Marie Conroy Johnson

Ms.

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SPC M 113
T:Ext. 9235

E:Marie.ConroyJohnson@dcu.ie

SPC M 113

T:Ext. 9235

E:marie.conroyjohnson@dcu.ie

Assistant Professor and Senior Fellow of the HEA

SPC M 113
DCU Institute of Education
DCU St Patrick's Campus
Drumcondra
Dublin 9

T:+353 1 700 9235

E:marie.conroyjohnson@dcu.ie
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Marie Conroy Johnson is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and an Assistant Professor in the Institute of Education at Dublin City University. Marie is a former post-primary teacher and principal and has developed and worked on undergraduate and postgraduate programmes at third level in the areas of initial teacher education, school/professional placement, school leadership, education and the law and research methodology. 

Marie was Director of Professional Placement on the Bachelor of Religious Education and English/History/Music programme in DCU IOE from 2016-2022. She was also a member of the DCU IOE Placement and Related Partnership Faculty Committee and the Advisory Board for Placements and Related Partnerships. She currently represents the School of Policy and Practice on the DCU IOE Workload Steering Group and has recently joined the Advisory Board for the DCU Changemaker programme.  

Along with colleagues Dr Audrey Doyle, Dr Enda Donlon, Dr Elaine McDonald and Dr PJ Sexton, Marie was the recipient of the DCU President's Award for Excellence in Teaching (2021) Team award for innovative work in online professional placement and assessment. She was also part of a team with Dr. Bernadette Ní Áingléis and Professor Martin Brown who were finalists in the DCU President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching (2019) and the DCU President’s Award for Engagement (2020)  for their work in the area of Child Safeguarding.

Marie’s research interests include Initial Teacher Education, School/Professional Placement, Curriculum Studies, Assessment, Leadership in Education, Education and the Law, and Faith-Based Identity in Religious Schools.

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5233-2694 


Peer Reviewed Journal

Year Publication
2025 Audrey Doyle; Sarah O’Grady; Marie Conroy Johnson (2025) 'Making the invisible visible: introducing the Pico site of curriculum making at Initial Teacher Education'. Journal of Curriculum Studies, . [Link] [DOI]
2025 Gorman, Alan; Logan, Anna; Furlong, Catherine; O'Grady, Sarah; Brennan, Aoife; Scanlon, Dylan; Conroy Johnson, Marie; Doyle, Audrey; O'Kelly, Jane; Silke, Aishling (2025) 'Policy enactment and professional sensemaking in disrupted times: Teacher educators reimagining school placement through collaborative self-study'. Studying Teacher Education, .
2025 Logan, Anna; Brennan, Aoife; Pennycook, Caitriona; Scanlon, Dylan; Furlong, Catherine; O'Grady, Sarah; Gorman, Alan; Silke, Aishling; O'Kelly, Jane; Johnson, Marie Conroy; Doyle, Audrey (2025) ''Going wild with placement': exploring a model of engagement in individual, dyadic and team reflective practice in the context of collaborative self-study supporting teacher educator critical reflection, interrogation of practice, professional learning, collaboration and the scholarship of teaching and learning'. Reflective Practice, 26 (3). [DOI]
2024 Doyle, A.; Conroy Johnson, M.; Scanlon, D.; Logan, A.; Silke, A.; Gorman, A.; Brennan, A.; Furlong, C.; O’Grady, S. (2024) 'Reconceptualising school placement assessment in initial teacher education: a figurational perspective'. European Journal of Teacher Education, 47 . [Link] https://doi.org/10.1080/02619768.2024.2345904
2024 Doyle, A.; Donlon, E.; Conroy Johnson, M.; McDonald, E.; Sexton, P.J. (2024) 'Re-envisioning pre-service teachers’ beliefs and feelings about assessment: the important space of authentic assignments'. European Journal of Teacher Education, 47 . [Link] [DOI]
2023 Doyle, A., Conroy Johnson, M., Donlon, E., McDonald, E., & Sexton, P. J. (2023) 'Re-envisioning pre-service teachers’ beliefs and feelings about assessment: the important space of authentic assignments'. European Journal of Teacher Education, .
2022 Donlon, E.; Conroy Johnson, M.; Doyle, A.; McDonald, E.; Sexton, P.J. (2022) 'Presence accounted for? student-teachers establishing and experiencing presence in synchronous online teaching environments'. Irish Educational Studies, 41 . [Link] [DOI]
2021 Doyle, A., Conroy Johnson, M., Donlon, E., McDonald, E., & Sexton, P. J. (2021) 'The role of the teacher as assessor: Developing student teacher’s assessment identity'. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 46 (12):52-68. [DOI]

Conference Contribution

Year Publication
2024 Conroy Johnson, Marie; Cassidy, Aideen; Doyle, Audrey; McDonald, Elaine; Fitzsimons, Sabrina (2024) ECER 2024 The Threshold to the Initial Embodiment of Becoming a Teacher Cyprus, .
2024 Doyle, A., Nieveen, N., O’Grady, S. & Conroy Johnson, M. (2024) European Conference on Educational Research How do we Develop Teachers’ Flow in the Process of Curriculum Making across the Continuum of their Career? Nicosia, Cyprus, 27/08/2024-30/08/2024.
2023 Doyle, A.; Conroy Johnson, M.; O’Grady, S. (2023) European Conference on Educational Research The “Pico” site of Curriculum Making: building student agency in Initial Teacher Education Glasgow, 22/08/2023-25/08/2023.
2023 Doyle, A.; O'Grady, S.; Conroy Johnson, M. (2023) The Value of Diversity in Education and Educational Research The Pico Site of Curriculum Making: Building student agency in Initial Teacher Education Glasgow, Scotland, 22/08/2023-25/08/2023.
2023 Doyle, Audrey; Conroy Johnson, Marie; O'Grady, Sarah (2023) ECER 2023 The Pico Site of Curriculum Making: building student agency in Initial Teacher Education Glasgow, .
2023 Conroy Johnson, M. (2023) Fluidly Faithful? Catholic Education and the Institutional Church A Catholic Vision for Education: Examining relationships in textual sources Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, Ireland, 19/10/2023-20/08/2023.
2021 Doyle, A., Donlon,E., McDonald, E., Conroy Johnson, M., & Sexton, P. (2021) ECER All changed, changed utterly: Reimagining school placement in the 21st century during the Covid-19 Education and Society: expectations, prescriptions, reconciliations Online, .
2021 Donlon, E., Conroy Johnson, M., Doyle, A., McDonald, E., & Sexton, PJ (2021) Possibilities in education: Re-imagining connections with people, purpose and place [ESAI2021] 'Presence accounted for?' Student-teachers establishing and experiencing 'presence' in online teaching environments Online, 25/03/2021-26/03/2021.
2021 Doyle, Audrey; Donlon, Enda; McDonald, Elaine; Conroy Johnson, Marie; Sexton, PJ (2021) Education and Society: expectations, prescriptions, reconciliations All changed, changed utterly: Reimagining school placement in the 21st century during the Covid-19 pandemic Online, .
2021 Donlon,E., Doyle, A.,McDonald, E.,Conroy Johnson, M., & Sexton, P. (2021) ESAI Possibilities in education: Reimagining Connections with People, Purpose and Place Presence accounted for? Student-teachers establishing and experiencing presence in synchronous online teaching environments Online, .
2021 Doyle, A., Conroy Johnson, M., McDonald, E., Sexton, PJ, & Donlon, E. (2021) Possibilities in education: Re-imagining connections with people, purpose and place [ESAI2021] Re-imagining new possibilities for Teacher Placement for post-primary student teachers: the role of the assessor in the Classroom Based Assessments  Online, 25/03/2021-26/03/2021.
2020 Marie Conroy Johnson and Dr Bernadette Ní Áingléis (2020) ESAI 2020: Opening up education: options, obstacles and opportunities Opening up stakeholders' understanding of the challenges presenting in the interface between education and the law and opportunities within ESAI Virtual Conference 2020, 04/09/2020-04/09/2020.
2019 Ní Áingléis, B., Donlon, E., O'Brien, S, Conroy Johnson, M and Tillmans, T. (2019) ESAI19: Education in Times of Change, Choice and Challenge The design of an online communication learning and communication platform for placement settings: An exploratory case study Sligo, Ireland, 11/04/2019-13/04/2019.

Multimedia

Year Publication
2018 Ní Áingléis, B., Conroy Johnson, M. and Brown, M. (2018) Child Protection - An online course for tutors and student teachers. ONMM

Published Report

Year Publication
2016 Parry, G., Toolan, E. and Conroy Johnson, M. (2016) Contemporary Legal Issues for Management and Staff in Educational Settings: Exploring Legislation, Litigation, Approaches and Strategies and Implications for Teacher Education. Final Narrative Conference Report. SCoTENS, .

Invited papers

Year Publication
2014 Conroy Johnson, M. (2014) Leading and Managing CPD in the post-primary school. INVP
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Professional Associations

Association Function From / To
European Educational Research Association Member -
Educational Studies Association of Ireland Member -
International Professional Development Association (IPDA) Member -
Teaching Council of Ireland Registered Teacher -

Honors and Awards

Date Title Awarding Body
01/05/2021 DCU President's Award for Excellence in Teaching - Team (Recipient) DCU
01/05/2020 DCU President's Award for Engagement (Finalist) DCU
01/05/2019 DCU President's Award for Excellence in Teaching (Finalist) DCU
11/11/2024 Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy Higher Education Academy

Committees

Committee Function From / To
Faculty Placements and Related Partnerships Committee (FPRPC) -
Advisory Board (Placements and Related Partnerships) -
National Teacher Education and Teacher Educator Forum -
Teaching Council of Ireland School Placement Working Group, HEI sub-group -
DCU IOE Workload Steering Group -
DCU Changemakers -

Employment

Employer Position From / To
St. Angela's College of Education, Sligo Lecturer and School Placement -
Department of Education and Skills Post-Primary Principal -
Department of Education and Skills Post-Primary Teacher -
Dublin City University Assistant Professor and former Director of School Placement (BRelEd) -

Education

Start date Institution Qualification Subject
University College Wales Newport MA in Education (Leadership and Management)
Open University MSc in Management and Business Research Methods
04/09/2023 Higher Education Academy Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy Leadership

Outreach Activities

Year Engagement Type Organisation Description
Presentations/Talks to an external audience DCU Ní Áingléis, B. and Conroy Johnson, M. Co-organiser of public lecture series on Policy, Practice and the Law in Education for personnel working in/with education settings and legal advisors Lecture 2: Child Protection and Garda Vetting in Education Contexts
Presentations/Talks to an external audience St. Angela's College, Sligo Conroy Johnson, M. and Johnson, H. Organiser of one day conference: ‘A Duty to Care: Issues of Child Protection, Welfare and Inclusion for Educators and Legal Advisors’ Conference for personnel working in/with education settings and legal advisors
Presentations/Talks to an external audience St. Angela's College, Sligo Conroy Johnson, M and Johnson, H. Organiser of one day cross border conference part funded by SCOTENS for personnel working in/with education settings and legal advisors in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland 'Education and the Law: Exploring Legislaton, Litigation, Approaches and Strategies. Implications for School Management and Staff, Legal Practioners and Teacher Education'
Presentations/Talks to an external audience DCU Ní Áingléis, B. and Conroy Johnson, M. Co-organiser of public lecture series on Policy, Practice and the Law in Education for personnel working in/with education settings and legal advisors Inaugral Lecture: Professional Practice and Regulation

Research Interests

Initial Teacher Education, Professional Placement, Curriculum Studies, Assessment, Leadership in Education, Education and the Law, and Faith-Based Identity in Religious Schools.

Research Projects

Title Role Description Start date End date
Leading Transformation through a research-informed approach to the development of an innovative online learning and communication space for the continuum of placement settings and DCU Institute of Education Researcher 11/04/2017 28/02/2018
Contemporary Legal Issues for Management and Staff in Education Settings: Exploring Legislation, Litigation, Approaches and Strategies and Implications for Teacher Education Co-PI 31/12/2014 31/12/2015

Internal Collaborators

Type Name Company Role
Internal Audrey Doyle Dublin City University Academic
Internal Sabrina Fitzsimons Dublin City University Academic
Internal Elaine McDonald Dublin City University Academic
Internal Enda Donlon Dublin City University Academic
Internal Aideen Cassidy Dublin City University Academic
Internal Catherine Furlong Dublin City University Academic
Internal Jane O'Kelly Dublin City University Academic
Internal Alan Gorman Dublin City University Academic
Internal Anna Logan Dublin City University Academic
Internal Aisling Silke Dublin City University Academic
Internal Sarah O'Grady Dublin City University Academic
Internal Aoife Brennan Dublin City University Academic

Teaching Interests


  • Professional Preparation and Practice
  • Leadership and Management in Education
  • Education and the Law
  • Research Methodologies
  • Pedagogy 
  • Curriculum
  • Faith Based Education

Modules Coordinated

Term Title Module ID
2025-2026 EDS1038
2025-2026 EDS1045
2025-2026 EDS1036
2025-2026 EDS1043