Current Doctoral Students in Education

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KEHINDE CHARLES AKINWARERE | Title to follow. Read more

Supervisor: Dr. Damian Murchan

CATHERINE MARY BRUEN | Experience in the areas of Digital Learning, Online Education and Learning Design for Higher Level Education and Private Sector. Read more

Supervisor: Dr. Keith Johnston 

CLODAGH BYRNE | A critical analysis of contemporary policies on widening participation in Ireland and their influence on HE policy and practices relating to mature students.

Supervisor: Dr. John Walsh

Stella W.W. CHOY | Effectiveness of block play in reducing anxiety for children with ASD and typically developing children. Read more

LinkedIn: stella-choy-005b667b

Supervisor: Dr. Conor Mc Guckin and Dr. Miriam Twomey

JOSEPH DALYOP DAVOU| What is Taught and What is Learnt: Understanding the Hidden Curriculum from a Non-Western Perspective. Read more

Supervisor: Dr. Andrew Loxley 

CLARA MARIA FIORENTINI | Language acquisition, transitions to formal literacy, unconstrained literacy skills and language development through playful pedagogy. Read more

Twitter: @/L_MissTeacher

Supervisor: Dr. Ann Devitt 

DANIEL GRIFFIN | Mixed Reality (XR) Tools for Distributed Teamwork. Read more

Supervisors: Dr. Jake Byrne and Professor Brendan Tangney

SYLVIA HEALY | The role of informal public health education in the mitigation of infectious respiratory disease transmission.

Supervisor: Dr. Joseph Roche

VANESSA LONG HOGARTY | Vanessa’s research explores the lived experiences of learners entering higher education labour activation programmes (Springboard+) in Ireland. Read more

Supervisor: Dr. Conor Mc Guckin 

JUNGMI HUR | The effects of drama to promote learners’ creative writing in 1st-year secondary school in South Korea.

Supervisor: Dr. Erika Piazzoli

PAMELA KELLY | Playing the generation game? A Case Study exploring the experiences of Inter-generational Familial Participation in Higher Education. Read more

Supervisors: Dr. Aidan Seery and Dr. Andrew Loxley  

MARIA KENNEDY | Doctoral Research Title: Exploring the contribution that parent expert groups in a DEIS primary school make to developing workshops to promote family learning, home school links, and parental confidence. Read more

Supervisors: Dr. Ann Devitt and Dr. Joanne Banks

QINYUAN LI | Third Language Learning Strategies: How Do English (L1) and Irish (L2) Speaking Learners Learn Chinese?. Read more

Supervisors: Dr. Ann Devitt and Dr. Noel O Murchadha

DEREK MAHER | How can the Transition Year Mathematics Curriculum be developed to best prepare students for Senior Cycle Mathematics in Ireland?. Read more

Supervisor: Dr. Aibhin Bray

CIARA A. MATHEWS | Educating and Elevating the Digital Parent: The mediating role of risk perception on Internet-specific Parental Self-Efficacy.

Supervisor: Dr. Conor Mc Guckin

ROBERT MATTHEWS | An evaluation of the implementation of 21st Century teaching and learning
approaches with an early school leaving cohort on the Youthreach programme. Read more

Supervisor: Dr. Keith Johnston

TARA MCGOWAN | An investigation into the perspectives of students and teachers on the use of Universal Design for Learning to support the Inclusion of Learners in Mainstream Classrooms. Read more

Twitter: @taramcgowan84 

Supervisor: Dr. Aibhín Bray and Dr. Joanne Banks

CAROLINE MCKEOWN | The Transition to Computer-Based Assessment in PISA 2015: A question of validity? Student ‎process and test-taking behaviour in relation to science achievement in Ireland. Read more

Twitter: @cazmckeown

Supervisor: Dr. Damian Murchan

SINÉAD MORAN | Sinéad's research looks at the role of the Early Years Professional with a particular focus on Early Intervention. The research examines the role from multiple perspectives. 

Supervisor: Dr. Conor Mc Guckin

ANNA ABSALOM MWAKITALU| Education, Education management and leadership, Higher Education, Gender and Quality Assurance and Control. Read more

Supervisors: Dr. Joseph Roche and Dr. Susan Murphy

 MÁIRÉAD NALLY| Interests include inquiry-based learning, habits of mind, children's agency, teacher's agency and curriculum development. Read more

Twitter: @MaireadNally

Supervisors: Professor Colette Murphy and Dr Karin Bacon

CATHERINE O’REILLY | Thinking and talking/talking and thinking: Exploring storytelling as pedagogy with young children to provoke emergent critical thinking skills. Read more

Twitter: @story4thinking

Website: https://learningaloud.ie/ 

Supervisor:  Dr. Ann Devitt and Professor Nóirin Hayes 

EVA PEREZ | Eva's research focuses on the use of social media as a teaching and learning tool by academics within higher education. She is exploring how best to integrate Social Media platforms from a pedagogical perspective in order to enhance student's learning experiences.

LinkedIn: @pereze

Twitter: @perezgEva

Supervisor: Dr. Conor Mc Guckin

MARY QUIRKE | Research interests include Universal Design, Universal Design for Learning, Inclusion, Disability, Bronfenbrenner and Freire; an unlikely combination yet with similar philosophies of inclusivity; philosophies that take a human, emancipatory and empowering approach. Read more

Twitter: @msmaryquirke

Supervisor: Dr. Conor Mc Guckin 

DAVID REILLY | I am researching a mentoring programme operated in 20 Deis secondary schools around Dublin by the Trinity Access Programme. Read more

Twitter: @davereilly91

Supervisor: Dr. Andrew Loxley

JEAN REALE | Title to follow. Read more

Supervisor: Dr. Joanne Banks

MENGI WANG |  Read more

Twitter: @Mengdi20

Supervisor: Dr. An Devitt

XINING WANG | Title to follow. Read more

Supervisor: Dr. Conor Mc Guckin 

CHELSEA ANN WHITTAKER | Multilingualism and Hybridity: Language policy, proficiency and identity among children from new Irish backgrounds. Read more

Supervisors: Dr. Ann Devitt and Dr. Noel O Murchadha

TATYANA ALEXANDROVNA ZUBRZYCKI | Read more

Supervisors: Dr. Andrew Loxley and Dr. John Walsh