Joe Travers

Biographic Data

ID3845119
NAMEJoe Travers
GIVEN NAMESJoe
FAMILY NAMETravers
SIGNATURETRAVERS J
AFFILIATIONSDublin City University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS8
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX1

  • The suitability of Irish immersion education for children with special educational needs

    Sinéad Nic Aindriú, Pádraig Ó Duibhir et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2024

    Additive bilingualism has long been reported as a benefit of immersion education. Nevertheless, the suitability of this form of education and bilingualism for children with special educational needs (SEN) has been much debated. Recent studies show that children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), specific speech and language disorder (SSLD), and dyslexia can acquire varying levels of proficiency in a second language. Nevertheless, research has h…

  • The Design and Content of an Online Continuous Professional Development Course in Special Education for Teachers in Irish Immersion Primary and Post-Primary Schools

    Open AccessSinéad Nic Aindriú, Lorraine Connaughton-Crean et al.ARTICLEEducation Sciences2023

    This article discusses the design and content of an online continuous professional development (CPD) course in special education provision for students in Irish immersion (IM) primary and post-primary schools. The course was developed using the data from a mixed methods study on the needs of teachers in this area. This article describes the ABC course design method used. It presents the five modules of the course: (1) bilingualism and second lang…

  • The CPD Needs of Irish-Medium Primary and Post-Primary Teachers in Special Education

    Open AccessSinéad Nic Aindriú, Pádraig Ó Duibhir et al.ARTICLEEducation Sciences2022

    There are few professional development courses available to teachers with a focus on meeting the special educational needs (SEN) of students in immersion education contexts worldwide. The continuous professional development (CPD) needs of immersion education teachers in SEN are under researched internationally. This study investigated the CPD needs of primary and post-primary Irish immersion education teachers (N = 133) in SEN using an anonymous …

  • A Survey of Assessment and Additional Teaching Support in Irish Immersion Education

    Open AccessSinéad Nic Aindriú, Pádraig Ó Duibhir et al.ARTICLELanguages2021Cited by: 1References: 39

    This study investigates the assessment methods used in Irish immersion schools to identify students for additional teaching support. An overview is provided of the percentage of students receiving additional teaching support in this context and whether there is a higher rate of students accessing additional teaching support in Irish immersion schools than English-medium schools. The challenges of assessment through Irish as a second language are …

  • Supporting the enactment of inclusive pedagogy in a primary school

    Open AccessAoife Brennan, Fiona King et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2019Cited by: 7References: 7

    While inclusion has generally been accepted as orthodoxy, a knowledge – practice gap remains which indicates a need to focus on inclusive pedagogy. This paper explores how teachers in the Republic of Ireland primary school were supported to develop inclusive pedagogy to meet the needs of learners with special educational needs (SEN). It is underpinned by a conceptual framework which combines an inclusive pedagogical approach and key principles of…