intentions to apply progressive approaches in the teaching of math…
Psychology (8 obras) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (5 obras) · Sociology (5 obras) · Children's Rights and Participation (4 obras) · Human sexuality (4 obras) · Medicine (4 obras) · Political science (4 obras) · Sex education (4 obras) · Gender Studies (3 obras) · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (3 obras)