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Kathleen Foley and Siobhan Weekes discuss why academic events are key for emerging researchers in professional learning;not just for the theory, but for finding your tribe and seeing your work through a new lens. tinyurl.com/4w5vd9v7

📢 Join us in DCU Institute of Education on June 5th and 6th for our two-day assembly devoted to discussing and sharing research on professional learning. 📢

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Really looking forward to this event. Fabulous keynotes! Check it out! #PLAssenbly2026 #professionallearning More information here: sites.google.com/dcu.ie/profe...

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@pdiejournal.bsky.social editors Professor Laura Desimone, Professor Ken Jones and Dr Fiona King catching up at @aeraedresearch.bsky.social 2025

@fiona-king.bsky.social, Chair of the Editorial Board & @kenjonespdie.bsky.social represented @pdiejournal.bsky.social at @aeraedresearch.bsky.social 2025, meeting up with @pdiejournal.bsky.social & @ipda-prof-learn.bsky.social colleagues from around the globe & running a Meet the Editors Session

What a great event. Many thanks to all in Glasgow for being wonderful hosts.

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1 day to go until the first @ipdaireland.bsky.social Emerging and Early Career Researcher Event.
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System leadership: implications and considerations for school leaders Published in School Leadership & Management: Formerly School Organisation (Ahead of Print, 2025)

From research across Wales, Scotland & Ireland, new paper with Fiona King, Romina Madrid, Michelle Jones & Alma Harris explores system leadership. Free downloads 👇

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📣 Emerging and early career researchers - join the International Professional Development Association Ireland online event on 20th March, 5pm, hosted by @niamhhickey.bsky.social
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Wonderful to see so many of our EdD students at this launch. Well done @aoifebren.bsky.social on a great evening.

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ECER 2025, Belgrade. Learn about the Keynote Speakers (https://buff.ly/4gfs4uf and find the Call for Proposals and how to submit to #ECER2025 (https://buff.ly/4gfOHhA Submission deadline: 31 January

Experiencing is different to knowing: recognising the importance of principals’ informal professional learning in Brazil Looking at opportunities for learning during moments of chaos and disequilibrium can lead to the understanding of contingency as a resource for learning. Internationally, the pandemic enabled new w...

New paper at @pdiejournal.bsky.social
In this paper, we discussed the informal learning experienced by school leaders in Brazil during the pandemic. This period provided an opportunity for principals to experience new ways of learning about and resolving issues of equity within their schools.

I am very excited about the launch of the DCU Centre for Inclusive Pedagogy on Monday, 27th January, @6pm - keynote by the eminent Prof Mel Ainscow.

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Relational coherence in middle leading for school-based professional development Middle leadership is recognised as being critical in and for school-based professional development. Increasingly over the last decade, the nature, role, and practices of middle leaders in leading c...

Just published online - Relational coherence in middle leading for school-based professional development by
Christine Edwards-Groves, Peter Grootenboer, Sharon Tindall-Ford & Catherine Attard. More information @ bit.ly/4a5VhW8

Professional Development in Education Volume 50, Issue 6 of Professional Development in Education

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Call for Papers for a Special Issue on:
Professional Development and Learning of Teachers Teaching Out-of-Field (OOF)
In the first instance, we require a structured abstract of 500 words by 04/04/25
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