📢 Call for Abstracts!
We’re inviting the entire professional learning community - from career academics to practitioners and emerging researchers -to share their work at our upcoming event on 5-6 June.
📅 Deadline: 5th May, 5pm
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The energy around the Professional Learning Research and Practice Assembly is already beginning to build. DCU in Dublin is the place to be on 5/6 June. But if you can’t be there sign up as a supporter and be kept informed of all developments being planned. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
There's a unique energy in a room full of people in your field.
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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Professional Learning enthusiasts- assemble! (and spread the word!) #PLAssembly2026 #edchatie #edusky #spéirghorm #academia #professionallearning More information here: sites.google.com/dcu.ie/profe...
If Professional Learning lies at the heart of your practice or research, join us in @dcuioe.bsky.social for this fantasic event on 5-6 June.
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Having spent the last academic year exploring professional learning and having been fortunate enough to take part in sessions facilitated by members of this group, I can already imagine how rich this event will be! #edchatie #edusky #professionallearning #edchat #research #researchsky #academicsky
Delighted to be part of the organising group for this fantastic event.
Join us at Dublin City University on June 5th and 6th for stimulating research and thought-provoking discussion within the ever-widening field of professional learning.
👉🏻 Register here: sites.google.com/dcu.ie/profe...
I'm really looking forward to this @ipda-prof-learn.bsky.social
event where teacher workload in Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales will be explored and discussed through recent research.
👇 More information and registration below.
@ipdaireland.bsky.social
Delighted to chair Session 1 Room 3 as @helenconc.bsky.social discusses her research on school readiness to address FMG under the Problem of Practice strand at this year’s #DCU_PGRUnconf25 @dcuioe.bsky.social
A warm welcome to our next @dcuioe.bsky.social Unconference presenter @choganHERE whos is discussing her exploration of Home Economics teachers' experiences of sexism in Irish post-primary schools under the Problem of Practice strand. #DCU_PGRUnconf25
A facinating keynote address from Dr. Catherine Dean on research integrity to kick off this year's @dcuioe.bsky.social's Unconference. #DCU_PGRUnconf25
I'm very much looking forward to taking part in tomorrow's @dcuioe.bsky.social's Unconference . As well as chairing a session, I'll be presenting on the topic of student teacher mentorship.
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⏰⏰⏰ The countdown is on for @dcuioe.bsky.social's #Unconference on May 21st 2025! This fantastic online peer-led event showcases the wide-range of work being undertaken by early-career researchers in the IoE.
Click here to register! tinyurl.com/23kbzrwz (also, any excuse to post cat gifs... 😅)
Hearing my doctoral supervisor, @sabrinafitzsimons.bsky.social, present these important & stark findings at #esai25 was quite something. I've several teacher & principal friends who'll benefit from knowing that they're not alone in how they feel. @dcucreate.bsky.social @dcuioe.bsky.social #edchatie
Immensely proud to have received the #ESAI ECR Award today. @esai-irl.bsky.social thank you so very much.
A great few days at #esai25 of presenting and meeting colleagues and friends, old and new. Nothing quite like it to fill up my own research bucket and to motivate me dissertation-wise. Meeting Gaston McCarthy was the best. 😊 @dcuioe.bsky.social
See you there, Dee!
It's going to be a great few days in Athlone for #esai25. I'll be taking part in one of the ERC roundtables, where I will be discussing my critical policy analysis of Droichead and teacher induction in Ireland.
➡️ Full paper here: zenodo.org/records/1441...
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I am very much looking forward to taking part in IPDA Ireland's inaugural Emerging and Early Career Researchers event next week.
🗓️20th March from 5pm-6:30pm
👩🏼🏫Host: IPDA committee member @niamhhickey.bsky.social
✅Register via this link: www.eventbrite.ie/e/ipda-irela...
Submissions are now open for the 2025 @weraedresearch.bsky.social Visiting Researcher Award at CAE, NIE NTU, Singapore. Great opportunity for any educational researcher interested in working at one of the premier global research institutes. weraonline.org/submissions-.... #educationalresearch
Picture of the paper's abstract which reads: Post-primary students in Ireland are awarded the Leaving Certificate after passing the required assessments that occur inthe final year of senior-cycle education. While planned changeshave introduced incremental adjustments as to how assessment in this state-certified qualification is undertaken, recent unplanned events such as the COVID-19 pandemic have accelerated discussions on future assessment reforms. As we arrive at the centenary of the Leaving Certificate’s foundation, it seems timelyto review the empirical research that has been conducted on the assessment approaches that it currently uses. Taking the publication of the Commission on the Points System in 1999 as a starting point and using Arksey and O’Malley’s. (2005) six-step approach for scoping reviews, 107 publications up to 2024 were included in this study. Analysis and synthesis of the studies resulted in five broad research topics: Curriculum Development and Assessment Reform, Maths and Science Education, Fairness, Transition to Higher Education, and Emergency Measures. The results of this study highlight past researchand policy priorities as well as gaps within the existing literature. Itis hoped that the freely available database arising from this study will help to inform future research and policy agendas pertaining to Leaving Certificate assessment. The abstract's title is: Back to the future? Reflections from 25 years of empirical research on Leaving Certificate assessment in Ireland. It was written by Paula Lehane, Gillian O'Connor and Michael O'Leary
📢 New publication (from last month, yes, but still!)
A scoping review of research on assessment in Ireland’s Leaving Certificate (1999–2024)! 📚 With the LC's centenary approaching, now is the perfect time to take stock of the empirical research on LC assessment. 🧵👇1/11
I'm an Yr 3 EdD in @DCU_IoE & can't believe all I've achieved & done with the support from the amazing EdD team.
There's a new intake this year. So, if you've been thinking about applying, listen to Ted. Ted knows. 👉https://tinyurl.com/yck93uud
@dcuioe.bsky.social @alangorman.bsky.social
@sccenglish.bsky.social, can you please follow me? I have a topic for #edchatie I'd like to message you about. Thank you!
#EdChatie on Bluesky" All sessions on Monday evenings, 8:30-9:30 pm. Jan 13th: How can Ireland address its teacher recruitment and retention crisis? Host: @humphreyjones.bsky.social Jan 27th: AI in Irish education. Host: @john-hurley.bsky.social Feb 10th: Cognitive Science in Irish education. Host: @patjburke.bsky.social (circled in black) Feb 24th: Supporting additional needs in Irish schools: barriers and opportunities. Host: @trinagolden.bsky.social Mar 10th: Leadership in Irish schools: challenges and opportunities. Host: @joerolston.bsky.social Mar 24th: ESD in Ireland: the role of education in helping Ireland become climate leaders. Host: @codiel1cory@bsky.social April 7th: Leaving Certificate reform: pros and cons. Host: @sccenglish.bsky.social
#edchatie on this coming Monday evening is on 'cognitive science in Irish education'. Join host @patjburke.bsky.social for another productive chat.
Future topics this term: supporting special needs, leadership, climate leadership and Leaving Certificate reform.
Two vacancies for next term too!
Our BEd1s had my AMA Professional Placement session priorities straight... 😄 @dcuioe.bsky.social
A good book with a more than decent pint in Neary's... a not-too-shabby bank holiday Sunday evening.
We have to discuss environmental implications of AI! Not spoken about enough unfortunately.
We have a duty to inform ourselves and our students of these ethical issues and model good practice.
Do we have to use AI for every post, lesson, image generation? #edchatie
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🎉 We are looking forward to welcoming registered guests to the DCU Centre for Inclusive Pedagogy launch. Details have been emailed to guests. We have a very exciting lineup of speakers 👇
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