Carina Girvan
Biographic Data
| ID | 6154701 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Carina Girvan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Carina |
| FAMILY NAME | Girvan |
| SIGNATURE | GIRVAN C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cardiff University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5846-3524 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Digitally Un/Free
This article offers an original contribution to the crucial question of how digital media impacts children and young people’s everyday lives. Focus groups with young people aged 11–21 years, and interviews with teachers in schools in England revealed digital media can be a source of contention between young people and their parents or carers. Our research revealed that children and young people have a paradoxical relationship with the Internet be…
Overcoming barriers to teaching 21C skills
The global twenty-first century (21C) skills agenda has become a common feature in the educational policy of many countries. However, teachers can face operational, definitional and systemic barriers to the integration of 21C skills in practice. The operational barriers include insufficient teacher capacity, which in turn is influenced by insufficient teaching materials and ultimately teacher beliefs. This paper explores how we can address these …
Constructionism moving forward
Extending experiential learning in teacher professional development
This paper introduces the use of experiential learning during the early stages of teacher professional development. Teachers observe student outcomes from the very beginning of the process and experience new pedagogical approaches as learners themselves before adapting and implementing them in their own classrooms. This research explores the implementation of this approach with teachers in Irish second level schools who are being asked to make si…
Editors’ Report
Editors’ Report
Extending experiential learning in teacher professional development
This paper introduces the use of experiential learning during the early stages of teacher professional development. Teachers observe student outcomes from the very beginning of the process and experience new pedagogical approaches as learners themselves before adapting and implementing them in their own classrooms. This research explores the implementation of this approach with teachers in Irish second level schools who are being asked to make si…
Editors’ Report
Editors’ Report
Editors’ Report
Extending experiential learning in teacher professional development
This paper introduces the use of experiential learning during the early stages of teacher professional development. Teachers observe student outcomes from the very beginning of the process and experience new pedagogical approaches as learners themselves before adapting and implementing them in their own classrooms. This research explores the implementation of this approach with teachers in Irish second level schools who are being asked to make si…
Editors’ Report
Constructionism moving forward
Digitally Un/Free
This article offers an original contribution to the crucial question of how digital media impacts children and young people’s everyday lives. Focus groups with young people aged 11–21 years, and interviews with teachers in schools in England revealed digital media can be a source of contention between young people and their parents or carers. Our research revealed that children and young people have a paradoxical relationship with the Internet be…
Overcoming barriers to teaching 21C skills
The global twenty-first century (21C) skills agenda has become a common feature in the educational policy of many countries. However, teachers can face operational, definitional and systemic barriers to the integration of 21C skills in practice. The operational barriers include insufficient teacher capacity, which in turn is influenced by insufficient teaching materials and ultimately teacher beliefs. This paper explores how we can address these …
Psychology (6 works) · Mathematics education (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies (2 works) · Human auditory perception and evaluation (2 works) · Legal case studies and regulations (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Professional development (2 works)