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School of STEM Education, Innovation & Global Studies

Research Interests and Expertise

Research Area Staff Members
Assessment Aisling Twohill | Nicola Broderick | James Lovatt
Children's understanding of social, political and environmental concepts Ben Mallon | Fionnuala Waldron | Joe Usher | Rowan Oberman
Citizenship Education Ben Mallon | Fionnuala Waldron | Joe Usher | Maria Barry | Rowan Oberman | Peter Whelan
Climate Change Education Fionnuala Waldron | Rowan Oberman
Computational Thinking Deirdre Butler | Eamonn Costello | Tom McCloughlin | Enda Donlon
Creativity Peter Tiernan | Yvonne Crotty | Eamonn Costello
Democratic Education and Education for Democracy Ben Mallon | Fionnuala Waldron | Rowan Oberman |
Digital Learning Deirdre Butler | Denis Moynihan | Charlotte Holland | Enda Donlon | Hsiao-Ping Hsu | Margaret Farren | Margaret Leahy | Peter Tiernan | Yvonne Crotty | Tom McCloughlin | Eamonn Costello
Enquiry Based Learning Caitriona Ní Cassaithe | Fionnuala Waldron | Joe Usher | Paul Grimes | Peter Whelan | Tom McCloughlin |  James Lovatt | Yvonne Crotty | 
Entrepreneurship Peter Tiernan | Yvonne Crotty
Ethics Eamonn Costello | Enda Donlon | Margaret Farren
Game-based/ Gamified / Augmented Learning/Simulation/Virtual Reality Caitriona Ní Cassaithe | Enda Donlon | Margaret Farren | Tom McCloughlin | Yvonne Crotty
Georgraphy Education Joe Usher
History Education Caitriona Ní Cassaithe | Fionnuala Waldron | Maria Barry | Peter Whelan
Human Rights Education Ben Mallon | Fionnuala Waldron | Maria Barry | Rowan Oberman
Initial Teacher Education Aisling Twohill | Ben Mallon |  Cliona Murphy | Enda Donlon | Fionnuala Waldron | James Lovatt | Joe Usher | Lorraine Harbison | Maria Barry | Nicola Broderick | Paul Grimes | Siún Nic Mhuirí | Tom McCloughlin
Intercultural Education Ben Mallon
Interdisciplinary Education Tom McCloughlin
Leadership Margaret Farren
Lesson Study Aisling Twohill | Lorraine Harbison | Maurice O'Reilly | Miriam Ryan | Siún Nic Mhuirí | Therese Dooley
Mathematics Education Aisling Twohill | Lorraine Harbison | Mary Kingston | Maurice O'Reilly | Miriam Ryan | Paul Grimes | Siún Nic Mhuirí | Therese Dooley
Outdoor Education Caitriona Ní Cassaithe | Joe Usher | Orla Kelly | Tom McCloughlin
Partnerships Maria Barry
Pedagogy and Curriculum Aisling Twohill | Caitriona Ní Cassaithe | Fionnuala Waldron | Greg Smith | James Lovatt | Margaret Farren | Maria Barry |  Nicola Broderick | Paul Grimes | Peter Whelan | Siún Nic Mhuirí | Tom McCloughlin | Rowan Oberman | Yvonne Crotty
Place Based Education Caitriona Ní Cassaithe | Joe Usher
Practitioner Research James Lovatt | Paul Grimes | Margaret Farren |  Siún Nic Mhuiri | Yvonne Crotty
Research Methods Enda Donlon | Margaret Farren | Yvonne Crotty
Science Education Cliona Murphy | Greg Smith | James Lovatt | Nicola Broderick | Orla Kelly | Paul Grimes | Tom McCloughlin | Yvonne Crotty
STEM Education Aisling Twohill | Nicola Broderick | Paul Grimes | Tom McCloughlin | James Lovatt | Yvonne Crotty | Eamonn Costello
Sustainability Education Ben Mallon | Charlotte Holland | Maria Barry | Rowan Oberman | Fionnuala Waldron | Tom McCloughlin
Teacher Education / Professional Development Ben Mallon | Aisling Twohill | Ben Mallon | Cliona Murphy | Enda Donlon | Fionnuala Waldron | Greg Smith | James Lovatt | Joe Usher | Lorraine Harbison | Margaret Farren | Maria Barry | Nicola Broderick | Paul Grimes | Siún Nic Mhuirí | Tom McCloughlin |  Yvonne Crotty
Workplace Learning Peter Tiernan | Margaret Farren | Yvonne Crotty