RESEARCHER PROFILE
Glenda Walsh
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Stranmillis University College
Glenda Walsh works in Early Childhood Education and Development, Education Methods and Practices, Education Pedagogy and Practices, Teacher Education and Leadership Studies, Educational Games and Gamification. Recorded institutional associations include Queen's University Belfast, Stranmillis University College.
40Publications
408Citations
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Selected research works
Up to 100 highly cited works; DOI links open the original research. Counts reflect the collected record, not real-time citation totals.
An appropriate curriculum for 4–5‐year‐old children in Northern Ireland: comparing play‐based and formal approaches
2006 · 59 citationsImplementing a play‐based and developmentally appropriate curriculum in Northern Ireland primary schools: what lessons have we learned?
2010 · 43 citationsFrom policy to practice?: the reality of play in primary school classes in Northern Ireland
2013 · 42 citationsAssessing the quality of early years learning environments
2005 · 36 citations‘It’s teaching … but not as we know it’: using participatory learning theories to resolve the dilemma of teaching in play-based practice
2017 · 33 citationsPlayful structure: a novel image of early years pedagogy for primary school classrooms
2011 · 28 citationsPlayful Teaching and Learning
2017 · 28 citationsTeachers' readiness to embrace change in the early years of schooling: A Northern Ireland perspective
2006 · 22 citationsImpact of a play‐based curriculum in the first two years of primary school: literacy and numeracy outcomes over seven years
2013 · 19 citationsChanging mindsets: the benefits of implementing a professional development model in early childhood settings in Ireland
2012 · 14 citationsMore than ‘just play’: picking out three dimensions of a balanced early years pedagogy
2019 · 14 citations‘What’s all the fuss about play’? Expanding student teachers’ beliefs and understandings of play as pedagogy in practice
2019 · 13 citationsSignalling playfulness: disguising work as play in the early years’ classroom
2021 · 8 citationsDebating the transition from play-based to formal practice: implications for Early Years teachers and policymakers
2008 · 6 citationsThe play versus formal debate : a study of early years provision in Northern Ireland and Denmark
2000 · 5 citationsThe National Picture
2024 · 4 citationsEarly Years Professionalism: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities
2011 · 4 citationsEducational Underachievement in Northern Ireland: Evidence Summary
2020 · 4 citationsGetting a better picture of the ‘whole’ child: A case for interprofessional learning in early childhood staff training
2020 · 4 citationsIn need of review: Developing Sensory Provision in Northern Ireland’s Mainstream Primary classrooms
2021 · 4 citationsNorthern Ireland
2007 · 4 citationsThe Early Years Enriched Curriculum Evaluation Project: Rationale for the Research Design
2003 · 3 citationsThe Early Years Enriched Curriculum Evaluation Project: First Year Report
2001 · 3 citationsThe Early Years Enriched Curriculum Evaluati on Project (EYECEP) End-of-Phase 2, Report 1 Overview: Evaluati on Strategy and Curriculum Implementati on
2009 · 2 citationsTeachers readiness to embrace change in the early years of schooling
2006 · 2 citations