CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

FRIDAY, 5TH JUNE, 2015

CONCURRENT SESSION1 of 7
T.116-117
2.30 pm 3.30 pm
JENNIFER YEAGER

COLIN MCLEAN

Institute of Technology Waterford

Institute of Technology Sligo

Multi-methods research and triangulation in

psychology: A counter-intuitive fit

An Exploration of the concept of engagement by

publicly funded Higher Education Institutions in
Ireland

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CONCURRENT SESSION2 of 7
T.115-117
3.30 pm 4.30 pm
CAROL-ANN OSIORIN

DEE MAGUIRE

JANE OHANLON

Trinity College Dublin

National College of Art and

Design, Dublin

St Patricks College, Dublin City

University

Collaborating, sharing and

reflecting: How it Impacts on
concepts and theory of practice

Shining through the smoke and

mirrors A thematic analysis of
extra-curricular portfolio
preparation tuition

But where is your evidence?

Challenges in researching arts
in education

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CONCURRENT SESSION3 of 7
T.115-117
4.30 pm 5.30 pm

DOROTHY MORRISSEY

SUZANNE KENNEDY

MELISSA REED

Mary Immaculate College,

Limerick

Letterkenny Institute of
Technology

Gwynedd Mercy University

Performance-centred
teaching/researching:
Gathering evidence and making
an impact

An expedition ethnography

Teacher Preparation that

Integrates Technology and
Pedagogy

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RECEPTION
Lobby
5.30 pm 6.15 pm
CONFERENCE WELCOME
6.15 pm 6.45 pm
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Dean of Education
Mary Immaculate College
PROFESSOR TERESA ODOHERTY
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
The Elephant in the Living Room, or
Extending the Conversation about the
Politics of Evidence
PROFESSOR NORMAN DENZIN
University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign, IL., USA
6.45 pm 8.00 pm
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CHAIR: PROFESSOR JIM DEEGAN
Director IRMSS
Head of Graduate School
Research and Graduate School
Mary Immaculate College, Limerick

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
Saturday, 6th June, 2015
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
PROFESSOR PAUL CONWAY
University of Limerick
Qualifying evidence and its relationship to impact in
education: beneficial knowledge and less absolute claims?
9.30 am -10.30 am
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BREAK
10.30 am 11.00 am
Lobby
CONCURRENT SESSION4 of 7
11.OO am 12.00 pm
AOIFE PRENDERGAST

MARTIN GALVIN

Institute of Technology
Blanchardstown, Dublin

University of Limerick

Turning evidence into impact in

graduate futures Troublesome
Knowledge in educational
practice
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MARCUS FREE
Mary Immaculate College

Whose knowledge matters? An

inquiry into knowledge production
practices in urban regeneration

Failure, guilt, confession,

redemption? Revisiting unpublished
research data through a
psychosocial lens

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Three Minute Thesis Competition

12.00 pm 12.30 pm
Venue T1.17

LUNCH
SCOTTS RESTAURANT
12.30 pm 2.00 pm

CONCURRENT SESSION5 of 7
T.115-117
2.00 pm 3.00 pm

LIAM HARKIN
Postgraduate Researcher,
Education Department St.
Patricks College, Dublin
Researching remotely:
Conducting educational
research from the top of the
Wild Atlantic Way
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CAROLINE OSULLIVAN-RYAN
School of Education
University College Cork
Seeing the Beauty of God:
The role of religious paintings in
RE, in three Catholic postprimary schools.
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RAYMOND BANDLOW &

SANDRA MANGANO
Gwynedd Mercy University
PA, USA
The U.S. School Reform Agenda,
Charter Schools and
Privatization
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BREAK
Lobby
3.00 pm 3.30 pm
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION

Achieving Impact with Longitudinal Data

PROFESSOR ALICE SULLIVAN
Department of Quantitative Social Science, University College, London
3.30 pm - 4.30 pm
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CONFERENCE BBQ
6 pm 9 pm
STRAND HOTEL
LIMERICK

SUNDAY, 7TH JUNE 2015

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
On Being Transgressive in Educational Research: A Contemplative Gaze
PROFESSOR RUTH LEITCH
Queens University Belfast, Northern Ireland
9.30 am -10.30 am
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BREAK
10.30 am 11.00 am
Lobby

CONCURRENT SESSION6 of 7
T.115-117
11.00 am 12.00 pm

JAMES CARR
University of Limerick

KATHRYN RYAN
University of Illinois

MARY MOLONEY AND

JENNIFER POPE
Mary Immaculate College

Knowing unknowns: Researching

anti-Muslim racism in Ireland in
order to inform anti-racism policies

The Tip of the Iceberg in Focus

Group Research

Is Research becoming the hand that

rocks the cradle in Early Childhood
practice?

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LUNCH
SCOTTS RESTAURANT
12.30 pm 2.00 pm

CONCURRENT SESSION 7 of 7
T.115-117
2.00 pm 3.00 pm
DES CARSWELL

EAMONN MITCHELL

Mary Immaculate
College

Mary Immaculate College

Finding the right research

question: Mapping as a
method for managing the
muddle
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Scratching Beneath the Surface:

Exposing and redefining my
role(s) as teacher educator

Mary Immaculate College

Collaborative self-inquiry as
evidence and impact

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DOROTHY MORRISSEY AND

FIONA MCDONAGH
Department of Arts Education
and Physical Education

BREAK
3.00 pm 3.15 pm
Lobby

Keynote Presentation
Reforming Second-level Education:
Evidence and Policy
PROFESSOR EMER SMYTH
Head of Social Research Division and Research
Economic and Social Research Institute
Dublin, Ireland
3.15 pm 4.15 pm

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CONFERENCE CLOSING
4.15 pm 4.30 pm
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