DCU Institute of Education
PhD/Masters by Research | Current Research Students
| Student Name | Supervisorary Panel | Title |
| John Behan | Dr Lorraine Harbison, Dr Brien Nolan and Dr Therese Dooley | Exploring learner mathematical identity and learning experiences across the transition from primary to post-primary education |
| Fionnán Howard | Dr Maurice O'Reilly and Dr Siún NicMhuirí | Mathematical Identity of Science and Engineering Students |
| Patrick Burke | Dr Eithne Kennedy | Disciplinary literacy in Irish primary and post-primary schools |
| Mary Boyle | Dr Clíona Murphy and Dr Therese Dooley | Investigating the effectiveness of Lesson Study as a means to support primary teachers to develop students’ capacity to work like scientists. |
| Enrica Amplo | Prof Deirdre Butler (DCU) and Tara Cusack (UCD) | Education and Public Engagement on AI and Data analytics, Children and teacher centered. |
| Mary Kingston | Dr Aisling Twohill, Dr Siún NicMhuirí and Prof Merrilyn Goos | The use of task-based one-to-one interviews to establish a framework of growth points that describe the development of young children’s probabilistic thinking. |
| Conor Scully | Prof Michael O'Leary, Dr Mary Kelly, Dr Zita Lysaght | Assessor cognition as a way of improving the reliability of Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) scores |
| Colette Kirwan | Dr Enda Donlon Dr Eamon Costello | The Machine in the Ghost: Teaching Computational Thinking to Irish Second-Level students |
| Finbar Horgan | Dr Neil Kenny & Dr Paula Flynn | Exploring the inclusion of students on the autism spectrum in Irish mainstream education: A learner voice approach |
| Patti Roche | Dr Ellen Reynor Dr Orla Ni Bhroin | How can process story-drama provide a space to foster the creative thinking and expression of 5th class children with dyslexia? |
| Joan Whelan | Dr Orla Kelly and Prof Maeve O Brien IPM: Dr James Lovatt |
Forest School as an Emerging Pedagogical Approach in Ireland – An Ethnographic Study. |
| Silfia Asning Tias | Dr Elaine McDonald and Dr Alan Gorman | Teacher Reform in Indonesian Context: Insight of Teacher Professional Education Practice to Improve Teachers' Professionalism |
| Dave O Hanlon | Prof Deirdre Butler and Dr Charlotte Holland | Online Team Based Learning and the nurturing online interpersonal skills : An exploration |
| Emma Reilly | Dr Sinéad McNally | ‘I didn’t finish school- an exploration into the early childhood literacy experiences of early school leavers’. |
| Weiyi Liu | Dr Sinéad McNally, Dr Gillian Lake, Prof Mathias Urban and Dr Laoise Ní Thuarisg | Exploring the bilingual development of Irish-born Chinese children in early childhood educational contexts |
| Aoife Merrins-Gallagher | Dr Gillian Lake, Prof Pádraig Ó Duibhir, Dr Eithne Kennedy and Dr Sinéad McNally | The Effectiveness of Bilingual Oral Narrative Intervention “Tell-a-Tale | Inis Scéal” on Junior Infant Pupils’ Narrative Retell and Vocabulary Development in Linguistically Diverse Classrooms |
| Paula Lehane | Prof Michael O' Leary, Dr Darina Scully and Prof Mark Brown | Multimedia Items in Technology Based Assessments |
| Christina O Keeffe | Dr Sinéad McNally and Dr Anna Logan | Unlocking the potential of play to support the development of social relationships and learning for young children on the Autism Spectrum |
| John Murphy | Dr Bronagh McGrane, Dr Mary Rose Sweeney, Dr Regina Murphy (Panel Member) | The relationship between physical activity and mental wellbeing in Irish adolescents |
| Ann-Marie Ireland | Dr Regina Murphy | Investigating the Mask: Highlighting the processes that allow for the awareness of, engagement with, and management of primary school teacher vulnerability whilst examining the connection between these processes and teacher identity, motivation and commitment. |
| Diana Paola | Prof Mathias Urban and Dr Geraldine Scanlon | Re-conceptualising public policies on early childhood development, education and care in rural territories from the ecologies of knowledge approach |
| Lito Vera Fouki | Dr Fiona King and Dr Anna Logan | “The role of school leadership in promoting inclusion and social justice in mainstream primary schools through collaborative professionalism: a comparative study in England and Greece”. |
| Katerina Economides | Dr Charlotte Holland | The future of gamified and game-based learning in higher education: Implications for current policies and practices |
| David Kennedy | Dr Sandra Cullen and Dr Gareth Byrne | Encounters with Truth: The Hermeneutical Task of Religious Education in the Republic of Ireland |
| Timothy E. Quinlan | Dr Andrew O'Shea and Dr Francesca Lorenzi | Storying the Self in Talk and Text: Recovering the Spiritual Dimension of Existential Psychotherapy |
| Anna Golubeva | Prof Pádraig Ó Duibhir and Dr Laoise Ní Thuairisg | An Analysis of the Essential and Desirable Features of Professional Development Programmes for Early Language Immersion Teachers in Estonia |
| Ronan Gubbins | Prof Joe O'Hara and Dr Shivaun O'Brien | Examining SSE in Irish primary schools using a triangulation mixed methods approach |
| Jim Nelson | Dr Margaret Leahy and Dr Enda Donlon | Can Technology Enhanced Learning be a solution to University access problem in Developing Economies? (Case Study: Nigeria) |
| Stephanie O'Connor | Dr Gareth Byrne and Dr Amalee Meehan | To examine the impact of Catholic theology on Catholic school policy and how this affects student wellbeing. |
| Jacqueline de Brún | Prof Pádraig Ó Duibhir and Dr Eithne Kennedy | A mixed methods study on reading in Irish of 9-11-year old readers in immersion settings in Ireland |
| Gloria Turpin | Prof Mathias Urban and Dr Sandra Cullen | Spiritually intelligent children and spiritual education in the Early Years; a Froebelian perspective |
| Germán Camilo Zárate Pinto | Prof Mathias Urban | Early childhood(s) development, education, and care from a scenario of peace building |
| Rachel Rafferty | Dr Maura Coulter and Dr Audrey Bryan | My area of study is - Exploring children's learning in the affective domain in the outdoors |
| Hibah Binabdulrahman | Dr Gillian Lake and Dr Annie O Breachain | The development of pre-school children’s critical thinking skills by using a drama-based education programme |
| Lian McGuire | Prof James O'Higgins Norman, Dr Irene Connolly & Dr Sinead Smyth | Peer Bullying & Cyberbullying among Irish Higher Education Students |
| Mike O'Sullivan | Prof Joe O'Hara & Dr Martin Stynes | The principal behind the report: principals' perceptions of their own evaluations |