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The Schools
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A screenshot from a recent workshop
The teachers, pupils and guardians of Balbriggan Educate Together National School, Francis Street School, St Colmcille’s NS Mullingar and Scoil Mhuire Navan.
The Funders
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Science Foundation Ireland
Funding is from the Science Foundation Ireland
The DCU Team
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Dr John White
Dr John White
Dr John White works in the School of Policy and Practice on the St Patrick’s Campus of DCU. He works on both undergraduate and post-graduate education programmes. He has worked as a primary teacher, primary school principal and primary school inspector. His research interests include embodied cognition, human communication (with a specific focus on nonverbal communication), classroom communication, arts-based research, Mathematics education, narrative inquiry and primary school leadership.
He is the co-author of ‘The Classroom X –Factor: The Power of Body Language and Nonverbal Communication in Teaching’ (Rutledge, 2011) and co-author of ‘The Rutledge Dictionary of Nonverbal Communication’ (Rutledge, 2021).
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Dr Cliona Murphy
Dr Cliona Murphy
Dr Cliona Murphy has been lecturing in the area of science education at tertiary level for 19 years. She has developed and implemented a range of pre-service, post-graduate and continuing professional development programmes in science education. She has conducted and published research and developed educational resources in the areas of Nature of Science, Inquiry- Based Science Education, Education for Sustainability and Climate Change Education. Dr. Murphy has collaborated in a number of National and International projects in STEM Education, Education for Sustainable Development and Climate Change Education.
Dr Murphy’s Current Roles Include:
- Associate Director of the Centre for the Advancement of STEM Teaching and Learning (CASTeL). www.castel.ie.
- Chair of ALLEA’s Science Education Working Group https://allea.org/science-education/)
- Co-chair of the scientific and pedagogical committee of the international Office for Climate Educationhttps://www.oce.
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Daire McCutcheon
Daire McCutcheon
Daire is the Research Project Officer for Physics in Action. Daire has a Bachelor's degree in Political Science and Geography from Trinity College Dublin and is currently completing her Masters degree in Global Environment, Politics and Society from The University of Edinburgh.