Dr Patrick Burke’s research awarded by American Educational Research Association.

Dublin City University Institute of Education’s Dr Patrick Burke has been selected for the Graduate Student Award for Literacy Research Excellence by the AERA SIG Research in Reading and Literacy.

Dr Burke was recognised for his submission  “Does this go in our science or in our English copy?” A Mixed Methods Study of Disciplinary Literacy Across Subjects and School Sectors". He was presented with his award at the Annual Meeting of AERA in the U.S.

The American Educational Research Association (AERA) has more than 25,000 members represented in over 96 countries and is concerned with improving the educational process by encouraging scholarly inquiry related to education and evaluation and by promoting the dissemination and practical application of research results.

He completed his PhD in the School of Language, Literacy and Early Childhood Education at DCU, supervised by Dr Eithne Kennedy, and recently had a paper published in ‘The Reading Teacher’.

Dr Burke said

“The American Educational Research Association brings together researchers from all over the United States and the world to inquire into important issues in education. I am grateful to the AERA Research in Reading and Literacy Special Interest Group for acknowledging my doctoral research in this way. The research wouldn’t have happened without the participation of a large amount of teachers and primary school children, as well as the support of my supervisor Dr Eithne Kennedy and many other colleagues along the way.” 

For more information on Dr Burke’s research, please contact him by email - patrick.j.burke@dcu.ie.