Doctoral Theses
DCU Doctoral theses in Inclusive and Special Education available on the DORAS open access platform:
Ryan, Rachel (2025) The impact of including autistic students in the ‘Leadership for Inclusion’ team at an Irish mainstream post-primary School: An exploratory case study. Doctor of Education thesis, Dublin City University.
Kennedy Gardiner, Carol (2024) Ignored, Marginalised, and Often Traumatised: Using the experiences of learners deemed to have developmental coordination disorder (DCD) to chart a course towards more inclusive educational provision in Irish post-primary schools. Doctor of Education thesis, Dublin City University.
Love, Máire (2024) Exploring key educational stakeholders experiences of school-to-school collaboration within a professional learning community (PLC) for developing inclusive education. Doctor of Education thesis, Dublin City University.
Carolan, Trish (2024) Enhancing Behaviour Support: A practical staff training approach in an Irish special education context. Doctor of Education thesis, Dublin City University.
Raftery, Aidan (2024) Investigating the Role of a Community of Practice in Supporting Primary School Principals to Enact Inclusive School Leadership. Doctor of Education thesis, Dublin City University
Fleming, Julie Ann (2024) Teacher resilience in the face of systemic changes 2016-2021. Doctor of Education thesis, Dublin City University.
Green, Maggie (2024) ‘One of them is the way I think, the other is the way I am’: The Lived Educational Experiences of Autistic Trans and Non-Binary Students in the Republic of Ireland. Doctor of Education thesis, Dublin City University.
Flanagan, Elizabeth (2024) They have a right to be included: A neuro-affirmative approach to including autistic pupils with a significant learning disability alongside their peers. Doctor of Education thesis, Dublin City University.
Dunne, Orla (2023) The experiences of gifted LGBTQ post-primary students in Ireland. Doctor of Education thesis, Dublin City University.
Ward, Lisa (2023) Exploring the experiences of autistic children who avail of dual autism class and mainstream provision in Irish primary schools. Doctor of Education thesis, Dublin City University
Taylor, Jeff (2023) Exploring perceptions of inclusion in higher education. Doctor of Education thesis, Dublin City University
Dunne, Orla (2023) The experiences of gifted LGBTQ post-primary students in Ireland. Doctor of Education thesis, Dublin City University
Morrissey, Barry (2022) A mixed methods study into the leadership and enactment of the curricular component to child safeguarding in special schools. Doctor of Education thesis, Dublin City University
Murphy, Cillian (2022) The role of disability service staff in supporting students with dyslexia in Irish higher education institutions. Doctor of Education thesis, Dublin City University.
Lambe, Sinéad (2022) An exploration of the relationship between motor development and the emergent handwriting skills of junior infant children. PhD thesis, Dublin City University
McAuliffe, Mary (2020) Exploring the role of the special educational needs organiser. Doctor of Education thesis, Dublin City University.
McNicholl, Aoife (2022) Assistive technology outcomes and impacts among students with disabilities in higher education. PhD thesis, Dublin City University
Walsh, Celia (2020) How can support teachers contribute to the leadership and management of Special Educational Needs provision in mainstream schools? Doctor of Education thesis, Dublin City University
O'Grady, John (2020) Pedagogics of care: attitudes of Roman Catholic primary school boards of management to the religious education of pupils with special education needs. Doctor of Education thesis, Dublin City University.
Andrews, Sinéad (2020) The additional supports required by pupils with special educational needs in Irish-medium schools. PhD thesis, Dublin City University
Flood, Margaret Rita (2019) Exploring the impact of a collaborative whole school model of continuous professional development on the enactment of level 2 Learning Programmes in a mainstream post primary school. Doctor of Education thesis, Dublin City University
Banville, Elaine (2019) Exploring the role of special needs assistants on the inclusion of students with special educational needs in mainstream post-primary physical education. PhD thesis, Dublin City University
Balfe, Tish (2018) A content-focused, social constructivist model of professional development: exploring its effect on adults’ knowledge of social communication development, their style of interaction and on pupil outcomes in autism specific classrooms. PhD thesis, Dublin City University
Ui Chonaill, Eithne (2018) Perspectives and practices of Irish primary teachers in addressing the needs of exceptionally able pupils. Doctor of Education thesis, Dublin City University.
Brennan, Aoife (2017) Exploring the impact of a professional learning community on teacher professional learning for inclusive practice. Doctor of Education thesis, Dublin City University.
Farrell, Mark (2017) Investigation in the use of video technology with adults with moderate intellectual disability, to teach culinary arts using self- modelling and overt auditory self-prompting in their own home. Doctor of Education thesis, Dublin City University.