Current Supervised Research

Below is a list of current research topics currently being undertaken by our students:

Ph.D. research

Teacher on teacher bullying
The Correlation between Education, Ethnicity and Access to Poverty Alleviation Resources in Vietnam.
The effects of educational reform on Greek teachers
Documenting and analyzing the educational experiences of people with visual impairment in Ireland. (A Life story approach).
The influence of teachers' literacy history in their teaching of literacy to pupils with learning difficulties
School disipline and classroom management
The revival of the broad curriculum in three universities: Trinity (RoI), St Andrews (UK) and Brown (US)
Early socialisation of newly qualified primary teachers in Ireland
The role of drama in education in first language development in a designated disadvantaged school
Letting languages live. An examination of the role of drama in education in the modern foreign language class in Irish second level schools
An analysis of the motivation for take up of languages in senior cycle in Irish secondary schools
An evaluation of the current induction procedures for newly-appointed teachers in relation to their needs and the needs of the school
Compositional Writing at Primary School Level
Poetry in the Classroom
Developing a Chinese Ab Initio programme for University-Level learners: Design, Implementation and Evaluation.
Virtual learning environments for school leadership development: Towards a model of CMC-supported professional learning

Student Name	Thesis Title
Denise Burns	An exploration of the intellectual activity in the aims and assessment of selected subjects in the 2010 Leaving Certificate
Naila Burney Chugtai	Leaders or Jugglers? The Principal Dilemma: Irish Second-Level School Principals' Narratives, Identifying Selected Factors that Encourage/Limit Their Acting Ethically
Angela Coyne	Literacy: The Social and Emotional Factors affecting Literacy
Maria Garvey	Identification of Hidden Bullying in Schools - A sociometric approach
Mary Kent	The Role of the Bystander in School Bullying
Kathy Kipp	Authoring Our Education: Using Narrative to Explore the Student-Learner's Understanding of Self and Learning
Genevieve Murray	Teacher on Teacher Bullying
Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin	Project Maths - A Study of Pedagogical Implementation and Professional Development
Finin O’Seaghdha	Do teacher’s literacy histories inform their teaching? How does reflecting on their teaching inform / transform/ reform their literacy identities
Colman Ross	An investigation of the relationship between Adult Basic Education (ABE) and accessing poverty alleviation resources in selected ethnic minority communities in Vietnam
John Paul Sheridan	“I Believe In A God That I Believe In” – The Religious Identity of Primary School Student Teachers

The Continuing Professional Development of Language Teachers in the Republic of Ireland and a Language Teacher Portfolio Framework
The development of learner autonomy in student-teachers through a programme in basic Chinese using a language portfolio
Emotional and behavioural problems / Self-Esteem Enhancement.
Teacher readiness for teaching social and political education
Intercultuyralism and Cross Cultural Issues in Education
Reading and writing Chinese characters by learners of Chinese as L2
Educational philosophy and higher education reform: a Humboldtian view of two reform cases
Exploring dance education for student teachers
CSPE Assessment
ICTS
Mathematics Education
The transition from media education to media literacy in English schools, c1960-2008
Socialisation and cultural adaptation in international students in Ireland
Arts and Social Regeneration
Analysis of the written language of learners of English as a second language in post-primary schools
A longitudinal study of critical thinking in undergraduate general nursing students
Religious sensibilities and imaginaries in young Irish primary teachers
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy