Academic biography

Is iarmhúinteoir lán-Ghaeilge í Aisling agus tá taithí leathan aici ar theagasc na Gaeilge d’aoisghrúpaí éagsúla. Tá suim aici i ngach gné de theagasc na Gaeilge agus teagasc trí Ghaeilge. Tá taighde déanta ag Aisling ar chur chuige ionduchtach do theagasc na Gaeilge sna scoileanna lán-Ghaeilge.  Dhírigh a taighde dochtúireachta ar oideolaíochtaí um theagasc an léireolais do bhunmhúinteoirí faoi oiliúint. Tá suim ar leith ag Aisling sa tumoideachas, san ilteangachas, i dteagasc agus sealbhú an dara teanga agus i sealbhú mionteangacha ach go háirithe.  Bhí Aisling ina príomhthaighdeoir nó ina comh-príomhthaighdeoir ar réimse tionscadal maoinithe taighde. Is ball í  de Choiste Stiúrtha na Roinne Oideachais agus Óige don Tionscadal ar an bhFoghlaim Chomhtháite Ábhar agus Teangacha (FCÁT). Tá Aisling ina stiúrthóir ar Sealbhú: Lárionad Taighde DCU um Fhoghlaim agus Teagasc na Gaeilge. 
 Aisling Ní Dhiorbháin is a former Irish-medium primary teacher and she has a wide range of experience of teaching Irish to various age groups. She is interested in all aspects of teaching Irish and teaching through Irish. Aisling has conducted research on an inductive approach to grammar teaching in Irish-medium schools. Her doctoral research focused on pedagogies for teaching explicit knowledge of Irish to student primary teachers. Aisling has a particular interest in immersion education, plurilingualism, second language teaching and learning and in minority language acquisition. Aisling has been principal investigator or co-principal investigator on many funded research projects.  She is a member of Department of Education and Youth Steering Group for the Implementation of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL). Aisling is director of Sealbhú: DCU Research Centre for the Learning and Teaching of Irish.