Education Studies

Biographical Details:

B.A., University College Dublin, 1989: H.Dip.Ed., University College Dublin, 1990: Diploma in Montessori Education, St. Nicholas College, 1992: Masters in Education,University College Dublin, 1995: Ph.D (NUI) 2005: Dr. Walsh worked as a post-primary school teacher from 1989-2000 teaching English, History, Geography and Classical Studies.

Research Interests:

Dr. Walsh lectures in the fields of History of Education, Educational Policy and Teaching Methodology. He has a particular research interest in teacher induction and worked as researcher on the National Teacher Induction Pilot Project 2005-2006. He is currently researching the history of teaching and teachers in Ireland within the context of personal/professional histories with a view to publishing a History of Teaching in Ireland 1535-2008 in 2012. In 2006 he established the Teaching Voice archive to begin collecting and collating the recollections of the teaching profession in Ireland. Dr.Walsh is Director of Teaching Practice at Dublin City University overseeing the Graduate Diploma in Education, Science Education Degree and Physical Education and Biology Degree. <p>Dr Walsh discusses new book, Irish Education Studies key disciplines. <a href="http://insideeducation.podbean.com/2011/05/24/programme-95-foundation-disciplines-of-education-15-5-11/" target="_blank">Click here for the radio interview.

Selected Peer Reviewed Journals

• Brendan J. Walsh. 2013. Turning Knowledge into Money: Ireland's Universities and the Free-Market Economy. Studies, Vol. 101. No. 402, Summer 2012
• Brendan J. Walsh. 2007. Asking the Right Questions: Teacher Education in the Republic of Ireland. Education Research And Perspectives, 33, Number 2, pp37-59.
• Brendan J. Walsh. 2006. The Challenge of Change: Secondary Schooling in Ireland 1922 - 1998. History Of Education Researcher, 78, 78, pp95-104.
• Brendan J. Walsh. 2006. Schoolmaster of All-Ireland: A Response to Dr. David Limond. History Of Education Review, 35, 2, pp32-44.

Selected Books

• Brendan J. Walsh (ed.). Degrees of Nonsense: The Demise of the University in Ireland, Glasnevin Publications, 2013.
• Brendan J. Walsh (ed.). Education Studies in Ireland: Key Disciplines, Gill and MacMillan, 2011.
• Brendan J. Walsh. A Guide to Teaching Practice in Ireland, Gillmacmillan, 2008.
• Brendan J. Walsh. The Pedagogy of Protest: The Educational Thought and Work of Patrick H. Pearse, Peter Lang, 2007.

Selected Chapters

• Brendan J. Walsh. 2013. The Yakademy: Challenging the Nonsense of the Corporate University. , pp25-35.
• Higgins, R & Ui Chollatain, R. 2009. Radicalising the Classroom: Pearse and the Pedagogy of Progressivism. The Life and After-Life of P.H.Pearse, pp220---233.

Reviews

• Brendan J. Walsh. .

Selected Non-peer Reviewed Journals

• Brendan J. Walsh. 2012. "The poor old nuns get blamed for everything".

• Maureen Killeavy, Brendan Walsh, Judith Harford, Sheelagh Drudy., An Analysis of the Needs of Newly Qualified Teachers in Ireland. , In: n/a ed.American Educational Research Association Conference., - , San Diego, USA,, n/a - n/a
• Walsh, Brendan., The Value of Nothing: Reflections on the price of the modern university, In: Dr. Catherine Kavanagh ed.The Philosophy of Education, - , Mary Immaculate College, Limerick
• Walsh, Brendan, Dolan, Rose, Harford, Judith., The Rhetoric and Reality of Induction Policy in Ireland: An examination of the contradictions between educational policy and provision in Ireland pertaining to teacher induction., Education Studies Association of Ireland, Dublin April 2006. , 03-MAR-06 - 05-MAR-06, Dublin April 2006.
• Walsh, Brendan, The Challenge of Change: Secondary Schooling in Ireland 1922 - 1998., In: Kevin Myers. Stephane Spencer ed.History of Education (UK) Annual Conference, 01-NOV-05 - 03-NOV-05, University of Birmingham, UK, December 2005., 95 - 104
• Walsh, Brendan., Dolan, Rose., Teaching the Teachers? An investigation into the perceived preparedness of Higher Diploma in Education students. , In: n/a ed.European Educational Research Association., 09-SEP-05 - 11-SEP-05, University College Dublin,, n/a - n/a
• Maureen Killeavy, Judith Harford, Sheelagh Drudy, Brendan Walsh, Teacher Unions as Political Actors: Intentions and Consequences: Democratic Partnership in Establishing a National Policy on Teacher Induction. , In: n/a ed.American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada, April 2005, 10-APR-05 - 14-APR-05, Montreal, Canada, April 2005, n/a - n/a
• Walsh, Brendan., Education and its Discontents: The Importance of Early Twentieth Century Radical Educational Thought. , In: Kevin Meyers, Stephane Spencer ed.The History of Education Society Annual Conference, Trinity College, Dublin November 2004., 03-NOV-04 - 05-NOV-05, Trinity College, Dublin, n/a - n/a
• Maureen Killeavy, Judith Harford, Sheelagh Drudy, Brendan Walsh, The Relevance of Theory and Practice to the Perceived Needs and Concerns of Newly Qualified Teachers in Irish Post-Primary Schools. , In: n/a ed.Association for Teacher Education in Europe Conference., 11-OCT-04 - 14-OCT-04, Sicily,, n/a - n/a
• Walsh, Brendan, Judith Harford, Maureen Killeavy, Sheelagh Drudy., Lesson Planning ¿ Action Research Based Models. Educational Studies Association of Ireland Conference, , In: n/a ed.Educational Studies Association of Ireland Conference,, 04-APR-04 - 05-APR-04, Educational Studies Association of Ireland Conference,, n/a - n/a
• Walsh, Brendan., Patriots, Pedagogues and the Challenge of Change. , In: n/a ed. Educational Studies Association of Ireland, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, April 2004. , 04-APR-04 - 06-APR-04, , n/a - n/a
• Walsh, Brendan., Contesting the Classroom: Schooling and Ideology in Ireland 1830-1930. , In: n/a ed.The Cork Historical and Archaeological Society, University College Cork, January 2004., 01-JAN-04 - 01-JAN-04, NUI Cork, n/a - n/a
• Walsh,Brendan., My Name in the Heart of a Child: Patrick Pearse and Irish Education. , In: Kevin Meyers ed.The History of Education Society Annual Conference,, 11-NOV-03 - 13-NOV-03, University of Cambridge, December 2003., n/a - n/a