Meet our current research students in the School of Education in 2022 who have specific research areas of interest. Read more about their thesis subjects below or get in touch.
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KEHINDE CHARLES AKINWARERE | Title to follow. Read more
Supervisor: Professor Damian Murchan
MARGARET MARY AMOND | An exploration of the nature and niche of TeachMeet in a professional learning landscape. Read more
Twitter: @magsamond
Supervisors: Dr. Keith Johnston and Dr. Richard Millwood
MARY BEARE AUST | The Role of the External Examiner in Humanities Degree Programmes in Ireland Quality Assurance Assessment. Read more
Supervisor: Dr. John Walsh
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.
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: Professor 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: Professor 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: Professor 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 Professor 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
CAROLINE LLOYD | Texploring the experiences of female adolescent gestnatal (from conception to 28 days post birth) deaths from a bio-psycho-social perspective. Read more
Twitter: @TheGriefGeek
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.
ROBERT MATTHEWS | An evaluation of the implementation of 21st Century teaching and learningapproaches with an early school leaving cohort on the Youthreach programme. Read more
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
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.
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
MAEVE O'REGAN | Networked in or networked out? Exploring learners' experiences of completing a PhD part-time within the university sector in Ireland. Read more
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: Professor Cononr 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
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
JEAN REALE | Title to follow. Read more
Supervisor: Dr. Joanne Banks
KE REN | Recognising Fathers/Dads: Fathers/Dads Role and Involvement in the Life of Children with Special Educational Needs and/or Disability (SEN/D) within the Context of Early Intervention (EI). Read more
MENGI WANG | Read more
Twitter: @Mengdi20
Supervisor: Dr. An Devitt
XINING WANG | Title to follow. Read more
CHELSEA ANN WHITTAKER | Multilingualism and Hybridity: Language policy, proficiency and identity among children from new Irish backgrounds. Read more
TATYANA ALEXANDROVNA ZUBRZYCKI | Read more
Supervisors: Professor Andrew Loxley and Dr. John Walsh
