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Fiona Giblin

Fiona Giblin is an Assistant Professor in Early Childhood Education at DCU Institute of Education and contributes to undergraduate and postgraduate initial teacher education programmes, as well as masters of education programmes. She is co-Programme Chair of the Master of Education in Early Childhood Education and a Senior Fellow of Advance HE. Fiona has previously worked as a primary school teacher and contributed to the design and delivery of continuing professional development throughout the country on Aistear, Ireland’s early childhood curriculum framework. She has worked with the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA), the Association of Teachers Education Centres in Ireland (ATECI), the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) in the development of resources and in-service for teachers, particularly to support play pedagogy. Fiona's research interests include initial teacher education and early childhood curriculum and pedagogy, with a particular focus on multimodal communication, meaning making and play. Fiona is affiliated to DCU's Early Childhood Research Centre.

Conference Publication

	Year	Publication
	2021	Giblin, F. (2021) Pedagogy for Higher Education Large Classes (PHELC) *Flipping the flipped classroom online* [Link] [DOI]
	2019	Giblin, F. (2019) Pedagogy for Higher Education Large Classes, Co-located with the 5th International Conference on Higher Education Advances *Promoting student engagement with a large class (400+): Implications for large sized lectures, small group workshops and online teaching and learning* Universitat Politècnica de València, València, [Link] [DOI]

Conference Contribution

	Year	Publication
	2022	Giblin, F.; Gorman, A.; Sexton, PJ. (2022) Teacher Education Policy in Europe (TEPE) Embedding research in initial teacher education Graz, Austria, .
	2021	Giblin, F. (2021) Pedagogy for Higher Education Large Classes (PHELC) Flipping the Flipped Classroom Online Online, .
	2021	Giblin F. & Sexton, PJ. (2021) Educational Studies of Ireland (ESAI): Possibilities in Education: Re-imagining Connections with People, Purpose and Place Conceptualising ‘Research-Rich’ Initial Teacher Education Online, 26/03/2021-.
	2020	Giblin, F., Sexton, PJ., Merchant, G., & White, S. (2020) Educational Studies of Ireland (ESAI): Opening Up Education: Options, Obstacles and Opportunities Student Teachers as Researchers: An International Comparison of Practitioner Research in Initial Teacher Education Online, 04/09/2020-.
	2019	Giblin F. (2019) European Early Childhood Education Research Association Socio-dramatic play: An Opportunity for Developing Language and Literacy in the Early Years Classroom Thessaloniki, Greece, 20/08/2019-23/08/2019.
	2019	Lake, G, Urban, M, Giblin, F, French, G, Farrell, T (2019) European Early Childhood Education Research Association TOY to Share, Play to Care - Impact Evaluation Thessaloniki, Greece, 20/08/2019-23/08/2019.
	2019	Giblin, F. (2019) Pedagogy for Higher Education Large Classes (PHELC) (Pre-conference symposium HEAd) Promoting student engagement with a large class (400+): Implications for large sized lectures, small group workshops and online teaching and learning Universitat Politècnica de València, València, Spain, 25/06/2019-.

Published Report

	Year	Publication
	2022	French, G.; McKenna, G.; Giblin, F.; Concannon-Gibney, T.; Farrell, T.; Gillic, C.; Halligan, C.; Lake, G.; Ni Dhiorbhain, A.; Ni Laimhin, M.; O'Neill, S. (2022) Literature review to support the updating of Aistear, the Early Childhood Curriculum Framework. National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, . [Link]
	2022	Giblin, F.; McCormack, M.; O Breachain, C.; Ryan, M. (2022) Professional development for leaders and specific contexts and disciplines: Literacy (including Gaeilge and digital literacy) and numeracy. A review of the literature. Department of Education, . [Link] https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7882171
	2022	Dwyer, B., Leahy, M., Donlon, E., Giblin, F., & O’Neill, S. (2022) Pedagogical Strategies, Approaches and Methodologies to Support Digital Literacy: A Review of the Literature. Department of Education, . [Link] [DOI]
	2022	Butler, D.; Giblin, F.; Kingston, M. (2022) Numeracy and digital learning: Use of digital technologies as tools for numeracy development. A review of the literature. Department of Education (Ireland). Department of Education, . https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7881367
	2020	Urban, M., Lake, G., French, G., Giblin, F. & Farrell, T. (2020) TOY to Share, Play to Care Impact evaluation and policy recommendations: Final report. International Child Development Initiatives(ICDI), . [Link]

Peer Reviewed Journal

	Year	Publication
	2022	Lake, G.; Urban, M.; Giblin, F.; French, G.; Farrell, T. (2022) 'Making a difference in the real world. User-centred impact evaluation of an eight-country, community-based early childhood programme'. Evaluation and Program Planning, 92 . [Link] [DOI]

Book Chapter

	Year	Publication
	2023	Farrell, T.; Giblin, F. (2023) 'Reconceptualising Children's Rights in the Early Years Classroom' In: Pushing the Boundaries of Human Rights Education: Concepts, Challenges and Contexts. Oxon : Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003321644-6

Professional Associations

	Association	Function	From / To
	Education Studies Association of Ireland	Member	-
	Children's Research Network	Member	-

Committees

	Committee	Function	From / To
	2023 MEI9 Scientific Committee		01/06/2023 - 31/08/2023
	2021 MEI8 Organising Committee		01/09/2020 - 30/10/2021
	2019 MEI7 Organising Committee		01/09/2018 - 31/10/2019
	DCU Early Childhood Research Centre		-

Education

	Start date	Institution	Qualification	Subject
	05/02/2021	AdvanceHE	SFHEA	Senior Fellowship

Other Activities

	Description
	National Forum Digital Badge in Universal Design for Teaching & Learning
	National Forum Digital Badge in Reflective Practice in Teaching

Enterprise Engagement

	Year	Engagement Type	Client	Description
	2022	Continuous Professional Development/Training	Education Centres in Mayo, Sligo, Donegal and Carrick-on-Shannon (covering Leitrim, Roscommon and Longford) in collaboration with the County Childcare Committee	Tús Maith: Transitions in Action – A Preschool to Primary School Project 2022-2023
	2019	Continuous Professional Development/Training	Tanzania Pre-Primary Schools

Outreach Activities

Year	Engagement Type	Organisation	Description
2023	DCU in the Community	DCU Institute of Education	Gallery Presentations at IoE Teaching and Learning Day: Student Creativity, Collaboration & Communication Beebots Using Teaching & Learning Funding
2021	DCU in the Community	DCU Institute of Education	Co-presented at IoE Teaching & Learning Event: LLECE Self-Study Community of Practice
2020	DCU in the Community	DCU Institute of Education	Presentation at IoE Teaching and Learning Day 'Providing ‘real life’ experiential learning using simulations online'
2019	DCU in the Community	DCU Institute of Education	Presentation at IoE Teaching and Learning Day 'Aligning Assessment with Engagement, Participation and Attendance'
2016	DCU in the Community	Institute of Education School of Language, Literacy and Early Childhood Education	Teaching and Learning Convenor

Research Interests

Early Childhood Curriculum and Pedagogy

Communication and language development
Multimodality
Creativity
Play

Teacher Education

Higher education pedagogy
Teaching and learning
Initial teacher education

Research Projects

Title	Role	Description	Start date	End date
Networking with Mhonda Teacher Training College, Tanzania	Co-ordinator		21/07/2023	06/08/2023
A literature review to support the updating of Aistear, the Early Childhood Curriculum Framework (NCCA, 2009)	Researcher		17/11/2021	17/11/2022
A literature review to support the updating of the Literacy (including Digital literacy) and Numeracy Strategy	Researcher	Three systematic reviews on the topics of digital literacy, digital numeracy and professional learning.	01/06/2021	01/09/2022
Professional Development of Tanzania Pre-Primary Teachers	Co-ordinator		26/03/2021	31/08/2021
Professional Development of Tanzania Pre-Primary Teachers	Co-ordinator		01/01/2020	31/08/2020
TOY to Share, Play to Care	Researcher		14/01/2019	30/06/2021

Internal Collaborators

Type	Name	Company	Role
Internal	Dr. PJ Sexton	DCU IoE	Academic
Internal	Dr. Catherine Mulryan-Kyne	DCU IoE	Academic
Internal	Prof. Bernard Pierce	DCU	Academic

External Collaborators

	Type	Name	Company	Role
	External	Prof. Simone White	QUT Faculty of Education	Academic
	External	Dr. Georgina Merchant	UCL Institute of Education	Academic

Teaching Interests

BEd

BEd1: ED1011 Foundations in Education and Early Childhood Education (Play, Language and Learning)
BEd3: ED3011 Integrated Learning across the Curriculum (Early Years Teaching and Learning)
BEd3: EC322 Multimodality in Early Childhood (ECE Specialism)
BEd1-4: Professional Placement modules

PMEP

PMEP1: ED8033 Foundations in Education & Early Childhood Education(Early Childhood Education)
PMEP1-2: Professional Placement modules

MEd Early Childhood Education

EC903: Curriculum & Pedagogy in Early Childhood Education
EC913: Early Childhood Education Thesis

Modules Coordinated

Term	Title	Subject
2022	Research Project	ED4015
2022	Multimodality in Early Childhood	EC322
2022	Research Project	ED8057
2022	Foundations in Education & Early Childhood Ed	ED8033
2022	Integrated Learning across the Curriculum	ED3011
2021	Curriculum & Pedagogy in Early Childhood Education	EC903