Ruth Leitch
Biographic Data
| ID | 203879 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ruth Leitch |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ruth |
| FAMILY NAME | Leitch |
| SIGNATURE | LEITCH R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queen's University Belfast |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 38 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Caught in the conundrum: Neoliberalism and education in post-conflict Northern Ireland – Exploring shared education
Northern Ireland (NI) is emerging from a violent period in its troubled history and remains a society characterized by segregation between its two main communities. Nowhere is this more apparent than in education, where for the most part Catholic and Protestant pupils are educated separately. During the last 30 years there has been twofold pressure placed on the education system in NI – at one level to respond to intergroup tensions by promoting …
Harnessing the slipstream: Building educational research capacity in Northern Ireland. Size matters
Northern Ireland is uniquely distinguished from England, Scotland and Wales, by being a society in transition, emerging from a prolonged period of civil conflict and political instability that has affected its infrastructure and has increased the need for co-ordinated and specialist research. The paper traces some of the systemic challenges and opportunities for educational research capacity-building that arise from Northern Ireland being uniquel…
Outside the Spoon Drawer, Naked and Skinless in Search of My Professional Esteem: The Tale of an “Academic Pro
This autoethnography explores the pain and unexpectedness of personal and professional learning in being challenged to find an other "voice" after years of being a "responsible anarchist" within the academy's traditional expectations. It tells of the emotions in setting forth on a self-chosen quest to uncover and understand the history of the author's shame as a female academic with management responsibility but without a doctorate until relative…
Teachers' and Ppils' Educational Experiences and School‐Based Responses to the Conflict in Northern Ireland
This article describes a study which examined (a) the impact of the political conflict on teachers' and ppils' experiences of education in Northern Ireland and (b) the impact of curricular‐based interventions designed to support the ppils and reduce prejudice. The focus of the second part of the article is on the prejudice reduction initiatives identified. A total of 44 staff and 78 ppils spread across 8 schools participated and both teachers' an…
Teachers’ and teacher educators’ lives: The role of emotion
Teachers’ and teacher educators’ lives: The role of emotion
Harnessing the slipstream: Building educational research capacity in Northern Ireland. Size matters
Northern Ireland is uniquely distinguished from England, Scotland and Wales, by being a society in transition, emerging from a prolonged period of civil conflict and political instability that has affected its infrastructure and has increased the need for co-ordinated and specialist research. The paper traces some of the systemic challenges and opportunities for educational research capacity-building that arise from Northern Ireland being uniquel…
Caught in the conundrum: Neoliberalism and education in post-conflict Northern Ireland – Exploring shared education
Northern Ireland (NI) is emerging from a violent period in its troubled history and remains a society characterized by segregation between its two main communities. Nowhere is this more apparent than in education, where for the most part Catholic and Protestant pupils are educated separately. During the last 30 years there has been twofold pressure placed on the education system in NI – at one level to respond to intergroup tensions by promoting …
Outside the Spoon Drawer, Naked and Skinless in Search of My Professional Esteem: The Tale of an “Academic Pro
This autoethnography explores the pain and unexpectedness of personal and professional learning in being challenged to find an other "voice" after years of being a "responsible anarchist" within the academy's traditional expectations. It tells of the emotions in setting forth on a self-chosen quest to uncover and understand the history of the author's shame as a female academic with management responsibility but without a doctorate until relative…
Teachers’ and teacher educators’ lives: The role of emotion
Teachers' and Ppils' Educational Experiences and School‐Based Responses to the Conflict in Northern Ireland
This article describes a study which examined (a) the impact of the political conflict on teachers' and ppils' experiences of education in Northern Ireland and (b) the impact of curricular‐based interventions designed to support the ppils and reduce prejudice. The focus of the second part of the article is on the prejudice reduction initiatives identified. A total of 44 staff and 78 ppils spread across 8 schools participated and both teachers' an…
Outside the Spoon Drawer, Naked and Skinless in Search of My Professional Esteem: The Tale of an “Academic Pro
This autoethnography explores the pain and unexpectedness of personal and professional learning in being challenged to find an other "voice" after years of being a "responsible anarchist" within the academy's traditional expectations. It tells of the emotions in setting forth on a self-chosen quest to uncover and understand the history of the author's shame as a female academic with management responsibility but without a doctorate until relative…
Harnessing the slipstream: Building educational research capacity in Northern Ireland. Size matters
Northern Ireland is uniquely distinguished from England, Scotland and Wales, by being a society in transition, emerging from a prolonged period of civil conflict and political instability that has affected its infrastructure and has increased the need for co-ordinated and specialist research. The paper traces some of the systemic challenges and opportunities for educational research capacity-building that arise from Northern Ireland being uniquel…
Caught in the conundrum: Neoliberalism and education in post-conflict Northern Ireland – Exploring shared education
Northern Ireland (NI) is emerging from a violent period in its troubled history and remains a society characterized by segregation between its two main communities. Nowhere is this more apparent than in education, where for the most part Catholic and Protestant pupils are educated separately. During the last 30 years there has been twofold pressure placed on the education system in NI – at one level to respond to intergroup tensions by promoting …
Pedagogy (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Irish and British Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Northern ireland (2 works) · Politics (2 works)