CHRIS McCANN
Biographic Data
| ID | 5707184 |
|---|---|
| NAME | CHRIS McCANN |
| GIVEN NAMES | CHRIS |
| FAMILY NAME | McCANN |
| SIGNATURE | MCCANN C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
“Beidh ár dTigh Hughes féin againn”
This article examines the symbolism of music and dance in Meadhbh Ní Eadhra’s short story “Cuairteoirí” [“Visitors”], published in the October 2020 edition of Comhar. “Cuairteoirí” is set in a Connemara nursing home, where two residents come to terms with disorientation and isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic. The arrival of a band of musicians to perform a concert presents an opportunity for rejuvenation. Drawing on a multidisciplinary theore…
Modifying ‘Creative Writing’ in the Classroom
S ummary . The investigation was carried out in a comprehensive school from November to June of a school year with a class of 26 third‐year pupils of average ability. Behaviour modification techniques were used in an attempt to raise the pupils' performance in creative writing, using the variables fluency, elaboration and flexibility. Following a baseline phase in which the pupils' scores on the variables were neither rising nor falling, a proced…
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Modifying ‘Creative Writing’ in the Classroom
S ummary . The investigation was carried out in a comprehensive school from November to June of a school year with a class of 26 third‐year pupils of average ability. Behaviour modification techniques were used in an attempt to raise the pupils' performance in creative writing, using the variables fluency, elaboration and flexibility. Following a baseline phase in which the pupils' scores on the variables were neither rising nor falling, a proced…
“Beidh ár dTigh Hughes féin againn”
This article examines the symbolism of music and dance in Meadhbh Ní Eadhra’s short story “Cuairteoirí” [“Visitors”], published in the October 2020 edition of Comhar. “Cuairteoirí” is set in a Connemara nursing home, where two residents come to terms with disorientation and isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic. The arrival of a band of musicians to perform a concert presents an opportunity for rejuvenation. Drawing on a multidisciplinary theore…
Art (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Creativity (1 work) · Dance (1 work) · Developmental psychology (1 work) · Education and Critical Thinking Development (1 work) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (1 work) · Elaboration (1 work) · Epistemology (1 work) · Flexibility (engineering) (1 work)