Máire Ní Láimhín

Ms.

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Assistant Professor
T:01 700 9045

E:maire.nilaimhin@dcu.ie
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Máire Ní Láimhín is an Assistant Professor in the School of Language, Literacy and Early Childhood Education, Dublin City University. She is a former primary teacher, having taught in both English-medium and Irish-medium schools. Máire's areas of research interest include second language teaching and learning, teacher pedagogical knowledge, teacher language knowledge, language teacher education, curriculum design and implementation, educational policy design and implementation, initial teacher education and teacher professional learning and development. Máire’s current doctoral research focuses on professional learning to teach for the transfer of skills across languages.


Published Report

Year Publication
2022 French, G., Mc Kenna, G., Giblin, F., Concannon-Gibney, T., Farrell, T., Gillic, C., Halligan, C., Lake, G., Ní Dhiorbháin, A., Ní Láimhín, M., & O’ Neill S. (2022) Literature Review to Support the Updating of Aistear, the Early Childhood Curriculum Framework. National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, . [Link]
2022 Concannon-Gibney, T., de Brún, J., Ní Dhiorbháin, A., Ní Láimhín, M., & Ó Duibhir, P. (2022) Pedagogical strategies, approaches and methodologies to support literacy and digital literacy development for Gaeilge and EAL. Department of Education (Ireland), . [Link] https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7881298
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Employment

Employer Position From / To
Dublin City University Assistant Professor 01/09/2020 -

Education

Start date Institution Qualification Subject
01/09/2020 Dublin City University Doctor of Education Doctor of Education

Languages

Language Reading Writing Speaking
Irish
English

Research Interests

Areas of research interest include second language teaching and learning, teacher pedagogical knowledge, teacher language knowledge, language teacher education, curriculum design and implementation, educational policy design and implementation, initial teacher education and teacher professional learning and development.

Research Projects

Title Role Description Start date End date
Literature Review to Support the Updating of Aistear, the Early Childhood Curriculum Framework Research Associate A systematic review of literature pertaining to updates of curriculum framework 01/09/2021 01/12/2022
Pedagogical Strategies, Approaches and Methodologies to Support Literacy and Digital Literacy Development for Gaeilge and EAL: A Review of the Literature Author A review of the literature pertaining to updating the Literacy (including Digital Literacy) and Numeracy Strategy 15/03/2021 17/03/2023

Internal Collaborators

Type Name Company Role
Internal Sandra O'Neill Dublin City University Academic
Internal Gráinne McKenna Dublin City University Academic
Internal Dr Gillian Lake Dublin City University Academic
Internal Clare Halligan Dublin City University Academic
Internal Cora Gillic Dublin City University Academic
Internal Fiona Giblin Dublin City University Academic
Internal Dr Geraldine French Dublin City University Academic
Internal Dr Thérèse Farrell Dublin City University Academic
Internal Prof Pádraig Ó Duibhir Dublin City University Academic
Internal Dr Aisling Ní Dhiorbháin Dublin City University Academic
Internal Dr Jacqueline de Brún Dublin City University Academic
Internal Dr Tara Concannon-Gibney Dublin City University Academic

Teaching Interests

Máire works on a wide range of pedagogical and placement modules on the Bachelor of Education and the Postgraduate of Education programmes at DCU. This involves teaching and facilitation; content creation, development and review; assessment design, moderation and marking; tuition, supervision and coordination.

Bachelor of Education (Level 8)

BEd1: ED1020 (Teagasc na Gaeilge); ED1024 (Teacher as a Reflective Practitioner)

BEd2: ED2027 (Teagasc na Gaeilge); ED2033 (Reflection and Enquiry); ED2900 (Professional Placement 2)

BEd3: ED3056 (Teagasc na Gaeilge); ED3902 (Professional Placement 3); ED3903 (Professional Placement 4); ED3904 (Professional Placement 5); EC330 (An tSochtheangeolaíocht)

BEd4: ED4015 (Research Project); ED4054 (Teagasc na Gaeilge); ED4057 (An Curaclam Comhtháite: Language and Literacy); ED4901 (Professional Placement 6); ED4907 (Professional Placement 7); EC424 (Ceannaireacht don Ghaeilge i Scoileanna T1)

Postgraduate Master of Education (Primary Teaching) (Level 9)

PMEP1: ED8041 (Professional Placement 1); ED9046 (Teagasc na Gaeilge); ED9047 (Professional Placement 2 & Reflection)

PMEP2: ED8077 (Professional Placement 4); ED8078 (Professional Placement 5)

Modules Coordinated

Term Title Subject
2023-2024 An Curaclam Comhtháite: Language and Literacy ED4057
2022-2023 Teagasc na Gaeilge ED4054