themes, projects & contacts

Theme

Including Sub-themes

Initial Contact

Research Theme Members

Initial and professional teacher education

Best practice at initial and continuing stages

Mentoring student teachers

Drama in initial teacher education

Promoting literacy at post-primary level

Irish language teacher education/CLIL

Partnering with schools

Policy

Continuous professional development (CPD)

Modern Language Education, and TEFL/TESOL.

Dr. Manuela Heinz
Contact:
manuela.heinznuigalway.ie

Dr. Manuela Heinz

Dr. Mary Fleming

Sinead Ni Ghuidhir

Brendan MacMahon

Sean O’Gradaigh

Dr Patrick Farren

School planning

Leadership

School development planning

Mentoring

Dr. Mary Fleming

Contact:
mary.flemingnuigalway.ie 

Dr. Manuela Heinz

Dr. Mary Fleming

Dr. Patrick Farren  

’Race’/ethnicity, class, gender and education

Widening participation in higher education

Special educational needs

Inclusion and intercultural education

Development education

Dr. Elaine Keane

Contact:
elaine.keanenuigalway.ie

Dr. Elaine Keane

Dr. Kevin Davison

Dr. Pat Eaton

Dr. Manuela Heinz

Civic engagement and community engaged research

Civic engagement

Community-based/service learning

Community-university partnerships

Researching/partnering with schools

Dr. Elaine Keane

Contact:
elaine.keanenuigalway.ie

Dr. Pat Eaton

Dr. Elaine Keane

Science, Technology and Mathematics Education (STEM)

Science education

Learning sciences

Educational technology

Mathematics education

Dr. Tony Hall

Contact:
tony.hallnuigalway.ie

Dr. Veronica McCauley

Dr. Tony Hall

Dr. Catherine Paolucci

Dr. Kevin Davison