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Gerry Mcnamara

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Dr. Gerry McNamara is Professor of Educational Evaluation in the School of Policy and Practice, DCU Institute of Education and Co-Director of the Centre for Evaluation, Quality and Inspection (EQI) . From 1997-2007 he was Head of the School of Education Studies, DCU. He was course director of the Doctorate in Education , a taught doctoral programme in the field of educational leadership and evaluation.

Gerry is a specialist in educational evaluation and has planned and led many major evaluations at home and abroad, working for, among others, the Dept. of Education and Science, the National Centre for Guidance in Education, Leargas, the Equality Authority of Ireland, the European Commission, and the United Nations Development Programme.Gerry was a member of the Teaching Council of Ireland (2001/2002, 2004-2006),a co-founder of the Irish Evaluation Network, (2000) and was a member of the Council of the British Educational Leadership, Management and Administration Society, (BELMAS) from 2008-2012.

Book

	Year	Publication
	2019	Brown, M., Altrichter, H., Nayir, F., Nortvedt, G., Burns, D., Fellner, M., Gloppen, S.K., Helm, C., McNamara, G., O'Hara, J., Punzenberger, B., Skedsmo, G. and Wiese, E.F. (2019) Classroom Assessment that Recognises Cultural Difference - A European Perspective a. Dublin: The Centre for Evaluation Quality,and Inspection. [DOI]
	2019	Shevlin, P., Brown, M., McNamara, and O'Hara, J. (2019) Sharing the impact of shaped professional learning networks in challenging times. Dublin: The Centre for Evaluation Quality,and Inspection.
	2017	Brown, M., McNamara,G., O'Hara, J., O'Brien, S., Poole, P,, and Burns, D. (2017) Evaluation of the PDST ePortfolio initiative: Integrating ePortfolios in Education. Dublin: EQI.
	2006	Norman, J., Galvin, M. and McNamara, G. (2006) Straight Talk:Researching Gay and Lesbian Issues in the School Curriculum. : The Gender Equality Unit of the Dept of Education and Science.
	2005	McNamara,G (2005) Vision in the Curriculum:An evaluation of the Fis Project in Primary schools in Ireland. : Fis Project/Dept of Education and Science.
	2004	McNamara,G.,C. Mulcahy and J. O' Hara. (2004) An Analysis of the Training Needs of Trainers in the Furthur Education Sector in Ireland. : Dept. of Education and Science/Leonardo Da Vinci Prog.
	2001	McNiff,J.,G.McNamara and D. Leonard. (2001) Action Research in Ireland. : Educational Studies Association of Ireland/September Books.
	2000	O' Hara, J., S. Byrne and G. McNamara. (2000) Positive Discipline. : Dept. of Education and Science,Ireland.
	1999	Humphreys, H., Jeffers, G., McNamara, G., and Conyngham,G. (1999) Research Paper No 2, Pointing to the Future – Some Second Level Students' Perceptions of the Points System. : The Points Commission.
	1998	McNamara, G. (1998) Guidance in Adult and Continuing Education. . : National Centre for Guidance in Education.
	1997	McKenna P., McNamara, G. and Barrett T. (1997) Principal's Perceptions of the Guidance Service in Post Primary Schools. : National Centre for Guidance in Education.
	1990	McNamara, G., K.Williams and D.Heron (1990) Achievement and Aspiration: Curricular Initiatives in Irish Post Primary Education in the 1980s. : National Education Centres.
	1988	Williams, K., G. McNamara and D.West (1988) Understanding Trade Unions (Revised and reprinted 1995 and 1999). : O’Brien Press.
	1986	Williams, K. and G.McNamara (1986) The Vocational Preparation Course: an Educational Appraisal and Practical Guide. . : Ass. of Secondary Teachers in Ireland.
	2019	Brown, M., Altrichter, H., Nayir, F., Nortvedt, G., Burns, D., Fellner, M., Gloppen, S.K., Helm, C., McNamara, G., O'Hara, J., Punzenberger, B., Skedsmo, G. and Wiese, E.F. (2019) Classroom Assessment that Recognises Cultural Difference - A European Perspective. Dublin: EQI. [Link] [DOI]
	2015	Brown, M., McNamra,G., and O Hara, J (2015) School Inspection in a Polycentric Context: The case of Northern Ireland. : West Belfast Partnership/ Centre for Evaluation Quality and Inspection.
	2008	McNamara, G and O Hara, J (2008) Trusting Schools and Teachers: Developing Educational Professionalism Through Self-Evaluation. : Peter Lang Publishing Inc. New York.

Book Chapter

	Year	Publication
	2022	Brown, M.; Skerritt, C.; Roulston, S.; Milliken, M.; McNamara, G.; O'Hara, J. (2022) 'The evolution of academic selection in Northern Ireland' In: Education Policy in Ireland Since 1922. [Link]
	2021	Joe O’Hara, Patrick Shevlin, Martin Brown and Gerry McNamara (2021) 'Operating Professional Networks in Northern Ireland: The EQI Shaped Professional Learning Network' In: The Third Annual International Symposium “Education and City: Education and Quality of Living in the City” (Education and City 2020). Moscow : SHS Web of Conferences. [DOI]
	2021	Joe O’Hara, Patrick Shevlin, Martin Brown and Gerry McNamara (2021) 'Education Networks: a Key Driving Force for School Development in a Time of Crisis and Change' In: The Third Annual International Symposium “Education and City: Education and Quality of Living in the City” (Education and City 2020). Moscow : SHS Web of Conferences. [DOI]
	2019	Burns, D., Brown, M., O'Hara, J. and McNamara, G. (2019) ''Progressing culturally responsive assessment for higher education institutions'' In: Diversity and Triumphs of Navigating the Terrain of Academe: International Perspectives. US Open access: : US Open access: Emerald Publishing Limited. [Details].
	2016	McNamara, G. and O' Hara, J. (2016) 'The importance of the concept of self-evaluation in the changing landscape of education policy' In: Studies in educational evaluation: effects and side effects of school inspections, a general framework. London : Elsevier. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.stueduc.2016.06.006
	2016	Altrichter, H., Kemethofer, D., Ehren, M., Gustafsson, J.-E., Skedsmo, G.; Huber, S.G., Conyngham, G., McNamara, G. & O'Hara, J. . (2016) 'Effects and side effects of European inspection systems' In: Wirkungen und Nebenwirkungen europaischer Inspektionssysteme. Schulinspektion als Steuerungsimpuls? Ergebnisse aus Forschungsprojekten. : Springer VS.
	2014	Altrichter, H., Ehren, M.C.M., McNamara, G. & O’Hara, J. (2014) 'The impact of school inspection ? Analysis of assumptions about mechanisms of school inspection in six European countries ' In: Michael Pfeifer(Eds.). Schule – Qualität und Entwicklung. . Munster, germany : Waxmann.
	2012	O' Hara, J., Lahart, J., Lovsatt, L., McSharry, M. and McNamara, G (2012) 'Managing Stress in Initial Teacher Education - Challenges and Opportunities' In: Nikolaeva, S., Mulcahy, C. and Scanlon, G(Eds.). Towards Transformative Education. Sofia and Dublin : University of Sofia, Bulgaria and DCU.
	2010	McNamara, G.; Joyce, P.; O'Hara, J. (2010) 'Evaluation of adult education and training programs' In: International Encyclopedia of Education. [Link] [DOI]
	2009	McNamara, G. and O'Hara, J. (2009) 'Where Global Meets Local, Contexts, Constraints and Consensus in School Evaluation in Ireland. ' In: Ryan, K. E., & Cousins, J. B(Eds.). Sage International Handbook on Educational Evaluation. Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage.
	2007	Rami, J., Lalor, J. and McNamara, G. (2007) 'Multiple Approaches to Reflection as a Key Component of Assessment' In: O'Neill, G., Huntly-Moore, S. and Race, P(Eds.). Case Studies of Good Practice in Assessment of Student Learning in Higher Education. Dublin : The All Ireland Society for Higher Education.
	2006	McNamara, G., Rami, J. and Lalor, J. (2006) 'Triangulation and Reflection in Practice - Oriented Assessment within Vocational Teacher Education Programmes - a Case Study' In: Stenstrom, M.L. and Laine, K(Eds.). Quality and Practice in Asessment; New Approaches in Work -Related Learning. Jyvasklya,Finland : Institute for Eduacational Research, Finland and EU Leonardo Da Vinci.
	2006	Stenstrom, M. L, Grollman, P., Lalor, J., McNamara, G., Messerer, K., Rami, J., Tutschner, R., and Umarik, M. (2006) 'Elements of Good Practice' In: Stenstrom, M. L. and Laine, K(Eds.). Towards Good Practice for Practice – Oriented Assessment in European Vocational Education. : Institute for Educational Research, University of Jyvaskyla/EU Leonard.
	2005	Rami, J, G, McNamara, J, Lalor (2005) 'Ireland' In: Grollman, P. and M.L. Stenstrom, (Eds.)(Eds.). Quality Assurance and Practice - Oriented Assessment in Vocational Education and Training: Country Studies. : Bremen: Institute Technik und Bildung / European Commission.
	2003	Williams, K. and G. McNamara (2003) 'The Landscape of Curriculum Inquiry in the Republic of Ireland' In: William F. Pinar (ed.)(Eds.). The Handbook of International Curriculum Research. : Lawrence Earlbaum, Washington D.C.
	2000	McNamara, G. and J. O’Hara (2000) (2000) 'Action Research for Organizational Change' In: J. McNiff, G. McNamara and D. Leonard (eds(Eds.). Action Research in Ireland. : Educational Studies Association of Ireland.
	1997	McNamara, G. (1997) (1997) 'Changing Our Teachers: Teacher Education and Re-education - a Key Dimension of Curriculum Reform in Further Education' In: R. Skytta and H. Roussi(Eds.). Points of Departure; the European Dimension in Vocational Teacher Education. : European Commission.
	1996	McNamara, G. (1996) (1996) 'Curriculum Development in Vocational Education and Training in Ireland 1991-95' In: M. Morrissey and H. Roussi(Eds.). Issues of Adult and Occupational Education in Ireland and Finland. : National Board of Education Finland/ European Commission.
	1995	McNamara, G. (1995) 'The Changing Face of Vocational Education Provision in the Post Primary Sector of Education in the Irish Republic' In: D.F. O’Rawe(Eds.). Curriculum Policy in the 1990s: Northern and Southern Perspectives. : Co-operation North.
	1990	McNamara, G. (1990) 'Teachers and Innovation: Pre- and In-Service Training Strategies from the First and Second European Action Programmes on Transition from School to Adult and Working Life. ' In: J. Coolahan (ed.)(Eds.). Teacher Education in the Nineties:Towards a New Coherence. : Association of Teacher Educators in Europe.
	2022	Brown. M., Skerritt, C., Roulston, S., Milliken, M., McNamara, G., O' Hara , J. (2022) 'The Evolution of Academic Selection In Northern Irelandd' In: Education Policy in Ireland since 1922. London : Palgrave McMillan.
	2020	Boyle R., O’Hara J., McNamara G., Brown M. (2020) 'Ireland' In: The Institutionalisation of Evaluation in Europe. Cham : Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32284-7_9
	2019	Altrichter, H, Galvin, M.,McNamara, G. and O' Hara, J. (2019) 'Addressing the Context in Cross-National Comparative Research' In: Doing Educational Research: Overcoming Challenges in Practice. London : Sage.
	2017	Faddar, J., Brown, M., O'Brien, S., McNamara, G., and O'Hara, J. (2017) 'De inbreng van externe partijen in schoolzelfevaluaties : de Republiek Ierland als casus' In: De rol van externen bij kwaliteitszorg : vreemde ogen doen spreken. Brussels : Politeia:UITGEVERIJ. [Link]
	2016	Brown, M.; McNamara, G.; O’Hara, J. (2016) 'Teacher accountability in education: The Irish experiment' In: Essays in the History of Irish Education. [Link] [DOI]
	2019	Burns, D.; Brown, M.; O’hara, J.; McNamara, G. (2019) 'Progressing culturally responsive assessment for higher education institutions' In: DIVERSITY AND TRIUMPHS OF NAVIGATING THE TERRAIN OF ACADEME: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES. [Link] [DOI]
	2014	O Hara, Joe., McNamara, G. and Harrison, K (2014) 'Culture Changes, Irish Evaluation and Assessment Traditions Stay the Same? Exploring Peer- and Self-Assessment as a Means of Empowering Ethnic Minority Students' In: Hood,S., Hopson, R., and Frierson,H(Eds.). Continuing the Journey to Reposition Culture and Cultural Context in Evaluation Theory and Practice. Charlotte, North Carolina : Information Age Publishing.

Peer Reviewed Journal

	Year	Publication
	2024	Gardezi,S.; McNamara,G.; Brown,M.; O'Hara,J. (2024) 'Exploring the multifaceted nature of school inspectors'. Review of Education, 12 (3). [DOI]
	2024	O' Hara, J., McNamara, G., Brown, M., O, Brien, S. and Gardezi, S. (2024) 'Reconceptualising evaluation and assessment from a culturally responsive standpoint - an Irish perspective'. New Directions for Evaluation, . [DOI]
	2024	O’Brien, S.; O’Hara, J.; McNamara, G.; O’Hara, J.; Hogan, S.; Sullivan, J.; Tobin, P.; Joyce, F.; Devine, R.; Irwin-Gowran, S. (2024) 'Student participation in Irish primary schools'. Education 3-13, 52 . [Link] [DOI]
	2023	Gardezi, S., McNamara, G., Brown, M. and O' Hara, J. (2023) 'School inspections: a rhetoric if quality or reality'. Frontiers in Education, 8 . [DOI]
	2023	O'Brien. S, O' Hara, J. McNamara, G and O'Hara, J. (2023) 'Quality assuring an ethical education curriculum for schools in Ireland'. SN Social Sciences, 3 (63). [DOI]
	2023	Skerritt, C.; O’Hara, J.; Brown, M.; McNamara, G.; O’Brien, S. (2023) 'Enacting school self-evaluation: the policy actors in Irish schools'. International Studies in Sociology of Education, 32 . [Link] [DOI]
	2023	Gardezi, S., McNamara, G., , Brown, M. and O'Hara, J. (2023) 'The rise and convergence of school inspection systems. Comparative analysis of school inspection systems in Dubai, Ireland, New Zealand and Pakistan'. Revista de Educacion, (Supervision). https: //DOI.ORG/10.52149/Sp21
	2023	Skerritt, C.; McNamara, G.; Quinn, I.; O’Hara, J.; Brown, M. (2023) 'Middle leaders as policy translators: prime actors in the enactment of policy'. Journal of Education Policy, 38 . [Link] [DOI]
	2022	Martin Brown; Denise Burns; Gerry McNamara; Joe O'Hara (2022) 'Culturally responsive classroom - based assessment. A case study of secondary schools in Ireland'. European Journal of Educational Research, 40 (1). https://doi.org/10.6018/rie
	2022	O’Brien, S.; McNamara, G.; O’Hara, J.; Brown, M.; Skerritt, C. (2022) 'Students as co-researchers in a school self-evaluation process'. Improving Schools, 25 . [Link] [DOI]
	2022	O’Brien, S.; McNamara, G.; O’Hara, J.; Brown, M. (2022) 'Learning by doing: evaluating the key features of a professional development intervention for teachers in data-use, as part of whole school self-evaluation process'. Professional Development in Education, 48 . [Link] [DOI]
	2022	Skerritt, C.; O’Hara, J.; Brown, M.; McNamara, G.; O’Brien, S. (2022) 'Student voice and the school hierarchy: the disconnect between senior leaders and teachers'. Oxford Review of Education, 48 . [Link] [DOI]
	2022	Brown, M.; Altrichter, H.; Shiyan, I.; Rodríguez Conde, M.J.; McNamara, G.; Herzog-Punzenberger, B.; Vorobyeva, I.; Vangrando, V.; Gardezi, S.; O’Hara, J.; Postlbauer, A.; Milyaeva, D.; Sergeevna, N.; Fulterer, S.; García, A.G.; Sánchez, L. (2022) 'Challenges and opportunities for culturally responsive leadership in schools: Evidence from Four European countries'. Policy Futures in Education, 20 . [Link] [DOI]
	2021	McNamara, G., Skerritt, C., O' Hara, J and Brown ,M (2021) 'For improvement, accountability or the economy? Reflecting on the purpose (s) of school self-evaluation in Ireland'. Journal Of Educational Administration And History, 54 (2). https://doi.org/10.1080/00220620.2021.1985439
	2021	McNamara, G.; Brown, M.; Gardezi, S.; O’Hara, J.; O’Brien, S.; Skerritt, C. (2021) 'Embedding Self-Evaluation in School Routines'. SAGE Open, 11 . [Link] [DOI]
	2021	Brown, M.; Donnelly, C.; Shevlin, P.; Skerritt, C.; McNamara, G.; O’hara, J. (2021) 'The rise and fall and rise of academic selection: The case of Northern Ireland'. Irish Studies in International Affairs, 32 . [Link] [DOI]
	2021	Brown, M.; O’Hara, J.; McNamara, G.; Skerritt, C.; Shevlin, P. (2021) 'Global messages from the edge of Europe the cause and effect of leadership and planning strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic'. Irish Educational Studies, 40 . [Link] [DOI]
	2021	Altrichter, H., Herzog-Punzenberger, B., Fulterer, S., Brown, M., Burns, D., Nortvedt, G. A., Skedsmo, G., Wiese, E., Nayir, F., Fellner, M., McNamara, G., & O’Hara, J. (2021) 'Herausforderungen und Bewertungspraktiken in Schulen der Sekundarstufe I in Österreich, Irland, Norwegen und der Türkei. Erziehung und Unterricht'. Psychologie in Erziehung und Unterricht, 171 (3-4):251-261.
	2021	Faddar, J.; Vanhoof, J.; Brown, M.; Figuereido, M.; Cinkir, S.; O’Hara, J.; McNamara, G. (2021) 'Drivers for student and parent voice in school self-evaluation activities: A cross-country analysis of Flanders (Belgium), Ireland and Portugal'. Studies in Educational Evaluation, . [Link] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stueduc.2021.101067
	2021	Craig Skerritt,Joe O’Hara, Martin Brown,Gerry McNamara & Shivaun O’Brien .https://doi.org/10.1080/09620214.2021.1886594 (2021) 'Enacting school self-evaluation: the policy actors in Irish schools'. INTERNATIONAL STUDIES IN SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION (ONLINE), . [DOI]
	2020	Gerry McNamara, Joe O’Hara, Martin Brown, Irene Quinn (2020) 'Quality assurance in Irish Schools: Inspection and School self-evaluatiion'. Administration, 68 (4):x-xx. [DOI]
	2020	Galvin, M and McNamara.G. (2020) 'Face-to-Face Interviews With Vulnerable Respondents'. SAGE Research Methods Cases, . https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781529740479
	2020	Brown, M.; McNamara, G.; O’Brien, S.; Skerritt, C.; O’Hara, J. (2020) 'Policy and practice: including parents and students in school self-evaluation'. Irish Educational Studies, 39 . [Link] [DOI]
	2020	Simeonova, R., Parvanova, Y., Brown, M., McNamara, G., Gardezi, S., O'Hara, J., Castillo Blanco, L., Kechri, Z. and Beniata, E. (2020) 'A continuum of Approaches to School Inspections: Cases from Europe'. Pedagogy (Pedagogika-Pedagogy), 29 (20):487-506. [Link]
	2019	O'Hara, J.,Brown,M., McNamara, G., Shevlin, P. (2019) 'The potential, limitations and evaluation of education networks in a monocentric system'. Educational Research, 38 (1):33-52. https://doi.org/10.6018/rie.397201
	2019	Nayir, F.; Brown, M.; Burns, D.; O’Hara, J.; McNamara, G.; Nortvedt, G.; Skedsmo, G.; Gloppen, S.K.; Wiese, E.F. (2019) 'Assessment with and for migration background students-cases from europe'. EURASIAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, 2019 . [Link] [DOI]
	2019	Burns, D., Brown, M., McNamara, G., O'Hara, J., Altrichter, H., Nayir, F., Nortvedt, G. , Weisse, E. and Skedsmo, G. (2019) 'Aiding culturally responsive assessment in schools: A conceptual framework'. International Journal of Multicultural Education, . [Link]
	2019	Nayir, F., Brown, M., McNamara, G., Nortvedt, G., Burns, D., O'Hara, J.. and Skedsmo, G. (2019) 'Assessment Challenges and Practices with and for Migrant Backround Students – Cases from Europe''. EURASIAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, 79 :1-13.
	2018	Stynes, M., McNamara, G., and O'Hara, J. (2018) 'The challenge of perpetual motion: The willingness and desire of Irish primary school principals to juggle everything'. Irish Educational Studies, . https://doi.org/10.1080/03323315.2018.1512885
	2018	Stynes, M.; Mcnamara, G.; O’Hara, J. (2018) 'An analysis of day to day activities of a sample of primary school principals in Ireland'. Egitim Arastirmalari - Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2018 . [Link] [DOI]
	2018	Stynes, M.; Murphy, T.; McNamara, G.; O’Hara, J. (2018) 'Reflection-on-action in qualitative research: A critical self-appraisal rubric for deconstructing research'. Issues in Educational Research, 28 . [Link]
	2018	Young, C., McNamara, G., Brown, M., and O'Hara, J. (2018) 'Adopting and adapting: school leaders in the age of data-informed decision making'. Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, . [Link] https://doi.org/10.1007/s11092-018-9278-4
	2017	Brown,M.,McNamara, G., O'Hara, J., Hood, S., Burns, D., and Kurum, G. (2017) 'Evaluating the impact of distributed culturally responsive leadership in a disadvantaged rural primary school in Ireland'. EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION (now EMAL), . https://doi.org/10.1177/1741143217739360
	2017	JonesK.L , Tymms,P., Kemethofer, D. , O’Hara,J., McNamara,g., Huber,S., Myrberg,E., Skedsmo,G, and Greger,D. (2017) 'The unintended consequences of school inspection: the prevalence of inspection side-effects in Austria, the Czech Republic, England, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Switzerland'. Oxford Review of Education, Online 1st . [Link] http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03054985.2017.1352499
	2017	Ehren, M. C. M., Janssens, F. J. G., Brown, M., McNamara, G., O’Hara, J. and Shevlin, P. (2017) 'Evaluation and decentralised governance: Examples of inspections in polycentric education systems'. Journal of Educational Change, . [Link] [DOI]
	2017	O'Brien, S., McNamara, G., O Hara, J., and Brown, M. (2017) 'External specialist support for school self-evaluation: Testing a model of support in Irish post-primary schools'. EVALUATION: INT. JOURNAL OF THEORY, RESEARCH & PRACTICE, 23 (1):61-79. [DOI]
	2017	Brown, Martin; McNamara, Gerry; O'Hara, Joe; O'Brien, Shivaun (2017) 'Inspectors and the Process of Self-Evaluation in Ireland'. SCHOOL INSPECTORS: POLICY IMPLEMENTERS, POLICY SHAPERS IN NATIONAL POLICY CONTEXTS, . [DOI]
	2016	Brown,M., McNamara, G., O'Hara, J. and O'Brien, S. (2016) 'Exploring the changing face of school inspections'. EURASIAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, 66 :1-26. http://dx.doi.org/10.14689/ejer.2016.66.1
	2016	Harrison, K.; Taysum, A.; McNamara, G.; O'Hara, J. (2016) 'The degree to which students and teachers are involved in second-level school processes and participation in decision-making: an Irish Case Study'. Irish Educational Studies, 35 . [Link] [DOI]
	2016	Brown, M.; McNamara, G.; O'Hara, J. (2016) 'Quality and the rise of value-added in education: The case of Ireland'. Policy Futures in Education, 14 . [Link] https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1478210316656506
	2016	Ummanel, Azize; McNamara, Gerry; Stynes, Martin (2016) 'The career paths of primary school principals in Ireland'. Irish Educational Studies, 35 (1). [DOI]
	2015	Harrison, K.; O’hara, J.; McNamara, G. (2015) 'Re-thinking assessment: Self- and peer-assessment as drivers of self-direction in learning'. EURASIAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, . [Link] [DOI]
	2015	O’Brien, S.; McNamara, G.; O’Hara, J. (2015) 'Supporting the consistent implementation of self-evaluation in Irish post-primary schools'. Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 27 . [Link] [DOI]
	2015	Harrison,K.,O Hara, J. and McNamara.G. (2015) 'Re-Thinking Assessment: Self- and Peer-Assessment as Drivers of Self-Direction in Learning'. EURASIAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, 60 :75-88.
	2015	Gustafsson, J.E.; Ehren, M.C.M.; Conyngham, G.; McNamara, G.; Altrichter, H.; O'Hara, J. (2015) 'From inspection to quality: Ways in which school inspection influences change in schools'. Studies in Educational Evaluation, 47 . [Link] [DOI]
	2015	Harrison, K., McNamara, G. and O'Hara, J. (2015) 'Evaluating the Level of Student and Teacher Involvement in Second-Level School Processes and Participation in Decision Making: An Irish Case Study'. EUROPEAN STUDIES IN EDUCATION MANAGEMENT, 3 :185-209.
	2014	O'Brien, S.; McNamara, G.; O'Hara, J. (2014) 'Critical facilitators: External supports for self-evaluation and improvement in schools'. Studies in Educational Evaluation, 43 . [Link] [DOI]
	2014	Taneri, P.0., Nayir, K. F. and McNamara, G. (2014) 'Teacher Candidates' Attitudes Towards the Teaching Profession. - Worrying Trends'. Turkish Studies, 9/11 :529-545.
	2014	McNamara, G. and Nayir, K. F. (2014) 'The Increasingly Central Role of School Self-Evaluation in Inspection Systems Across Europe: The Case of Ireland'. TURKISH JOURNAL OF EDUCATION (TURJE), 3 :49-60.
	2013	Corrigan, Trudy; Mcnamara, Gerry; O'Hara, Joe (2013) 'Intergenerational Learning: A Valuable Learning Experience for Higher Education Students'. EURASIAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, 13 (52).
	2013	Ehren, M.C.M.; Altrichter, H.; McNamara, G.; O'Hara, J. (2013) 'Impact of school inspections on improvement of schools-describing assumptions on causal mechanisms in six European countries'. Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 25 . [Link] [DOI]
	2012	Boyle, Richard; McNamara, Gerry; O'Hara, Joe (2012) 'Riding the Celtic Tiger: Forces Shaping Evaluation Culture in Ireland in Good Times and Bad'. Evaluation Cultures: Sense-Making In Complex Times, 16 .
	2012	McNamara, G.; O'Hara, J. (2012) 'From looking at our schools (LAOS) to whole school evaluation -management, leadership and learning (WSE-MLL): The evolution of inspection in irish schools over the past decade'. Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 24 . [Link] [DOI]
	2011	Anderson, K.; Brien, K.; McNamara, G.; O’Hara, J.; Mclsaac, D. (2011) 'Reluctant leaders: Why are some capable leaders not interested in the principalship?'. International Journal of Management in Education, 5 . [Link] [DOI]
	2011	McNamara, Gerry; O'Hara, Joe; Lisi, Penelope L.; Davidsdottir, Sigurlina (2011) 'Operationalising self-evaluation in schools: experiences from Ireland and Iceland'. Irish Educational Studies, 30 (1). [DOI]
	2010	McNamara, Gerry; Norman, James (2010) 'Conflicts of Ethos: Issues of Equity and Diversity in Faith-based Schools'. Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 38 (5). [DOI]
	2009	McNamara, G.; O'Hara, J.; Boyle, R.; Sullivan, C. (2009) 'Developing a culture of evaluation in the Irish public sector: The case of education'. Evaluation, 15 . [Link] [DOI]
	2009	McNamara, Gerry; O'Hara, Joe (2009) 'Ethical Leadership in an Age of Evaluation: Implications for Whole School Wellbeing'. International Handbook Of Education For Spirituality, Care And Wellbeing, Pts One And Two, 3 (1 + 2). [DOI]
	2008	McNamara, G. and O Hara, J. (2008) 'Contexts and Constraints:An Analysis of the Evolution of Evalaution in Ireland with particular reference to the Education System'. JOURNAL OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY EVALUATON, 4 :75-83.
	2007	McNamara, G, O Hara, J.and Boyle, R. (2007) 'Influences Shaping National Evaluation Policies: the Case of Ireland'. THE EVALUATOR, 8 :15-20.
	2007	McNamara, G. and Griffin, S. (2007) 'Film in the Curriculum; an Evaluation of a pilot project in Primary Schools'. Oideas, 52 :88-105.
	2007	McNamara, G. and Mulcahy, C. (2007) 'Adult Educators Reflect on the Impact of Further Education on Themselves and their Communities'. Oideas, 52 :41-56.
	2006	McNamara, G. and O'Hara,J. (2006) 'Workable Compromise or Pointless Exercise? SchoolBased Evaluation in the Irish Context'. Educational Management Administration and Leadership, 34(4) :564-582.
	2005	Morrissey, M. and G. McNamara (2005) 'Paid Educational Leave : Policy and Practice in Ireland'. WIDENING PARTICIPATION AND LIFELONG LEARNING, 7 :30-39.
	2004	McNamara,G.and O'Hara, J. (2004) 'Trusting the Teacher: Evaluating Educational Innovation'. EVALUATION: INT. JOURNAL OF THEORY, RESEARCH & PRACTICE, 10 :463-474.
	2004	Morrissey, M. and G. McNamara (2004) 'Adult Education and Training in Ireland. '. JOURNAL OF ADULT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION, 10 :77-85.
	2002	McNamara, G. and O’Hara, J. (2002) 'Whole School Evaluation and School Development Planning ; an Analysis of recent Initiatives in Ireland'. Educational Management Administration and Leadership, 30 :201-212.
	2001	McNamara, G. and O’Hara, J. (2001) 'Process and Product Issues in the Evaluation of School Development Planning'. EVALUATION: INT. JOURNAL OF THEORY, RESEARCH & PRACTICE, 7 :99-110.
	2000	McNamara, G. and O’Hara, J. (2000) 'Evaluation: Business or Vocation?'. EVALUATION: INT. JOURNAL OF THEORY, RESEARCH & PRACTICE, 5 :490-503.
	2000	O'Hara,J , Byrne, S. and McNamara. G. (2000) 'Implementing a Positive Learning Programme. Irish Educational Studies, 19, 1'. Irish Educational Studies, 19 :68-81.
	1998	McNamara, G., J. O’Hara and H.Roussi (1998) 'The Pedagogical Challenges of Constructivist Theory in Learning and Information Technology'. Irish Educational Studies, 19 :17-38.
	1998	McNamara, G. (1998) 'Evaluation or Guesswork?: a Critique of Some Modes of Assessment'. Compass, 13 :43-57.
	1997	Morrissey, M .and G. McNamara. (1997) 'Education and Training: a Review of Developments in the European Year of Lifelong Learning. '. Irish Educational Studies, 16 :119-132.
	1992	McNamara, G. (1992) 'The Senior Cycle and the Less Academically Inclined Student'. 8 :27-38.
	1992	McNamara, G. and J.Boland. (1992) 'The Reform of Senior Cycle Educational Provision in Ireland:a Proposal for Radical Change'. Irish Educational Studies, 13 :180-195.
	1991	McNamara, G. (1991) 'Curriculum Innovation and Teaching Skills'. Oideas, 37 :16-28.
	1990	McNamara, G. (1990) 'European Rhetoric and National Reality: a Study of Policy and Practice in the Vocational Preparation and Training Programme in Ireland'. CURRICULUM, 11 :162-173.
	1989	McNamara, G. (1989) 'The Myth of Illiberality: Educational Theory and Curriculum Practice in Pre-Vocational Education'. Irish Educational Studies, 8 :99-116.
	1987	McNamara, G. (1987) 'Transition Education: Issues in Curriculum Design'. Oideas, 31 :31-46.
	2021	Faddar, J.; Vanhoof, J.; Brown, M.; Figuereido, M.; Cinkir, S.; O’Hara, J.; McNamara, G. (2021) 'Drivers for student and parent voice in school self-evaluation activities: A cross-country analysis of Flanders (Belgium), Ireland and Portugal'. . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stueduc.2021.101067
	2020	Brown, M.; McNamara, G.; Cinkir, S.; Fadar, J.; Figueiredo, M.; Vanhoof, J.; O’Hara, J.; Skerritt, C.; O’Brien, S.; Kurum, G.; Ramalho, H.; Rocha, J. (2020) 'Exploring parent and student engagement in school self-evaluation in four European countries'. European Educational Research Journal, 20 . [Link] [DOI]
	2022	McNamara, G.; Skerritt, C.; O’Hara, J.; O’Brien, S.; Brown, M. (2022) 'For improvement, accountability, or the economy? Reflecting on the purpose(s) of school self-evaluation in Ireland'. Journal Of Educational Administration And History, 54 . [Link] [DOI]

Other Journal

	Year	Publication
	2003	O'Hara, J and McNamara, G. (2003) 'An Evaluation of the IAN / FRY Vocational Skills Training Programme : Belgrade, Serbia. APSO / Trocaire, ' .
	2001	McNamara, G., O'Hara, J and Mulcahy,C. (2001) 'An Analysis of the Training Needs of Educators in the Further Education Sector in Ireland. . Department of Education and Science/ Commission of the European Communities Leonardo da Vinci Programme.' .
	1999	McNamara, G.,O'Hara, J. (1999) 'The Vocational Education and Training System in Surinam Present Realities and Future Directions. United Nations Development Programme, New York, ' .
	1995	Fogarty, C., G. McNamara and J. Boland. (1995) '‘The Role of the National Council for Vocational Awards in the Certification of Vocational Education and Training’' 9 .

Conference Contribution

	Year	Publication
	2024	Brown,M.; Shevlin,P.; McNamara,G. (2024) Educational Studies Association of Ireland School Improvement through Evidence-Informed Professional Learning Networks: Insights from the EQI/DCU Shaped Professional Learning Network - ‘Education for more just societies: the roles of imagination, innovation and collaboration’ Maynoth Unviersity NU Maynooth, .
	2024	Joris,M.; Faddar,J.; Thomas,V.; Brown,M.; O'Hara,J.; McNamara.G (2024) European Educational Research Association Conference Quality Assurance with Learning Analytics in Secondary Education: Insights from Flanders and Ireland - Education in an Age of Uncertainty: memory and hope for the future University of Cyprus, Nicosia, 27/08/2024-30/08/2024.
	2024	O Hara, J.; Brown,M.; Gardezi,S.; Cassidy,A.; Rowan,A.; McNamara,G. (2024) Educational Studies Association of Ireland Exploring the causes and consequences of educational underachievement – reporting on the first phase of the Horizon Europe project SCIREARLY - ‘Education for more just societies: the roles of imagination, innovation and collaboration’ Maynoth Unviersity NU Maynooth, .
	2004	O' Hara, J and McNamara, G. (2004) Annual conference of the Education Studies Association of Ireland Online Professional Development: real trainers in a Virtual World? National University of Ireland, Maynooth, 02/04/2004-03/04/2004.
	2024	Cassidy,A.; Brown,M.; O'Hara,J.; Gardezi,S.; McNamara,G. (2024) Educational Studies Association of Ireland Navigating Educational Challenges: A Dialogic Approach to Understanding Early School Leaving and Underachievement - ‘Education for more just societies: the roles of imagination, innovation and collaboration’ Maynoth Unviersity NU Maynooth, .
	2024	Brown,M.; McNamara, G.; O'Hara,J.; Gardezi,S. (2024) Educational Studies Association of Ireland Global Dynamics: Making meaning of The Power and Influence and School Inspectorates across regimes of Evaluation - ‘Education for more just societies: the roles of imagination, innovation and collaboration’ Maynoth Unviersity, 04/04/2024-06/04/2024 NUI Maynooth, .
	2023	Gardezi, S., Brown, M., McNamara, G. and O'Hara J. (2023) Educational Studies Ass. of Ireland, Annual Conference Education policies and immigration;From the aspirational to the realised Stranmillis, Belfast, .
	2023	O Hara, J.; Brown, M.; Gardezi, S.; McNamara, G.; et al. (2023) Seventh International Conference on Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Assessment Exploring an Intercultural Community Evaluation and Planning (ICCEP) : a networked response to increasing diversity - Evaluation and Assessment as Healing: Towards Culture-Based Paradigms of Care Chicago Illinois, 03/10/2023-07/10/2023.
	2023	Brown, M., Shevlin, P., Gardezi, S., McNamara, G. and O'Hara, J. (2023) Educational Studies Ass. of Ireland, Annual Conference The Intended and unintended consequences of student voice in education; Cases from Belgium, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Portugal and Turkey Stranmillis, Belfast, 01/04/2023.
	2022	O 'Brien, S., McNamara, G., O' Hara, J. and O' Hara, J (2022) Educational Studies Ass. of Ireland, Annual Conference The Significance and Impact of the development of the Quality Framework for Ethos in Educate Together Schools Marino Institute of Education, Dublin, .
	2022	Brown, M.,Shevlin, P., McNamara, P., O' Hara, J., Skerritt, C., Gardezi, S. (2022) Educational Studies Ass. of Ireland, Annual Conference Student Voice and the Power and Influence of Policy and Practice - Cases from Europe and Beyond Marino Institute of Education, Dublin, .
	2022	McNamara, G., Skerritt, C., O' Hara, J. (2022) Educational Studies Ass. of Ireland, Annual Conference Reflecting on the Purpose of School Self-Evaluation in Ireland Marino Institute of Education, Dublin, .
	2022	Gardezi, S,. Brown, M., McNamara, G., Stynes, M. (2022) Educational Studies Ass. of Ireland, Annual Conference Intercultural Community Evaluation and Planning in Ireland- Leading and Managing Multicultural Learning Environments Marino Institute of Education, Dublin, .
	2022	Skerrit,C.,McNamara, G., Quinn, I., O'Hara, J. (2022) Educational Studies Ass. of Ireland, Annual Conference Bringing Policy to Life in Schools: The Salient Role of Middle Leaders Marino Institute of Education, Dublin, .
	2022	Skerrit, C., O 'Hara, J., Brown, M. and McNamara, G (2022) Educational Studies Ass. of Ireland, Annual Conference Student Voice Rhetoric in the Irish Post Primary School Marino Institute of Education, Dublin, .
	2022	Shevlin, P. Brown, M., McNamara, G., O' Hara, J. (2022) Educational Studies Ass. of Ireland, Annual Conference Network Leadership and the impact of Professional Leadership on School Improvement prior to, during and after the Pandemic - the case of Northern Ireland.a Marino Institute of Education, Dublin, .
	2021	Craig Skerritt ,Joe O'Hara , Martin Brown, Gerry McNamara & Shivaun O'Brien (2021) Educational Studies Ass. of Ireland, Annual Conference The various people doing SSE in Irish post- primary schools Galway, 25/03/2021-27/03/2021.
	2020	Burns, D.; Brown, M.; McNamara, G.; O’Hara, J. (2020) Educational Studies Association of Ireland - Opening up Education Education (Options, Obstacles and opportunities) Culturally Responsive School Leadership Online, 03/09/2020-05/09/2020.
	2020	O’Brien, S.; Brown,M.; McNamara, G.; O’Hara, J. (2020) Educational Studies Association of Ireland - Opening up Education Education (Options, Obstacles and opportunities) Student participation in school self-evaluation: comparing two approaches Online, 03/09/2020-05/09/2020.
	2020	Brown, M.; O’Brien, S.; McNamara, G.; O’Hara, J.; Skerritt, C. (2020) Educational Studies Association of Ireland - Opening up Education Education (Options, Obstacles and opportunities) Towards clarity on the perceived role of parent and student voice in School Evaluation - The case of Ireland Online, 03/09/2020-05/09/2020.
	2020	Gardezi, S.; Brown, M.; McNamara, G.; O'Hara, J. (2020) European Educational Research Association - Educational Research (Re)connecting Communities The Evolution of School Self-Evaluation in the Irish education system From 2003 to the Present Online, 23/08/2020-28/08/2020.
	2020	Altrichter, H., Herzog-Punzenberger, B., Brown M., Nortvedt, G., Nayir, F., Burns, D., Wiese, E., Mcnamara, G. P., O'Hara, J., Fellner, M., Skedsmo, G., Gloppen, S. K. & Helm, C. (2020) The World Education Research Association (WERA) Networking Education: Diverse Realities, Common Horizons Online, 17/04/2020-21/04/2020.
	2020	O'Brien, S.; McNamara, G.; O'Hara, J.; Brown, M. (2020) European Educational Research Association - Educational Research (Re)connecting Communities (Online) Students As Co-researchers In A School Self-evaluation Process Online, 23/08/2020-28/08/2020.
	2020	Skerritt, C.; O'Hara, J.; Brown, M.; McNamara, G.; O'Brien, S. (2020) European Educational Research Association - Educational Research (Re)connecting Communities (Online) Student Voice and Classroom Practice in Ireland Online, 23/08/2020-28/08/2020.
	2020	O'Kelly, J.; Brown, M.; Tiernan, P.; O’Hara, J.; Tiernan,P.; O’Hara,J.; McNamara, G.; Skerrott,C. (2020) Educational Studies Association of Ireland - Opening up Education Education (Options, Obstacles and opportunities) The rise of Intrapreneurship in Education Online, 03/09/2020-05/09/2020.
	2020	Skerritt, C.; O'Hara, J.; Brown, M.; O'Brien, S.; McNamara, G. (2020) European Educational Research Association - Educational Research (Re)connecting Communities (Online) How School Self-Evaluation is Enacted in Irish Schools Online, 23/08/2020-28/09/2020.
	2020	Altrichter, H., Herzog-Punzenberger, B., Brown M., Nortvedt, G., Nayir, F., Burns, D., Wiese, E., Mcnamara, G. P., O'Hara, J., Fellner, M., Skedsmo, G., Gloppen, S. K. & Helm, C. (2020) American Educational Research Ass., Annual Conference Assessment Policies, Practices, and Constraints in Multicultural Classrooms: Global Messages Across Four Assessment Regimes Chicago, 17/04/1920-21/04/2020.
	2020	Faddar, J., Vanhoof, J., Brown, M., Figueiredo, M., Cinkir, S., McNamara, G., O'Hara, J., O'Brien, S. (2020) International Conference for School Improvement and Effectiveness conference 2020 From Mere Consultation to Meaningful Participation? Morocco, 06/01/2020-.
	2020	Faddar, J., Vanhoof, J., Brown, M., Figueiredo, M., Cinkir, S., McNamara, G., O'Hara, J. (2020) International Conference for School Improvement and Effectiveness conference 2020 The Role of Stakeholders in School Self-Evaluation. From Mere Consultation to Meaningful Participation? Morocco, 06/01/2020-10/01/2020.
	2019	O'Hara, J, Brown, M., Ehren, M, McNamara, G.,Svensson, J., Simeonova,R.,Godfrey,D. and Parvanova,Y. (2019) American Educational Research Association Accountability of Educational Networks: Findings From Four Case Studies Toronto, Canada, 05/04/2019-09/04/2019.
	2019	Brown, M., Burns, D., O'Hara, J. and McNamara.G. (2019) CREA V- Intersectionality as Critical Inquiry, Method and Practice: Moving Beyond Nominal Categories and False Dichotomies in Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Assessment Positioning Culturally Responsive Assessment in Higher Educations – A Strategic response from EQI, The Centre for Evaluation, Quality and Inspection – Ireland Chicago Illinois, 27/03/2019-29/04/2019.
	2019	O'Hara, J., O'Brien, S., Brown, M., McNamara, G. and Skeritt, C. (2019) ESAI Conference 2019 - Education in Times of Change, Choice and Challenge A pragmatic model of professional development for school self-evaluation St. Angela’s College, Sligo, 11/04/2019-13/04/2019.
	2019	McNamara, G., Brown, M.,O’Hara, J., O’Brien, S., and Skerritt, C. (2019) ESAI Conference 2019 - Education in Times of Change, Choice and Challenge From policy to advocacy to reality – Exploring the benefits and challenges of parent and student voice in School Evaluation. Cases from Europe St. Angela’s College, Sligo, 11/04/2019-13/04/2019.
	2019	O'Brien, S., Brown, M., McNamara, G. and O'Hara, J. (2019) ESAI Conference 2019 - Education in Times of Change, Choice and Challenge Post-primary students as co-researchers in School Self- Evaluation St. Angela’s College, Sligo, 11/04/2019-13/04/2019.
	2019	Burns, D., Brown, M., McNamara, G. and O'Hara, J. (2019) ESAI Conference 2019 - Education in Times of Change, Choice and Challenge Positioning assessment reform in second level education in Ireland in the context of international developments St. Angela’s College, Sligo, 11/04/2019-13/04/2019.
	2019	Brown, M., McNamara,G., O'Hara, J. and Burns, D. (2019) ESAI Conference 2019 - Education in Times of Change, Choice and Challenge Exploring Culturally Responsive Assessment Practices in Irish Classrooms Cases from the front line St. Angela’s College, Sligo, 11/04/2019-13/04/2019.
	2018	Brown, M., McNamara, G., O'Hara, J., Shevlin, P., and O'Brien, S. (2018) International Professional Development Association, Annual Conference From orthodoxy to reality - investigating the conditions necessary for professional learning networks - lessons from Northern Ireland Birmingham, England, 16/11/2018-17/11/2018.
	2018	O'Brien, S., McNamara, G. Brown, M. and O' Hara, J. (2018) International Professional Development Association, Annual Conference A pragmatic model of professional development for school self - evaluation Birmingham, England, 16/11/2018-17/11/2018.
	2018	Kurum, G., Cinkir, S., Brown, M.. McNamara, G., Faddar, J., and Figueredo, M. (2018) 10th International Educational Supervision Congress A Comparative analysis of Parent/Student Participation in the Context of Distributed School Evaluation and Planning Across Four European Countries Antalya, Turkey, 06/12/2018-08/03/2019.
	2018	Nayir, F., Brown, M., Helm, C., McNamara, G., Skedsmo, G. and Fellner, M. (2018) European Educational Research Association Conference Aiding Culturally Responsive Assessment in Schools-A Mixed Methods Analysis Bolzano, Italy, 04/09/2018-08/09/2018.
	2018	O'Brien, S.,McNamara, G., O'Hara, J. and Brown, M. (2018) European Educational Research Association Conference Irish teachers starting on a journey of data use for school self-evaluation Bolzano, Italy, .
	2018	Brown, M., O'Hara, J., and McNamara, G. (2018) American Educational Research Association (AERA): The Dreams, possibilities and necessities of Public Education The beginning of the end of quiescence. The possibilities and conditions necessary for Polycentric evaluation New York, 13/04/2018-17/04/2018.
	2018	Burns, D., Brown, M., McNamara, G., O’Hara, J. (2018) Education Studies Association of Ireland (ESAI): Values and Purpose in Education Positioning Culturally Responsive Assessment in Higher Education – A strategic response at DCU Institute of Education Dublin, 05/04/2018-07/04/2018.
	2018	Brown, M., O'Hara, J., McNamara, G., O'Brien, S., Farrell, R. and Burns, D. (2018) International Conference on Mobile Technologies in Education Testing a model of CPD for the introduction of ePortfolios in Irish Education NUI Galway, 19/01/2018-20/01/2018.
	2018	Nayir, F., Taneri, O., Brown, M., Burns, D., O’Hara, J., and McNamara, G. (2018) Education, Society and Reform Research (EDUSREF) Improving Education as a Social System in the face of Future Challenges: Assessment for Migration Students : Aiding Culturally Responsive Assessment in Schools(ACRAS) in four European Countries Ankara, Turkey, 06/04/2018-07/04/2018.
	2018	Brown, M., McNamara, G., O’Hara, J., Shevlin, P., and Ehren, M. (2018) Education Studies Association of Ireland (ESAI): Values and Purpose in Education From professional learning communities to Evaluation of Professional learning communities - Results from a three-year case study on network governance in education Dublin, 05/04/2018-07/04/2018.
	2018	Brown,M., Nayir, F., Burns, D., McNamara, G., and O’Hara, J. (2018) Education Studies Association of Ireland (ESAI): Values and Purpose in Education Values & purpose of assessment across frontiers: a comparative analysis of culturally responsive assessment practices in four European countries Dublin, 05/04/2018-07/04/2018.
	2018	O'Brien, S., McNamara, G., O'Hara, J., and Brown, M. (2018) Education Studies Association of Ireland (ESAI): Values and Purpose in Education A pragmatic model of continuing professional development for school self-evaluation Dublin:Ireland, 05/04/2018-07/04/2018.
	2017	O'Brien S, McNamara, G. O'Hara, J and Brown,M (2017) Students as Co-Researchers in an SSE process Seminar for Principals and Deputy Principals from Le Chéile, Loreto, Jesuit and Spiritan schools Broomfield House, Mullingar, 10/11/2017-.
	2017	Burns, D., McNamara, G., O'Hara, J., and Brown, M. (2017) The European Conference on Educational Research: Reforming Education and the Imperative of Constant Change: Ambivalent roles of policy and the role of educational research Five challenges applied to assessment reform efforts in secondary education in Ireland: Positioning attempts at assessment reform within international developments Copenhagen, 21/08/2017-25/08/2017.
	2017	Brown, M.,O Hara, J., McNamara, G., Burns, D., Nortvedt, G., Skedsmo, G., Altrichter, H., Fellner, M., Nayir, and Taneri, O. (2017) Evidence Matters: Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Assessment Translating to Action and Impact in Challenging Times: CREA Fourth International Conference Exploring Practices of Culturally Responsive Assessment in European Schools Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, Illinois, 26/09/2017-29/09/2017.
	2017	Brown, M., Burns, D., McNamara, G. and O'Hara, J. (2017) SIETAR EUROPA CONFERENCE Aiding Culturally Responsive Assessment in Schools (ACRAS) An assessment strategy whose time has come DCU Institute of Education, 25/05/2017-29/05/2017.
	2017	O'Brien, S., McNamara, G., O'Hara, J. and Brown, M. (2017) The European Conference on Educational Research: Reforming Education and the Imperative of Constant Change: Ambivalent roles of policy and the role of educational research Learning by doing: A model of continuing professional development for data-use in school self-evaluation Copenhagen, 21/08/2017-25/08/2017.
	2017	Brown, M. McNamara, G. and O'Hara, J. (2017) Accountability of educational networks Inspections of area-based learning communities in Northern Ireland: Martin Brown, Joe O’Hara, Gerry McNamara, Dublin City University Institute of Education: London, 05/09/2017-05/09/2017.
	2017	Brown, M. , Nayir, F., O'Hara, J., McNamara, G., Burns, D., Norvedt, G., Herzog-Punzenberger, B., Altrichter, H., and Taneri, O. (2017) The European Conference on Educational Research: Reforming Education and the Imperative of Constant Change: Ambivalent roles of policy and the role of educational research Practices of Culturally Responsive Assessment in European Schools? Results of a Literature Review in Four European Countries Copenhagen, 21/08/2017-25/08/2017.
	2017	Brown,M., O’Hara, J., and McNamara, G. (2017) Accountability of educational networks: what, why and how? - Findings from a comparative EU-study on inspections in Polycentric education systems Inspections of area-based learning communities in Northern Ireland: UCL Institute of Education 20 Bedford Way, 05/09/2017-05/08/2017.
	2017	Brown, M., McNamara, G., O’Hara, J., Burns, D., Kurum, G. and O'Brien, S. (2017) The European Conference on Educational Research: Reforming Education and the Imperative of Constant Change: Ambivalent roles of policy and the role of educational research: Reforming Education and th Evaluating the significance of Culturally-responsive Distributed Leadership in a Disadvantaged Rural Primary School in the Republic of Ireland. An ethnographic Case Study Copenhagen, 21/08/2017-25/08/2017.
	2017	Brown,M, McNamara,G.,O Hara,J. and O Brien,S. (2017) Educational Studies Association of Ireland Towards Ireland’s action plan for 2016-2017. Deconstructing local education clusters in a monoculture system. Empirical evidence from Ireland University College Cork, 20/04/2017-22/04/2017.
	2017	Brown, M.,Farrell, R., O'Hara, J.,McNamara, G., Gallagher, S. and O'Brien, S. (2017) Educational Studies Association of Ireland Ongoing Assessment Using eportfolios: lessons to be learned from a 2 year study of eportfolio integration in Irish secondary schools Cork, 20/04/2017-22/04/2017.
	2017	Brown,M., O'Hara,J., and McNamara,G (2017) American Educational Research Association: Knowledge to Action Toward Equal Education Opportunity in a Polycentric Inspection Context San Antonio, Texas, USA, 27/04/2017-01/05/2017.
	2017	Burns, D., Nayir, F., Brown, M., McNamara, G., O'Hara, J. (2017) Sixth Annual International Research Methods Summer School (IRMSS) Aiding Culturally Responsive Evaluation in Schools Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, Ireland, 19/05/2017-21/05/2017.
	2017	Sweetman, B., O'Hara, J. and McNamara, G. (2017) SIETAR EUROPA CONGRESS Evalinto: Towards the design of a training course for teachers in peer mentoring at post-primary level to reduce levels of early school leaving amongst the migrant school population DCU St. Patrick's Campus, Dublin, 22/05/2017-27/05/2017.
	2017	Brown, M., McNamara, G. and O'Hara, J. (2017) American Educational Research Association Towards Equal Education Opportunity in a Polycentric Inspection Context San Antonio, Texas, 27/04/2017-01/05/2017.
	2017	O Hara, J., Brown,M., Burns, D., McNamara,G., Nayir,F, and Taneri,O. (2017) Educational Studies Association of Ireland An overview of Culturally Responsive assessment practices in European Schools University College Cork, 20/04/2017-22/04/2017.
	2017	kurum, G., Brown, M., McNamara, G., O’Hara, J., and Çinkir, Ş. (2017) International Eurasian Educational Research Congress (EJER) Culturally responsive leadership practices: A comparative study of Irish and Turkish Primary Schools Pamukkale Üniversitesi / DENİZLİ / Turkey, 11/05/2017-14/05/2017.
	2017	O Brien,S., McNamara,G., O Hara,J. and Brown,M. (2017) Educational Studies Association of Ireland Learning by doing: A model of continuing professional development for data-use in school self evaluation University College Cork, 20/04/2017-22/04/2017.
	2017	Young, C., McNamara, G., Brown, M. and O'Hara, J. (2017) Educational Studies Association of Ireland Data use in secondary schools Cork, 20/04/2017-22/04/2017.
	2016	Brown, M., McNamara, G., O'Hara, J., Poole, P. and O'Brien, S. (2016) The Next Generation: Digital Learning Research Symposium Factors affecting the introduction of digital portfolios in Irish education Dublin, .
	2016	McNamara,G. and O Hara, J, Ehren, M., Brown, M., Shevlin,P. and O'Rourke,C., (2016) Leading Education: The Distinct Contributions of Educational Research and Researchers - European Conference for Educational Research: Co-existence revisited: towards a framework for Polycentric Evaluation in Education Dublin, Ireland, 24/08/2016-26/08/2016.
	2016	Brown, M., McNamara,G., O Hara, J and O'Brien,S (2016) Leading Education: The Distinct Contributions of Educational Research and Researchers - European Conference for Educational Research The Continuing Evolution of Inspection and School Self-Evaluation in Ireland UCD, Dublin, 24/08/2016-26/08/2016.
	2016	Brown,M.,O'Hara, J., and McNamara,G. (2016) Connecting teachers, schools and systems: Creating the conditions for effective learning - International Congress of School Effectiveness and Improvement A mixed methods analysis of a mixed methods system. School inspections in a polycentric context Glasgow, Scotland, 06/01/2016-09/01/2016.
	2016	McNamara,G.,O'Brien,S., and Brown, M. (2016) Leading Education: The Distinct Contributions of Educational Research and Researchers -European Conference on Educational Research External Specialist Support for School Self-evaluation: Testing a Model of Support in Irish Post-Primary Schools UCD, Dublin, 24/08/2016-26/08/2016.
	2016	Brown,M., O Hara,J. and McNamara,G. (2016) Education as a Public Good - Educational Studies Association of Ireland High stakes accountability in Education. Lessons to be learned from Ireland ’ s first decades of post - colonial educational Independence (1922 – 1971) NUI, Galway, 31/03/2016-02/04/2016.
	2016	Brown,M., McNamara, G., O'Hara, J, Poole, P. and O'Brien, S. (2016) The Next Generation:Digital Learning Research symposium 2016 Factors affecting the introduction of digital portfolios in Irish education Dublin City University, 01/11/2016-01/11/2016.
	2016	Burns, D., O Hara, J. and McNamara,.G (2016) Educational Studies Association of Ireland An investigation of the intellectual skill in the final written assessment of 23 subjects in the Leaving Certificate 2005 - 2010 NUIG, Galway, 31/03/2016-02/04/2016.
	2016	Ehren,M., Janssens.,F, Brown, M., McNamara,G. O'Hara,J. and Simeonova,R. (2016) International Congress of School Effectiveness and Improvement Changing roles and methods of inspections; theoretical framework Glascow, 06/01/2016-09/01/2016.
	2015	McNamara, G. (2015) International conference on education for the Future: Issues and Challenges The changing Face of school Inspection - International Perspectives Ankara University, Turkey, 13/05/2015-15/05/2015.
	2015	O Hara, J, Brown, M, Shevlin, P and McNamara, G. (2015) Educational Studies Association of Ireland Annual Conference Together towards improvement ? The case of Polycentric inspection in Northern Ireland Maynooth, 09/04/2015-11/04/2015.
	2015	Harrison K.,Corrigan T.,McNamara G. and O Hara J. (2015) Educational Studies Association of Ireland Annual Conference Students' Health : a Family Affair in a Changing World NUI, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, 09/04/2015-11/04/2015.
	2015	O Hara, J., Brown,M., McNamara,G.,Ehren,M.,Janssens,F.,Simeonova,R. (2015) European Conference on Educational Research Charting the Rise of Polycentric Evaluation Budapest, 09/09/2015-11/09/2015.
	2015	Harrison K.,Corrigan T.,McNamara G. and O Hara J (2015) Educational Studies Association of Ireland Students’ Health – A Family Affair in a Changing world Maynooth Co. Kildare, 09/04/2015-11/04/2015.
	2014	Harrison, K., O'Hara, J. and McNamara, G (2014) 11th Biennial Conference of the European Evaluation Society Addressing Cultural Responsiveness in Education and Training Dublin, 01/10/2014-03/10/2014.
	2014	Brown,M., O'Brien,S.,McNamara,G. and O'Hara,J. (2014) 11th Biennial Conference of the European Evaluation Society Tracing the changing face of School Evaluation in the Republic of Ireland Dublin, 01/10/2014-03/10/2014.
	2014	O'Hara, J., McNamara, G., O'Brien, S. & Brown, M. (2014) The Rise of School Development in Relation to Accountability and Evaluation Systems - EARLI Sig 23 The Rise of Self-Evaluation in Ireland University of Bielefeld, Germany, 11/11/2014-13/11/2014.
	2014	Harrison, K., McNamara,G., O' Hara, J. and Nayir, F (2014) European Conference on Educational Research Teacher and Student Participation in Second-Level School Processes and Practices Porto, Portugal, 03/09/2014-05/09/2014.
	2013	Skedsmo, G., McNamara, G. and Altrichter, H. (2013) European Conference on Educational Research, Annual Meeting Classifying approaches to school inspection Istanbul,Turkey, 09/09/2013-13/09/2013.
	2013	O'Hara, J,. McNamara, G. & Brown, M. (2013) Annual Conference of the Educational Studies Association of Ireland Save us from the time of trial : From Austerity to Prosperity and Back Again Limwrick, Ireland, 21/03/2013-23/03/2013.
	2013	O Hara, J, McNamara, G and Harrison, K. (2013) Repositioning Culture in Evaluation and Assessment : Centre for Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Assessment Inaugural Conference Culture Changes, Irish Evaluation and Assessment Traditions Stay the Same? Chicago, Illinois, USA, 21/04/2013-23/04/2013.
	2013	McNamara, G. and Harrison, K. (2013) European Conference on Educational Research, Annual Meeting Students and teachers perceptions of participation in institutional processes and practices Istanbul, Turkey, 09/09/2013-13/09/2013.
	2013	McNamara, G. (2013) 15th International Conference on Education The Role of Culture in Evaluation Athens Institute for Education and Research, 20/05/2013-23/05/2013.
	2012	Altrichter, H., McNamara, G. Ohara, J. and Ehren, M.C.M. (2012) European Conference on Educational Research How Do School Inspections Aim To Further School Improvement? Cadiz, Spain, 17/09/2012-21/09/2012.
	2012	Altrichter, H, O Hara , J, McNamara G, Ehren M.C.M. (2012) European Conference on Educational Research Examining the Assumptions of European Inspectorates of Education: A Conceptual Model Cadiz, Spain, 18/09/2012-21/09/2012.
	2011	Corrigan, T,McNamara, G.and O'Hara, J. (2011) Carnegie Research Institute Seminar Intergenerational Learning- A Conversation Leeds Metropolitan University, 22/03/2011-23/03/2011.
	2011	McNamara,G. O’Hara,J. Corrigan,T. (2011) American Educational Research Association, Annual Meeting Intergenerational Learning as a Perspective on Learner Voice in Educational Research New Orleans, USA, 08/04/2011-12/04/2011.
	2011	Corrigan,T.and McNamara,G. (2011) Educational Studies Association of Ireland, Annual Meeting Intergenerational Learning at Third Level: A perspective on a Partnership Dublin, 14/04/2011-16/04/2011.
	2011	McNamara,G.and O'Hara, J. (2011) Educational Studies Association of Ireland, Annual Meeting The Rhetoric and Reality of Inspection in Irish Post Primary Schools Dublin, 14/04/2011-16/04/2011.
	2010	McNamara, G., O Hara, J., Anderson, K.,Brien, K.and McIsaac, D. (2010) Annual Conference of the educational Stuies Association of Ireland Choosing not to lead-examing the reluctant school learder in Ireland and Canada Dundalk, Ireland, 25/03/2010-27/03/2010.
	2010	McNamara,G. (2010) XIV World Congress of Comparative Education Societies Democracy, Equality and the Control of Schools – A case study Istanbul, Turkey, 06/06/2010-09/06/2010.
	2010	McNamara,G. and Corrigan, T. (2010) Annual Conference of the Educational Studies Association of Ireland Intergenerational Learning Dundalk,Ireland, 25/03/2010-27/03/2010.
	2010	McNamara, G., O Hara, J., Anderson, K.,Brien, K.and McIsaac, D. (2010) Annual Conference of the British Educational Leadership Management and Administration Society Reluctance Factors for Principals in Canada and Ireland Reading, England, 08/07/2010-11/07/2010.
	2010	O'Hara,J, McNamara,G and Boyle,R., (2010) European Evaluation Society Bi-Annual Conference Tiger-Forces Shaping Evaluation in Ireland in Good Times and in Bad Prague, 06/10/2010-08/10/2010.
	2009	McNamara, G., O'Hara, J. and Mulkerrins, B. (2009) Annual Conference of the Eductional Studies Association of Ireland Whole School Evaluation and Professional Education in Irish Schools Kilkenny, 02/04/2009-04/04/2009.
	2009	McNamara, G. and O'Hara, J. (2009) European Conference on Educational Research, the Annual Conference of the European Educational Research Association Theory and Evidence in European Educational Research Vienna, 01/10/2009-03/10/2009.
	2009	Anderson,K., Brien,K., McNamara,G.and O’Hara, J. (2009) The Canadian Association for Studies in Educational Administration Where have ‘some’ of the leaders gone: Reluctance factors in leadership graduates as aspiring administrators Ottawa-Canada, 23/05/2009-26/05/2009.
	2008	McNamara, G., O'Hara, J., Cuddihy, N. and Forde, M. (2008) Annual Conference of the Educational Studies Association of Ireland Engaging with Whole-School Evaluation Galway, 06/03/2008-08/03/2008.
	2008	McNamara, G. and O'Hara, J. (2008) Annual Conference of the American Educational Research Association Directions and Dilemmas in Research on Teaching and Teacher Eduacation in Ireland New York, 24/03/2008-28/03/2008.
	2008	McNamara, G. (2008) Annual Conference of the Eductional Studies Association of Ireland Promoting Educational Research: New Doctorates, Funding Streams and Policy Contexts Galway, 06/03/2008-08/03/2008.
	2008	McNamara, G. (2008) Annual Conference of the British Educational Leadership Management and Administration Society Leadership and Control,Ethos and Diversity in Faith- Based Schools Aston Business School, Birmingham, 04/07/2008-06/07/2008.
	2008	McNamara, G. and O'Hara, J. (2008) Developing Celtic Capacity in Educational Research Key Research Agenda-A Briefing from the Republic of Ireland University of Ulster, Jordanstown, 09/06/2008-10/06/2008.
	2006	McNamara, G.,O'Hara, J. and Bovle, R. (2006) Joint Conference of the European Evaluation Society and the Uk Evaluation Society Influences shaping national evakuation policies; an Irish case study London, 04/10/2006-06/10/2006.
	2006	McNamara, G. and Norman, J. (2006) The Second World Curriculum Studies Conference Homophobic Bullying: Evaluating Relationships and Sexuality Education in Irish Second Level Schools Tampere, Finland, 21/05/2006-24/05/2006.
	2006	O’Hara, J., O’Sullivan, C. and McNamara, G. (2006) Annual Conference of the Educational Studies Association of Ireland Can online interaction add to the Microteaching Experience? Dublin,NCAD, 30/03/2006-01/04/2006.
	2006	McNamara, G. and Kenny,A. (2006) Joint conference of the European Evaluation Society and the UK Evaluation Society Quality,evaluation,policy,theory and practice in the education sector London, 04/10/2006-06/10/2006.
	2005	McNamara, G, O’Hara, J and O’Sullivan, C. (2005) Interlearn 2005 Conference 'I’ll show you what I mean' ; using digital video technology and online discussion fora to enhance teacher education students' microteaching and teaching practice experience Helsinki, Finland, 03/12/2005-06/03/2005.
	2005	McNamara, G. (2005) International Congress on the School of the Future Education Policy and the Creation of a Knowledge Society University of Granada, 28/04/2005-29/04/2005.
	2005	McNamara, G. and Norman, J. (2005) Annual Meeting of the Association for Moral Education Feel the fear and do it anyway: Identifying the Need for Sexuality Education in Irish Second – Level Schools Harvard Graduate School of Education, 01/11/2005-04/11/2005.
	2005	Rami, J., McNamara, G. and Lalor, J. (2005) European Conference on Educational Research, the Annual Conference of the European Educational Research Association The Irish Context: Practice – Oriented Assessment in Vocational Education and Training, Current Systems, New Trends and Future Developments Dublin,UCD, 12/09/2005-15/09/2005.
	2005	O'Hara, J and McNamara, G. (2005) ESAI Annual Conference Embedding a culture of evaluation: The Whole School Evaluation Experience University College Cork, 10/03/2005-11/03/2005.
	2005	McNamara, G. and J O'Hara, (2005) American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies Fighting the Wrong War? Curriculum Studies in the Age of Evaluation Mc Gill University, Montreal, Canada, 09/04/2005-11/04/2005.
	2004	McNamara, G. and J O'Hara (2004) 6th Biennial Conference of the European Evaluation Society Knowing what they need to know ? Data in School Self-Evaluation Berlin, Germany, 30/09/2004-02/10/2004.
	2004	McNamara, G. and J O'Hara. (2004) Irish Evaluation Network Innaugural Conference The Whole-School Evaluation Experience DCU, 25/09/2004-25/09/2004.
	2003	McNamara, G. , J. O'Hara and Griffin, S, (2003) American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting Vision in the Curriculum: Evaluating Expressive Objectives Chicago, 21/04/2003-25/04/2003.
	2001	McNamara,G.and J O'Hara. (2001) Annual Conference of the European Evaluation Society Evaluating Quality in Education - an Analysis of recent developments in Whole School Evaluation in the Irish Education System Lausanne, 08/10/2001-12/10/2001.
	2001	McNmara,G.,J O'Hara and B. English. (2001) American Educational Research Ass Whole School Development through Evaluation-An Assessment of a National Pilot Project Seattle, 11/04/2001-15/04/2001.
	1999	O'Hara, J and G. McNamara. (1999) .Third International Conference on Teacher Education Teacher Professional Development and Organisational Growth - a Collaborative Research Perspective Beit Berl College, Tel Aviv, 20/06/1999-22/06/1999.
	1998	McNamara, G. and J. O'Hara. (1998) 3rd European Evaluation Society Biennial Conference Evaluation and Organisational Climate: Practical and Emancipatory Goals in Evaluation Design Rome, Italy, 10/10/1998-12/10/1998.
	1997	McNamara, G. and J. O'Hara. (1997) Annual Conference of the Educational Studies Association of Ireland Teaching in a Digital World: Teacher Development and the Facilitation of Effective Learning in the Modern Educational Environment University College Galway, 10/04/1997-12/04/1997.
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Published Report

	Year	Publication
	2020	Brown, M., Cinqir, S., Faddar, J., Figueiredo, M., Kurum, G., Vanhoof, J., Gardezi, S. McNamara, G., O'Hara, Skerritt, C., Ramalho, H. O'Brien, S., and Rocha, J (2020) The Co-existence of Parent and Student Voice in School Self Evaluation – Final Report: Erasmus Plus Distributed Evaluation and Planning in Schools (DEAPS). EQI, .
	2019	Brown, M., Cinqir, S., Faddar, J., Figueiredo, M., Kurum, G., Vanhoof, J., McNamara, G., O'Hara, Ramalho, H., Skerritt, C., O'Brien, S., and Rocha, J (2019) Making meaning of Distributed Evaluation and Planning in Schools. EQI, .
	2019	Burns, D., Brown, M., McNamara, G., O'Hara, J., Altrichter, H., Nayir, F., Nortvedt, G., Fellner, M., Helm, C., Punzenberger, B., Skedsmo, G. and Wiese, E.F. (2019) A Training Module to enhance Culturally Responsive Assessment in Educational Settings. EQI, . [Link] [DOI]
	2019	Burns, D., Brown, M., McNamara, G., O'Hara, J., Altrichter, H., Nayir, F., Nortvedt, G., Fellner, M., Helm, C., Punzenberger, B., Skedsmo, G. and Wiese, E.F. (2019) Aiding Culturally Responsive Assessment. A User-Friendly Handbook for Culturally Responsive Assessment in Educational Settings. EQI, . [DOI]
	2018	Brown, M., Altrichter, H., Nayir, F., Nortvedt, G., Burns, D., Fellner, M., Gloppen, S.K., Helm, C., McNamara, G., O'Hara, J., Punzenberger, B., Skedsmo, G. and Wiese, E.F. (2018) Exploring Culturally Responsive Assessment Practices in European Schools - Interim Report. EQI, . [Link] [DOI]
	2018	O'Hara, J., Sweetman, B., Freir, D. Brown, M., and McNamara, G. (2018) A Review and Evaluation of NUI Uversity Collaborative Model of Higher Education Provision through the M.A. in Creative Process. CENTRE FOR EVALUATION, QUALITY AND INSPECTION, DCU, .
	2017	Brown, M., McNamara, G., O’Hara, J. O'Brien, S. and Skerritt, C. (2017) Evaluation and Distributed Evaluation and Planning Strategies (DEAPS) in Irish Schools (Working Paper No.1). EQI, . [Link]
	2017	Burns, D., Brown, M., McNamara, G. and O’Hara, J. (2017) Systematic Literature Review of culturally responsive assessment in schools. EQI, . [Link]
	2017	Burns, D., Brown, M., McNamara, G. and O’Hara, J. (2017) (2017) Assessment And Diversity In Irish Schools. EQI, . [Link]
	2016	O'Hara, J, Brown, M., McNamara, G. and O'Brien, S. (2016) Notes on a small island: national survey results of Principals attitudes towards school self-evaluation. Centre for Evaluation, Quality and Inspection, .

Commissioned Report

	Year	Publication
	2019	O'Brien. S., Brown, M., McNamara, G. & O'Hara, J. (2019) Evaluation of Physics Busking Initiative 2018. COMMREP

Multimedia

	Year	Publication
	2018	Brown, M., McNamara, G., O'Hara, J., and O'Brien, S. (2018) On line Course - Looking at Looking at Our School: A Quality Framework for Post Pirmary Schools- PDST Technology in Education. ONMM
	2018	Burns, D., Brown, M., McNamara, G., and O'Hara, J. (2018) Introducing Culturally Responsive Assessment in Higher Education Institutions. ONMM
	2023	Brown, M; Gardezi, S; Rodríguez-Conde, M.J.; Zangrando, V.; Altrichter, H; Herzog-Punzenberger, B.H.; McNamara, G; O'Hara,J. (2023) Online Course for Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Leadership in Schools (CRELIS) : European Commission. ONMM
	2017	Brown, M., McNamara, G., O'Hara, J. and O'Brien, S (2017) On line Course -Looking at Looking at Our School - PDST Technology in Education. ONMM

Other Publication

	Year	Publication
	2020	Herzog-Punzenberger, Barbara; Altrichter, Herbert; Brown, Martin; Burns, Denise; Nortvedt, Guri A.; Skedsmo, Guri; Wiese, Eline; Nayir, Funda; Fellner, Magdalena; McNamara, Gerry; O'Hara, Joe (2020) Teachers responding to cultural diversity: case studies on assessment practices, challenges and experiences in secondary schools in Austria, Ireland, Norway and Turkey (vol 32, pg 395, 2020). [DOI]
	2020	Nortvedt, G.A.; Wiese, E.; Brown, M.; Burns, D.; McNamara, G.; O’Hara, J.; Altrichter, H.; Fellner, M.; Herzog-Punzenberger, B.; Nayir, F.; Taneri, P.O. (2020) Aiding culturally responsive assessment in schools in a globalising world. [Link] https://doi.org/10.1007/s11092-020-09316-w

Electronic Book

	Year	Publication
	2024	Brown, M; Gardezi, S; Rodríguez-Conde, M.J.; Zangrando, V.; Altrichter, H; Herzog-Punzenberger, B.H.; McNamara, G; O'Hara,J. (2024) Online Course for Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Leadership in Schools (CRELIS) : European Commission. ELEB
	2024	Brown, M; Gardezi, S; Rodríguez-Conde, M.J.; Zangrando, V.; Altrichter, H.; Punzenber, B.H.; McNamara,G.; O'Hara.J. (2024) Evaluation Framework for Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Leadership in Schools (CRELIS) : European Commission. ELEB
	2024	Brown, M; Gardezi, S; Blanco, L; Nayir, F; Altrichter, H; McNamara, G; O’Hara, J; Hall, J; Skedsmo; G; Tanriogen, A; Fulterer, S (2024) Evaluation Framework to enhance Intercultural Community Evaluation and Planning in Schools: European Commission. ELEB
	2024	Brown, M; Gardezi, S; Rodríguez-Conde, M.J.; Zangrando, V.; Altrichter, H; Herzog-Punzenberger, B.H.; McNamara, G; O'Hara,J. (2024) Practitioner Toolkit for Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Leadership in Schools (CRELIS) : European Commission. ELEB
	2024	Brown, M; Gardezi, S; Rodríguez-Conde, M.J.; Zangrando, V.; Altrichter, H; Herzog-Punzenberger, B.H.; McNamara, G; O’Hara.J. (2024) Practitioner Training Course for Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Leadership in Schools (CRELIS) : European Commission. ELEB
	2023	Brown, M; Gardezi, S; Rodríguez-Conde, M.J.; Zangrando, V.; Altrichter, H; Herzog-Punzenberger, B.H.; McNamara, G; O'Hara, J. (2023) Practitioner Training Course for Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Leadership in Schools (CRELIS) : European Commission. ELEB

Professional Associations

Association	Function	From / To
American Educational Research Association	.	-
American Evaluation Association	.	-
European Evaluation Society	.	-
Irish Evaluation Network	.	-
Educational Studies Association of Ireland	Member	-

Honors and Awards

	Date	Title	Awarding Body
	01/06/2005	DCU Teaching and Learning Fellowship	DCU
	01/02/2016	Presidents Research Award	DCU

Committees

	Committee	Function	From / To
	Board of Management of the National Centre of Technology in Education.		-
	Society for Management Education in Ireland		-
	Council of the British Educational Leadership Mnagement and Administration Society		-
	Management Committee of the Irish Evaluation Network		-
	Academic Advisory Board of the Centre for Talented Youth in Ireland		-
	The Teacher Registration Council.		-
	IRISH EDUCATIONAL STUDIES		09/03/2000 - 10/09/2004

Education

	Start date	Institution	Qualification	Subject
		DCU	Doctor of Philosophy	Education

Languages

	Language	Reading	Writing	Speaking
	Irish	Fluent	Fluent	Fluent
	French	Functional	Basic	Basic

Reviews

	Journal	Role
	EVALUATION: INT. JOURNAL OF THEORY, RESEARCH & PRACTICE	Reviewer
	EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION (now EMAL)	Reviewer

Research Interests

Educational Evaluation, Research Methods in Education, Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Assessment. Education and Training Policy, Leadership in Education.

Research Projects

Title	Role	Start date	End date
Distributed Evaluation and Planning in Schools	co-investigator	01/09/2017	31/08/2020
ACRAS- Aiding Culturally Responsive Evaluation In Schools	Co-investigator	01/09/2017	31/08/2019
School Inspection in a Polycentric Context	C0- Investigator	01/09/2014	31/08/2017
International School Inspection	DCU PI	01/09/2010	30/08/2014

Contract Researchers

	Researcher Name	Project	Funding Body
	Denise Burns	Acras-Aiding Culturally Responsive Assessment in Schools.
	Sarah Gardezi	DEAPS
	Dr Martin Stynes	School Inspections in a Polycentric Context

Internal Collaborators

	Type	Name	Company	Role
	Internal	Dr Kevin Williams	EQI, Institute of Education, DCU
	Internal	Prof. Michael O' Leary	CARPE, Institute of Education, DCU

External Collaborators

Type	Name	Company
External	Dr. Richard Boyle	Institute of Public Aministration, Ireland
External	Prof.Herbert Altrichter	JKU, Linz
External	Prof. Staffard Hood	CREA, University of Illinois

Teaching Interests

Research Methods in Education and Training with particular reference to,

Qualitative Research,

The Theory and Practice of Mixed-Methods Research,

Documentary Analysis,

Academic Writing and writing for Publication,

Philosophical Issues in Research

Modules Coordinated

	Term	Title	Subject
	2022	Philosophical Perspectives on Education	ES341