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Research

Masters/ PhD students/ Teaching Council Awards

 

  1. Completed: DCU: M.Ed.: A Qualitative Exploration of Leaders’ Perceptions of their Traits and Behaviours Within the DCU Irish Changemaker Schools Network and the Influence of a Network on Leaders.

     

  2. UCD: Cultivating an Entrepreneurial Mindset? A Critical exploration of a set of collaborative workshops aimed at developing an Entrepreneurial Mindset at a Changemaker Primary School in Ireland using action research.

     

  3. DCU: PhD Sea School and place-based learning

     

  4. DCU: PhD Networks

     

  5. John Coolahan Research Support Framework Award: A critical exploration of the ‘Our Voices Our Schools’ programme to promote professional collaboration and learning with two DCU Changemaker Schools to uncover hidden student voices.

     

  6. John Coolahan Research Support Framework Award: "Student Voice: Reinventing the Student Council: An investigation into a new model and approach to the inclusion of student voice in primary school"

 

 

 

 

Paper Abstracts Accepted / Presented: 

 

ESAI Conference 2024: Symposium: What can we learn from the practices of DCU Changemaker Schools? 

 

  • Paper 1:“It Brings out the Best in Us”: Student Perceptions of the Value of being in a DCU Changemaker School
  • Paper 2: Teacher Perceptions of the Value of Being in the DCU Changemaker Schools Network
  • Paper 3: Principal Perceptions of the Value of Being in the DCU Changemaker Schools Network
  • Paper 4: Fostering Teacher Agency: Insights from DCU Changemaker Schools
  • Paper 5: Examining Culture in DCU Changemaker Schools

 

BERA Conference (Sept 2024):

  • Paper: Teacher Perceptions of Pedagogy and Pupils’ Learning in Irish Primary DCU Changemaker Schools
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