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Anna Logan

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Associate Professor

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Dr Anna Logan is an Associate Professor at the School of Inclusive and Special Education, and former Associate Dean for Teaching and Learning at the Institute of Education (IoE), Dublin City University. (DCU). Prior to working in higher education, Anna spent almost twenty years working as a teacher in mainstream and special schools.

Anna has had several leadership roles in the faculty and the university. Between 2021 and 2023 she led the successful accreditation by the Teaching Council of Ireland of all 12 of DCU’s initial teacher education programmes and was lead for teaching and learning in the recent ( 2023) faculty quality review. During the Covid-19 pandemic Anna led the pivot to online teaching and learning. Anna was Programme Chair of the Masters in Special Educational Needs from 2014 to 2020 during which time she led the transition of the programme from a face to face to a blended model of delivery.

At the IoE Anna has taught across seven undergraduate and postgraduate initial and continuing teacher education programmes up to and including doctoral programmes. Anna’s areas of teaching interest include communication and language teaching and learning, inclusive curriculum and pedagogy, diversity and special and inclusive education and collaborative practice with a particular focus on teacher/assistant partnership. She has supervised and/ or examined over 30 masters and doctoral research dissertations. Anna received the St. Patrick’s College President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2015 and was nominated for the DCU President's Awards for Teaching and Learning in 2021.

Anna has conducted, published and presented research relating to many aspects of higher education, with a particular focus on blended and online delivery and on teaching and learning large classes, as well as inclusion, learner voice, and transition. She is currently PI on a research project relating to higher education teachers supporting placement online and to the development of an open access tool for teacher assessment of vocabulary. Anna has conducted and supervised research relating to teacher/assistant partnership and initial teacher education and continuing professional development for special and inclusive education with a particular focus on blended and online approaches.

Anna is co-founder of the Pedagogy for Higher Education Large Classes ( phelc.ie) research network and editor of the open access peer-reviewed Reach Journal of Inclusive Education (reachjournal.ie) and was a Research Fellow at the Higher Education Research Centre (HERC) (herc.ie).

Book Chapter

	Year	Publication
	2019	Griffiths, C,, Broderick, B,, Ledger, L., Logan, A., O’Reilly, A.M & Pimental, M (2019) 'Leadership in practice: Four vignettes' In: Leadership for Intellectual Disability Service: Motivating Change and Improvement. Oxford : Routledge.
	2012	Bergin, E., & Logan, A. (2012) 'An individual education plan for pupils with special educational needs: How collaborative is the process?' In: Special and inclusive education: A research perspective. Oxford : Peter Lang.
	2012	O’Neill, C., & Logan, A. (2012) 'Collaboration between teachers and a special needs assistant through the implementation of a co-teaching model to support a pupil with special needs in a mainstream classroom' In: Special and inclusive education: A research perspective. Oxford : Peter Lang.
	2013	Risquez, A., McAvinia, C., Raftery, D., O’Riordan, F., Harding, N., Cosgrave, R., Logan-Phelan, T. & Farrelly, T. (2013) 'An Investigation of Students’ Experiences of using Virtual Learning Environments: implications for academic professional development' In: Emerging Issues in Higher Education lll: From Capacity Building to Sustainability. Athlone : EDIN. [Link]

Peer Reviewed Journal

	Year	Publication
	2023	Brennan, Aoife; Logan Anna; Pennycook, Caitriona; Gorman Alan; Scanlon Dylan (2023) 'Collaborative self-study in higher education: lessons from redesigning school placement during the pandemic'. Journal of Education for Teaching, .
	2022	king, F; Logan, A (2022) 'King, F., & Logan, A. (2022) Leadership for inclusion and special education: Novice teachers walking the walk. Research in Educational Administration & Leadership, 7,(1)'. RESEARCH IN EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION & LEADERSHIP, 7 (1). [DOI]
	2021	Flood, M; Logan, A (2021) 'Where We Were Then: An Illuminative Evaluation of Teacher Knowledge, Beliefs and Practices in Relation to Level 2 Learning Programmes and Inclusion in a Mainstream Post-Primary School'. REACH - Journal of Inclusive Education in Ireland, 34 (2). [Link]
	2021	O’Keeffe, M.; Crehan, M.; Munro, M.; Logan, A.; Farrell, A.M.; Clarke, E.; Flood, M.; Ward, M.; Andreeva, T.; Van Egeraat, C.; Heaney, F.; Curran, D.; Clinton, E. (2021) 'Exploring the role of peer observation of teaching in facilitating cross-institutional professional conversations about teaching and learning'. International Journal for Academic Development, 26 . [Link] [DOI]
	2019	King, Fiona; Logan, Anna; Lohan, Adrian (2019) 'Self-Study Enabling Understanding of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: An Exploration of Collaboration among Teacher Educators for Special and Inclusive Education'. Studying Teacher Education, 15 (2). [DOI]
	2012	Logan, A. (2012) 'Improving personal voice in academic writing: An action inquiry using self-reflective practice'. Reflective Practice, 13 (6):775-788.
	2006	Logan, A. (2006) 'The role of the special needs assistant supporting pupils with special educational needs in Irish mainstream primary schools'. Support for Learning, 21 (2):92-99.
	2017	Tyrrell, D & Logan, A (2017) 'A Review of the Literature Relating to the Use of Digital Storytelling (DS) on an iPad to Support Narrative Skill Development of a Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)'. REACH - Journal of Inclusive Education in Ireland, 30 (1).
	2013	Hastings, P., & Logan, A. (2013) 'An investigation into the attitudes of teacers towards inclusion in a post-primary school in Ireland'. REACH - Journal of Inclusive Education in Ireland, :42-57.
	2013	Bergin, E., & Logan, A. (2013) 'An individual education plan for pupils with special educational needs: How inclusive is the process for the pupil?'. REACH - Journal of Inclusive Education in Ireland, :79-91.
	2012	Howard, M., & Logan, A. (2012) 'In pursuit of critical literacy: Understanding experiences of exclusion for adult literacy learners'. THE ADULT LEARNER: THE JOURNAL OF ADULT AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION IN IRELAND, :59-73.
	2012	Logan, A. (2012) 'Improving personal voice in academic writing: an action inquiry using self-reflective practice'. Reflective Practice, 13 . [Link] [DOI]
	2006	Logan, A. (2006) 'The role of the special needs assistant supporting pupils with special educational needs in Irish mainstream primary schools'. Support for Learning, 21 . [Link] [DOI]
	2001	Logan, A. (2001) 'Collaboration between teachers and special needs assistants in mainstream primary schools'. REACH - Journal of Inclusive Education in Ireland, 15 (1):33-42.
	2022	King, Fiona; Logan, Anna (2022) 'Leadership for inclusion and special education: Novice teachers walking the walk'. RESEARCH IN EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION & LEADERSHIP, 7 (1). [DOI]

Other Journal

	Year	Publication
	2018	Stone, S & Logan A (2018) 'Exploring Students’ Use of the Social Networking Site WhatsApp to foster connectedness in the online learning experience' . [DOI]
	2008	Logan, A. (2008) 'Special needs and children's right to be heard under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989 in the Republic of Ireland' 9 (2) :107-118.
	2004	Logan, A. (2004) 'The role of the special needs assistant supporting pupils with special educational needs in mainstream primary schools in Dublin' (57) :20-22.

Conference Publication

	Year	Publication
	2023	(2023) Pedagogy for Higher Education Large Classes . In: anna logan;ann marie farrell eds. *Proceedings of the 5th Pedagogy for Higher Education Large Classes Symposium* [DOI]
	2022	Ann Marie Farrell & Anna Logan (2022) Proceedings of the Fourth PHELC Symposium Hybrid Event, 10th June 2022 Dublin City University and On . In: Ann Marie Farrell & Anna Logan eds. *Proceedings of the Fourth PHELC Symposium* [DOI]
	2021	Logan, A (2021) Proceedings of 3rd PHELC Symposium . In: Logan, A.;Farrell, A.M eds. *Proceedings of the Third PHELC Symposium Online Event, 25th June 2021* [DOI]
	2020	Farrell, A.M. & Logan, A. (Eds.). (2020). (2020) Pedagogy for Higher Education Large Classes (PHELC): Pre-Conference Symposium of Higher Education Advances (HEAd) Conference *Proceedings of the Pedagogy for Higher Education Large Classes (PHELC) Symposium* [Link] [DOI]
	2019	Farrell, A.M. & Logan, A. (Eds) (2019) Pedagogy for Higher Education Large Classes (pre-conference workshop HEAd '19) *Proceedings of the first PHELC symposium, Universitat Politècnica de València, 25 June 2019* [Link] [DOI]
	2018	Farrell, A.M. & Logan, A. (2018) 4th International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd) *Increasing engagement and participation in a large, third -level class setting using co-teaching* Valencia, 20/06/2018- 22/06/2018 [Link] http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/HEAd18.2018.8209
	2018	Farrell, Ann Marie; Logan, Anna (2018) 4TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HIGHER EDUCATION ADVANCES (HEAD'18) *Increasing engagement and participation in a large, third-level class setting using co-teaching* [DOI]
	2018	Anna Logan Ann Marie Farrell (2018) International Conference on Engaging Pedagogy 2018 *Co-Teaching in a Large Class in Higher Education Working Collaboratively in Support of Engaging Pedagogy*
	2016	Logan, Anna; Stone, Suzanne (2016) INTED2016: 10TH INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE *COLLABORATION BETWEEN A LECTURER AND A LEARNING TECHNOLOGIST TO SUPPORT STUDENT TRANSITION TO AND ENGAGEMENT AND LEARNING IN THE SYNCHRONOUS ONLINE CLASSROOM: HAVING THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS*
	2016	Gray, C. Prunty, A., Logan, A. & Hayes, G. (2016) 14th Annual Conference of SCOTENS *Managing early years' inclusive transtion practices. Research report (1-67). Funded by Conference on Teacher Education North and South (SCoTENS)*
	2018	Logan, A. & Farrell, A.M. (2018) International Conference on Engaging Pedagogy *Co-Teaching in a Large Class in Higher Education: Working Collaboratively in Support of Engaging Pedagogy* [Link]

Conference Contribution

	Year	Publication
	2020	Lowney, R. & Logan, A. (2020) MoodleMoot Ireland & UK UDL, Moodle and Me (Workshop) Online, .
	2019	Balfe, T., Logan, A., & Stone. S. (2019) World Conference on Online Learning Peer Reviewed Poster Presentation National Convention Centre, Dublin, 04/11/2019-08/11/2019.
	2019	Farrell, A.M. & Logan, A. (2019) Pedagogy for Higher Education Large Classes (PHELC) (Pre-conference symposium of HEAd '19) Convenors and facilitators of symposium for HE large class teachers Valencia, Spain, .
	2018	Logan A, Stone S & Balfe T (2018) EdTEch 18 A digital makeover: Transforming a vocabulary assessment tool with TEL Carlow, .
	2018	Anna Logan Una O'Connor Christine Shannon (2018) Teacher-Assistant Partnership in Special Schools Research Report Launch Middletown Centre for Autism Armagh, 27/11/2018-27/11/2018.
	2018	Logan, A. & Farrell, A.M. (2018) 4th International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd) Evaluating the use of co-teaching as a teaching strategy in the large class setting (400 students) Valencia, 20/06/2018-22/06/2018.
	2018	Farrell A M & Logan A (2018) GradIreland Higher Education Awards and Symposium Co-Teaching: Supporting Participation, Engagement and Learning in a Large University Class Dublin, 23/11/2018-23/11/2018.
	2017	Farrell A M & Logan A (2017) International Symposium in New Issues in Teacher Education Teacher Educators Co-Teaching in the Large Class Setting: Learning from Practice. Refereed paper presented at International Symposium in New Issues in Teacher Education (ISNITE), International conference on initial teacher education. Gdansk, Poland , 29-31 August Gdansk Poland, .
	2017	Logan, A (2017) Irish National Teachers Organisation Principals & Deputy Principals Conference The Role of the SNA: Effective Working Relationships in Support of Inclusion Mullingar park Hotel, .
	2017	Logan, A (2017) Irish National Teachers Organisation Biennial Special Education Conference The SNA Scheme DCU, .
	2017	Farrell, A.M. and Logan, A. (2017) International Symposium in New Issues in Teacher Education (ISNITE) International conference on initial teacher education Gdansk, Poland, 29/08/2017-31/08/2017.
	2017	Logan, A. & King, F. (2017) Technology Alienating or Enabling Education Technology-Enabled Spiralling Assessment to Extend and Deepen Learning Across Programme Years: Enabling an Inclusive Approach School of Nursing, DCU, 26/01/2017-27/01/2017.
	2017	Logan, A., & King, F. (2017) IATSE 2017: Ideas That Work, Inspiring creativity, innovation and collaboration Newly qualified, collaboratively creating and innovating in a quest to lead inclusion: A visual ethnographic study tracking teacher leaders for inclusion Marino Institute of Education, Dublin, 26/05/2017-27/05/2017.
	2016	Stone. S & Logan, A. (2016) The Next Generation: Digital Learning Research Symposium What's up with Whatsapp? communication in the synchronous online classroom Dublin City University, 01/11/2016-.
	2016	Logan, A., King, F., & Farrell, A.M. (2016) ECER 2016 Leading Education: The Distinct Contributions of Educational Research and Researchers Enabling Education: A Model for Developing a Collaborative Pedagogical Culture that Impacts on Student Teacher Learning and Practice Dublin, UCD, .
	2016	Stone, S., & Logan, A. (2016) Paper presented at the the 17th Annual Educational Technology Conference of the Irish Learning Technology Does Batman need Superman? The benefits of a multi-disciplinary collaborative approach to supporting student interaction, engagement and learning in the online synchronous classroom Law Society Blackhall Place, Dublin, .
	2016	Gray, A., Prunty, A. Logan, A. & Hayes, G (2016) 14th Annual Conference of SCOTENS Reviewing the research process: exploring school transitions for children with special needs in the North & South of Ireland Armagh, .
	2016	Logan, A., Hayes, G., Prunty, A. & Gray, C. (2016) 14th Annual Conference of SCOTENS Managing Early Years Inclusive Transition Practices Armagh, .
	2016	Logan, A., King, F., & Farrell, A.M. (2016) Annual Conference of EERA, European Educational Research Association Enabling Education: A Model for Developing a Collaborative Pedagogical Culture that Impacts on Student Teacher Learning and Practice UCD, Dublin, 23/08/2016-25/08/2016.
	2016	King, F., Logan, A., & Travers, J. (2016) Annual conference of BELMAS, British Educational Leadership, Management and Administration Society Unlocking leadership and management potential in student teachers: walking the walk Cheshire, UK, 08/07/2016-10/07/2016.
	2016	King, F. & Logan, A. (2016) Annual Conference of the Educational Studies Association of Ireland (ESAI) Self-Study of Professional Practices: Supporting Learning and Influencing Practice for public service Galway, .
	2015	Gray, C., Prunty, A., Logan, A., & Hayes, G. (2015) European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA) Annual Conference Managing the transition to school for children with special needs in the North and South of Ireland Barcelona, Spain, .
	2014	Logan, A (2014) Annual Conference of the Irish Association of Teachers in Special Education Learners, teachers and assistants: Positive relationships for teaching and learning Dublin, .
	2011	Logan, A. (2011) Annual Conference of the Irish Learning Support Association Identification and assessment: Language needs or special needs? Dublin, .
	2012	Logan, A. (2012) 6th Annual Conference of the English Language Support Teachers Association (ELSTA) Language needs and/or special needs? Assessment and provision Marino Institute of Education, Dublin, .
	2011	Logan, A. (2011) Annual Conference of the Irish Association of Teachers in Special Education (IATSE) Inclusion or intrusion? Special needs assistants supporting the social inclusion of pupils with SEN St. Patrick's College of Education, Drumcondra, Dublin, .
	2011	Logan, A. (2011) Annual Conference of the Educational Studies Association of Ireland Teacher: Special needs assistant partnership: A relationship of educational purpose? Church of Ireland College of Education, Rathmines, Dublin, .
	2009	Logan, A. (2009) First Annual Multi Disciplinary Postgraduate Research Conference of the Research Forum for the Child Special needs assistants: An exploratory study of the role in support of inclusion Queen's University, Belfast, .
	2008	Logan, A. (2008) Human Rights Education for a Sustainable Future: Celebrating 60 Years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Special needs assistants supporting students with special educational needs: Developing the role in compliance with international human rights law St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra, .
	2008	Logan, A. (2008) Annual Conference of the Irish Learning Support Association (ILSA) Special educational needs and cultural and linguistic diversity Dublin, .
	2004	Logan, A. (2004) 12th World Congress of the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disability (IASSID) The role of assistants supporting pupils with disabilities in mainstream primary schools Montpellier, France, .

Published Report

	Year	Publication
	2018	Logan, A, O'Connor Bones U & Shannon, C (2018) Teacher-Assistant Partnerships in Special Schools. SCoTENS, .
	2016	Gray, C., Prunty, A., Logan, A., & Hayes, G. (2016) Managing early years' inclusive transtion practices. Research report (1-67). Funded by Conference on Teacher Education North and South (SCoTENS). SCoTENS, . [Link]

Invited papers

	Year	Publication
	2013	Logan, A. (2013) Students learning English as an additional language (EAL): Overcoming barriers to learning in literacy and maths. INVP

Review Articles

	Year	Publication
	2009	Logan, A. (2009) Review of The SAGE Handbook of Special Education. REV

Thesis

	Year	Publication
	2010	Logan, A. (2010) A multicase study of the role of the special needs assistant supporting pupils with special educational needs in the early years in mainstream primary schools. Unpublished EdD thesis. Belfast: THES

Workshops

	Year	Publication
	2015	Farrell, A.M., & Logan, A (2015) DCU Teaching Enhancement Workshop Series 2015/16. WKSHOP
	2015	Farrell, A.M., & Logan, A. (2015) DCU Teaching Enhancement Workshop Series 2015/16. WKSHOP

Invited Seminars

	Year	Publication
	2019	Farrell, A.M. & Logan, A. (2019) Using a range of co-teaching models to facilitate workshop-based learning in a large class: Invited seminar for the 'Sipping Point' seminar series 2018/19, DCU Teaching Enhancement Unit. INVS
	2015	Logan, A. & Farrell, A.M. (2015) Team Teaching in a Large Lecture Setting: Lessons from Practice: DCU Teaching Enhancement Unit Seminar Series, National Institute for Digital Learning. INVS

Seminar

	Year	Publication
	2016	Logan, A. & Farrell, A.M. (2016) Evaluating the Use of Co-Teaching as a Teaching Strategy in the Large Class Setting: Poster Presentation - Launch of CREATE21 Research Centre. SEM
	2016	Farrell, A.M & Logan, A. (2016) The use of co-teaching as a platform for workshop-based learning leading to formative assessment of threshold concepts in the large class setting: National Forum for Enhancement of T&L at third level - Seminar Series on Assessment. SEM [Link]
	2016	Logan, A., & King, F. (2016) National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning. SEM
	2015	Logan, A., & King, F. (2015) Teaching and Learning Seminar. SEM
	2016	Logan, A. & King, F. (2016) Making the sum bigger than the parts: A holistic, coherent, inclusive and developmental approach to assessment and feedback within and across specialist modules in the B Ed programme. SEM
	2015	King, F., & Logan, A. (2015) Paper presented at the Collaborative Research across Teacher Education (CREATE) Seminar. SEM
	2015	Stone, S., & Logan, A. (2015) National seminar funded by The National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. SEM
	2008	Logan, A. (2008) Meeting the needs of culturally and linguistically diverse students experiencing difficulties in learning. SEM
	2015	Farrell, A.M., & Logan, A. (2015) Evaluating the use of co-teaching as a strategy in a large class setting at third level: CREATE Research Programme Seminar. SEM

Professional Associations

Association	Function	From / To
Irish Association of Teachers in Special Education	Member	-
Educational Studies Association of Ireland	Member	-
National Association for language Development in the Curriculum (NALDIC)	Member	-

Honors and Awards

Date	Title	Awarding Body
01/12/2021	Nominated for President's Staff Recognition Award	President's Office
01/05/2021	Nomitated for President's Award for Excellence in Teaching	President's Office
01/03/2020	Nominated with Ann Marie Farrell for the President's Award for Excellence in Teaching	President's Office
01/06/2015	President's Award for Excellence in Teaching and Learning,	St. Patrick's College

Committees

	Committee	Function	From / To
	Editorial Board REACH Journal of Inclusive Education In Ireland		07/08/2015 - 07/08/2023
	National Forum for Teaching and Learning Expert Group on Sectoral understanding of Assessment		11/01/2017 - 11/01/2017
	Editorial Board Reach Journal of Special Needs Education in Ireland		04/01/2017 - 04/01/2017
	Frontiers in Education Special Educational Needs		04/01/2017 - 04/01/2017
	DCU Institute of Education Faculty Ethics Review Panel		04/01/2017 - 04/01/2017

Languages

Language	Reading	Writing	Speaking
Spanish	Basic	Basic	Basic
Irish	Functional	Functional	Functional
French	Functional	Functional	Functional

Reviews

	Journal	Role
	REACH - Journal of Inclusive Education in Ireland	Reviewer

Enterprise Engagement

Year	Engagement Type	Client	Description
2023	Invited talk/presentation	Higher Education Advances	Invited keynote speaker at the Higher Education Advances Conference, Valencia, Spain,
2017	Invited talk/presentation	Irish National Teachers Organisation Principals and Deputy Principals Conference	Invited presentation
2017	Invited talk/presentation	Irish National Teachers Organisation	Invited presenter
2017	Continuous Professional Development/Training	Carrick-on-Shannon Education Centre	Professional Development for teachers in relation to communication & language teaching and learning
2012	Invited talk/presentation	Annual Conference of English Language Support Teachers Association	Keynote address at the 6th Annual Conference of the English Language Support Teachers Association (ELSTA), October, 2012

Outreach Activities

	Year	Engagement Type	Organisation	Description
				At the request of the National Induction Programme for Primary Teachers I developed a suite of resources for planning for NQTs working in special schools and classes and in learning support/ resource teaching position in mainstream schools. These which are available online at nipt.ie
				Vocational mock interviews for Senior Cycle students interested in working in education
				Developed and delivered professional development seminars for SNAs in special Schools and for SNAs working in Dublin & Dun Laoghaire Education and Training Board Schools

Research Interests

Higher Education Teachers Supporting Placement Online (HETSPO)
Teacher Fellows Research Project
Teaching and Learning in a time of Covid-19
Digital Vocabulary Assessment Project
Co-Teaching in Large Classes

Research Projects

Title	Role	Start date	End date
Higher Education Teachers Supporting Placement Online	principal Investigator	01/03/2021	31/10/2021
Digital Vocabulary Assessment Tool	Principal Investigator	01/11/2019	31/05/2021
TAPSS – Teacher – SNA/CA partnerships in special schools in Ireland and Norther Ireland	DCU PI	01/06/2016	31/07/2018
Academic Staff Experiemces of Teaching and Learning in the time of Covid	PI	01/02/2021	30/08/2023
Teacher Fellows Research Project	Investigator	01/11/2021	30/08/2023
Enhancing Teaching and Learning in Early Childhood Education for Young pupils on the Autism Spectrum	DCU PI	03/04/2019	31/08/2023

Contract Researchers

	Researcher Name	Project	Funding Body
	Dylan Scanlon	Higher Education Teachers Supporting Placement Online
	Chloe Ryan	Vocabulary Research Project
	Caitriona Pennycook	Teaching and Learning in the time of Covid 19

Current Postgraduate Students

	Student Name	Degree	Supervision
	O Keeffe ,Christina	PhD	Supervisor
	Larkin ,David	Doctor of Education	Supervisor

External Collaborators

	Type	Name	Company	Role
	External	Una O'Connor	University of Ulster	Academic

Teaching Interests

My areas of teaching interest include communication and language teaching and learning, inclusive curriculum and pedagogy, diversity and special and inclusive education and collaborative practice with a particular focus on teacher/assistant partnership.
In 2015 I received the President's Award for Excellence in Teaching at St. Patrick's College of Education.