IRMSS 2015

CONFERENCE PROPGRAMME
FRIDAY, 5TH JUNE, 2015
CONCURRENT SESSIONS1 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 counterintuitive fit

An Exploration of the concept of

engagement by publicly funded Higher
Education Institutions in Ireland
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T.116

CONCURRENT SESSIONS2 of 7
T.115-117
3.30 pm 4.30 pm
CAROL-ANN OSIORAIN

DEE MAGUIRE

JANE OHANLON

Trinity College Dublin

National College of Art

and Design, Dublin

St Patricks College,
Dublin City University

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

T. 116

T.117

Collaborating, sharing and

reflecting: How it Impacts
on concepts and theory of
practice

T.115

CONCURRENT SESSIONS3 of 7
T.115-117
4.30 pm 5.30 pm

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DOROTHY MORRISSEY

SUZANNE KENNEDY

AOIFE PRENDERGAST

Mary Immaculate College,

Limerick

Letterkenny Institute of
Technology

Institute of Technology
Blanchardstown, Dublin

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

An expedition
ethnography

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T. 116

Graduate futures: Turning

evidence into impact:
Troublesome knowledge
in practice Education
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RECEPTION
Lobby
5.30 pm 6.15 pm
CONFERENCE WELCOME
6.15 pm 6.45 pm
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President of Mary Immaculate College
PROFESSOR MICHAEL HAYES
PROFESSOR TERESA ODOHERTY
Dean of Education
Mary Immaculate College
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
6.30 pm 8.00 pm
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Chair: Professor Jim Deegan
Director IRMSS

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Head of Graduate School
Research and Graduate School
Mary Immaculate College, Limerick

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
Saturday, 6th June, 2015

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
TITLE
PROFESSOR PAUL CONWAY
University of Limerick, Ireland
9.30 am -10.30 am
T. 117

BREAK
10.30 am 11.00 am
Lobby

CONCURRENT SESSIONS4 of 7
11.OO am 12.00 pm
DES CARSWELL

MARTIN GALVIN

MARCUS FREE

Mary Immaculate College

University of Limerick

University of Limerick

Finding the right research

question: Mapping as a
method for managing the
muddle

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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T.115

T.116

Three Minute Thesis Competition

12.00 pm 12.30 pm
TBA

LUNCH
SCOTTS RESTAURANT

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12.30 pm 2.00 pm

CONCURRENT SESSIONS5 of 7
T.115-117
2.00 pm 3.00 pm

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LIAM HARKIN
Education Department
St. Patricks College, UCD

CAROLINE OSULLIVANRYAN
Trinity College Dublin

The impact of budgetary

cutbacks on guidance
counsellors care work
across different school
types

Collaborating, Sharing and

Reflecting: How it Impacts
on Concepts and Theory
of Practice

T. 115

RAYMOND BANDLOW
Gwynedd Mercy University
The U.S. School Reform
Agenda, Charter Schools
and Privatization

T. 117
T.116

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

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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
T.117

BREAK
10.30 am 11.00 am
Lobby

CONCURRENT SESSIONS6 of 7
T.115-117
11.00 am 12.00 pm

PERFORMANCE
TBA
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?

T.116

T.117

T.115

LUNCH
SCOTTS RESTAURANT
12.30 pm 2.00 pm

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Concurrent Sessions 7 of 7
T.115-117
2.00 pm 3.00 pm
MELISSA REED

EAMONN MITCHELL

Gwynedd Mercy
University

Mary Immaculate College

Teacher Preparation that

Integrates Technology
and Pedagogy

Scratching Beneath the

Surface: Exposing and
redefining my role(s) as
teacher educator

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T.116

DOROTHY MORRISSEY
AND FIONA
MCDONAGH
Department of Arts
Education and Physical
Education
Mary Immaculate College
Collaborative self-inquiry
as evidence and impact
T.117

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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