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Siun Nic Mhuiri

Siún Nic Mhuirí is a lecturer in the Institute of Education, St. Patrick’s campus, where she specialises in Mathematics Education. She completed her Masters degree in mathematics at NUI, Galway before obtaining her PGCE at the University of Exeter, UK. The majority of her primary teaching experience was in designated disadvantaged schools and she has worked with the Maths Recovery and Ready, Set, Go - Maths programmes. She completed her PhD under the supervision of Dr Dolores Corcoran in St. Patrick’s College, Drumcondra. This research was centred on a teaching experiment she carried out at fifth class level and was titled ‘Does it go without saying? Mathematical Thinking in Whole Class Discourse’

Peer Reviewed Journal

	Year	Publication
	2022	Twohill, A.;NicMhuirí, S.;Harbison, L.;Karakolidis, A. (2022) 'Primary Preservice Teachers’ Mathematics Teaching Efficacy Beliefs: the Role Played by Mathematics Attainment, Educational Level, Preparedness to Teach, and Gender'. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, . [Link] [DOI]

Published Report

	Year	Publication
	2020	Siún Nic Mhuirí (2020) Shape and Space in the Senior Primary Classes. NCCA, . [Link]
	2020	Siún Nic Mhuirí (2020) Measures in Senior Primary Classes. NCCA, . [Link]
	2014	Dooley, T., Dunphy, E., Shiel, G., Butler, D., Corcoran, D., Farrell, T., NicMhuirí, S., O'Connor, M., Travers, J. & Perry, B (2014) Mathematics in Early Childhood and Primary Education (children aged 3-8 years), (Volume 18: Teaching and learning). National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, . [Link]

Guidelines for Practice

	Year	Publication
	2022	Siún Nic Mhuirí;NCCA (2022) Draft Support Materials for the New Primary Mathematics Curriculum: 11. Designing activities, tasks and problems for Mathematical Modeling. GFP [Link]
	2022	Siún Nic Mhuirí;NCCA (2022) Draft Support Materials for the New Primary Mathematics Curriculum: Supporting Mathematical Modeling in the classroom. GFP [Link]
	2022	Siún Nic Mhuirí;NCCA (2022) Draft Support Materials for the New Primary Mathematics Curriculum: 9. An Introduction to Mathematical Modeling. GFP [Link]

Conference Publication

	Year	Publication
	2021	Neary, P.;Nic Mhuirí, S. (2021) Proceedings of the Eighth Conference on Research in Mathematics Education . In: Mary Kingston;Paul Grimes eds. *Modelling Division: Towards a Local Instructional Theory for the Teaching of Multi-Digit Division* [Link] [DOI]
	2021	Nic Mhuirí, S;Kelly, D. (2021) Proceedings of the Eighth Conference on Research in Mathematics Education . In: Paul Grimes;Mary Kingston eds. *Making Squares: Children’s Responses to a Tangram Task* [Link] [DOI]
	2021	Howard, F.;OReilly, M.;Nic Mhuirí, S. (2021) Proceedings of the Eighth Conference on Research in Mathematics Education . In: Mary Kingston eds. *Storying mathematical identity narratives* https://zenodo.org/record/5601481#.YnkWv-jMK70
	2019	Siún Nic Mhuirí, Therese Farrell, Córa Gillic, Mary Kingston (2019) Seventh Conference on Research in Mathematics Education in Ireland (MEI7) . In: Lorraine Harbison, Aisling Twohill eds. *Planning for Teaching Early Mathematics:Negotiation of Shared Intentions* Dublin [Link] [DOI]
	2019	Siún Nic Mhuirí, Aisling Twohill, Lorraine Harbison (2019) Seventh Conference on Research in Mathematics Education in Ireland (MEI7) . In: Lorraine Harbison, Aisling Twohill eds. *Investigating Mathematics Teacher Efficacy Beliefs in Primary Initial Teacher Education* Dublin [Link] [DOI]
	2019	Siún Nic Mhuirí (2019) Eleventh Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (CERME11) *A lens on two classrooms: Implications for research on teaching* 06/02/2019- 10/02/2019
	2019	Charalampos Sakonidis, Reidar Mosvold, Ove Gunnar Drageset, Siún Nic Mhuirí, Rukiye Didem Taylan (2019) Eleventh Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (CERME11) *Studying mathematics teaching and teacher practice(s): in search for an identity*
	2019	Fionnán Howard, Siún Nic Mhuirí, Maurice OReilly (2019) Eleventh Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (CERME11) *“I don't like Maths as a subject but I like doing it.”: A methodology for understanding mathematical identity*
	2019	Siún Nic Mhuirí (2019) Educational Studies Association of Ireland (ESAI) Conference 2019 *A lens on two classroom: Considerations for mathematics education*
	2018	Siún Nic Mhuirí, Lorraine Harbison, Aisling Twohill (2018) European Conference on Educational Research (ECER), Bolzano, Italy *Design and redesign: Investigating mathematics teacher efficacy in primary initial teacher education* https://eera-ecer.de/ecer-programmes/conference/23/contribution/44630/
	2018	Aisling Twohill, Siún Nic Mhuirí, Lorraine Harbison (2018) 42nd Annual Meeting of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME) . In: Ewa Bergqvist, Magnus Österholm, Carina Granberg, Lovisa Sumpter eds. *Investigating the mathematics teaching efficacy beliefs of student teachers* Umea, Sweden 03/07/2018- 08/07/2018
	2017	Siún NIc Mhuirí (2017) 10th Congress of European Research in Mathematics Education . In: Dooley, T., Gueudet, G eds. *Considering research frameworks as a tool for reflection on practices: Grain-size and levels of change* Dublin 01/02/2017- 05/02/2017 http://www.mathematik.uni-dortmund.de/ieem/erme_temp/CERME10_Proceedings_final.pdf
	2017	Lorraine Harbison, Aisling Twohill, Siún NIc Mhuirí (2017) Association for Teacher Education in Europe (ATEE) . In: M. Sablic, A. Skugor, I. Durdevic Babic eds. *Associations of students self-reported efficacy beliefs towards mathematics education on completion of their first year in initial teacher education* Dubrovnik, Croatia 23/10/2017- 25/10/2017 [Link]
	2014	NicMhuirí, S. (2014) Fourth Conference on Research in Mathematics Education (MEI) . In: In T. Dooley, D. Corcoran & M. Ryan eds. *Look who's talking now - the role of talk in relation to mathematical thinking and problem solving* Dublin
	2014	S. Nic Mhuirí (2014) Proceedings of the 38th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education and the 36th Conference of the North American Chapter of the Psychology of Mathematics Education . In: P. Liljedahl, S. Oesterle, C. Nicol & D. Allan eds. *Investigating student participation trajectories in a mathematical discourse community* Vancouver

Conference Contribution

	Year	Publication
	2021	Patrick Neary, Siún Nic Mhuirí (2021) A Problem-Solving Approach to the Teaching of Number Clare Education Centre Webinar Online 25/03/2021- .
	2021	Nic Mhuirí, S.;Noone, S.;Neary, P. (2021) Irish Learning Support Association Conference Supporting all Learners in Mathematics Tullamore .
	2020	Siún Nic Mhuirí, Seán Noone (2020) Irish Learning Support Association (ILSA) Supporting All Learners in Mathematics through Universal Design for Learning Online .
	2019	Aisling Twohill, Siún Nic Mhuirí, Mary Kingston (2019) 43rd Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education Micro-ethnography of collaboration: Sharing perspectives and broadening lenses within a community of practice Pretoria, South Africa .
	2016	Twohill, A., Ryan, M., Nic Mhuirí, S., Dooley, T (2016) Centre for Collaborative Research across Teacher Education (CREATE) St. Patrick’s College, Dublin .
	2016	Siún Nic Mhuirí (2016) 13th International Congress on Mathematical Education (ICME) Hamburg, germany .
	2014	S. Nic Mhuirí (2014) Presentation to the Science and Mathematics Education Conference, (SMEC) Thinking and evaluation in a mathematical discourse community: A shared responsibility Dublin .
	2013	S. Nic Mhuirí (2013) INTO Consultative Conference on Education: Numeracy Matters Maths talk: Talking about mathematical thinking Portlaoise .

Thesis

	Year	Publication
	2012	S Nic Mhuirí (2012) Does it go without saying? Mathematical thinking in whole class discourse. St. Patrick's College, Dublin: THES

Professional Associations

Association	Function	From / To
Mathematics Education Ireland (MEI)	Treasurer/Member of Editorial Team	-
Local organising committee of the 10th Congress of European Research in Mathematics Education (CERME), Dublin, February 2017	Local organising committee of the 10th Congress of European Research in Mathematics Education (CERME), Dublin, February 2017	-
Congress of European Research in Mathematics Education	Co-chair of Mathematics Teaching and Teacher Practice(s), TWG19, CERME 11	10/01/2018 -
YERME Young researchers in the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education	Co-chair YERME day, DCU IoE	01/02/2017 -
International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME)	Member	-
British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics	Member	-

Committees

	Committee	Function	From / To
	CASTeL		-
	Athena SWAN		-
	CREATE21 (Collaborative Research Across Teacher Education)		-

Research Interests

Mathematics classroom practices; Dialogic teaching and the role of talk in mathematical thinking and problem solving; Teacher research and reflective practice; Mathematics teacher education, Mathematics Teacher Efficacy.

Co-chair of Mathematics Teaching and Teacher Practice(s), TWG19, for CERME13.
Organizing Committee for the 8th Conference on Research in Mathematics Education (MEI), DCU Institute of Education, Dublin. October 2021.

Research Projects

Title	Role	Start date	End date
Maths4All Professional Learning Communities	DCU PI	01/01/2022	31/12/2023
OLM: Outdoor Learning in Mathematics: Building capacity for outdoor learning in mathematics through a cross-border collaboration	Co-PI	01/09/2022	31/12/2023
Maths4All	DCU PI	01/01/2020	31/12/2020
NCCA Research Report Shape and Space	DCU PI	12/01/2020	29/02/2020
Mathematical Modelling: Support Material for the new primary mathematics curriculum	DCU PI	03/06/2020	31/08/2020
Mathematics Teaching Practices Toolkit	DCU PI	01/01/2019	31/12/2019
Scéimeanna Oibre ó NzMaths	PI	01/09/2019	31/12/2019
Mathematics Education: The Design Challenge of Programme Change in Primary Initial Teacher Education	Co-Investigator	01/06/2017	31/05/2018

Contract Researchers

	Researcher Name	Project	Funding Body
	Emma Owens	Maths4All

Current Postgraduate Students

Student Name	Degree	Supervision
Howard ,Fionnan	PhD	Supervisor
Gillic ,Cora	PhD-track	Supervisor
Kingston ,Mary	PhD	Supervisor
Flanagan ,Bernadette	Doctor of Education	Supervisor

Internal Collaborators

Type	Name	Company
Internal	Aisling Twohill	DCU
Internal	Therese Dooley	DCU
Internal	Maurice OReilly	DCU
Internal	Lorraine Harbison	DCU
Internal	Miriam Ryan	DCU
Internal	Mary Kingston	DCU

Teaching Interests

BEd1: ED1022: Mathematics Education
BEd2: ED2031: Mathematics Education
BEd3: ED3052: Mathematics Education
BED4: ED4055: Mathematics Education

PME2: ED9048: Mathematics Education

SG217: Teaching and Learning of Mathematics(Major Specialism, module 2)

Masters of Education: Mathematics Education Specialism

Modules Coordinated

Term	Title	Subject
2020	Mathematics Education	ED2031
2022	Teaching and Learning of Mathematics	SG217
2022	Mathematics Education	ED9048