People
The Schools
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
Science Foundation Ireland
Funding is from the Science Foundation Ireland
The DCU Team
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).
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.
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.