Firefly Ed
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School disengagement is not a character issue. It develops gradually through academic difficulty, low belonging, and a sense that schoolwork… Read more.
7–11 minutes -
Creative engagement in adolescence supports wellbeing, identity and a sense of earned competence that school may not offer. Adolescence is… Read more.
8–12 minutes -
Boredom is uncomfortable, and it is also useful. It activates a brain network linked to creativity, self-reflection and identity development.… Read more.
6–9 minutes -
Most adolescents try alcohol or another substance at some point, and most of that experimentation goes no further. What separates… Read more.
7–10 minutes -
Parental separation affects teenagers differently from younger children, and most adjust without lasting difficulty. A hard adjustment is predicted less… Read more.
7–10 minutes -
Some tension between family expectations and who a teenager is becoming is a normal part of growing up. In some… Read more.
7–11 minutes -
Most adolescents feel unhappy with how they look at some point, and most never develop a clinical condition. What separates… Read more.
7–10 minutes -
Some academic pressure motivates. Once it becomes sustained and tied to a teenager’s sense of identity, it drives anxiety, avoidance,… Read more.
7–11 minutes -
Mutual respect, emotional safety, and the ability to disagree and repair mark a healthy adolescent relationship more reliably than how… Read more.
7–11 minutes -
A first romantic relationship is a formative experience in its own right. It teaches a teenager how closeness, trust and… Read more.
7–11 minutes
Methods
- Weekly field observations along fixed routes.
- Short interviews using a consistent guide.
- Sensor readings checked at the start of each session.
- Cleaning decisions documented as a changelog.
- Processing: normalized timestamps; flagged gaps; spot-checked outliers.
- Limits: some missing intervals during battery replacement.
Data & Ethics
Data
Upon request, sensitive locations have been removed from the public files. License: CC BY 4.0 for shared materials.
Ethics
Consent protocols used where applicable.
Contact
fieldnoteslab@ucc.ie