Niamh Watkins

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Niamh is an assistant professor in the school of Language, Literacy and Early Childhood Education (LLECE) where she lectures in the area of Literacy to undergraduate and postgraduate students .
Niamh has more than ten years experience teaching at primary school level in DEIS schools.

Research Interests 
Niamh's  interests include literacy in the context of educational disadvantage; dialogic approaches to literacy; writing pedagogy, project-based learning, literacy across the curriculum, critical literacy pedagogy, literacy assessment in higher education.
She is currently completing doctoral studies in the University of Sheffield.
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Professional Associations

Association Function From / To
Federation of European Literacy Associations (Ireland) Member 01/02/2019 - 08/07/2022
Literacy Association of Ireland Past President 06/11/2020 - 06/11/2021

Research Interests

Critical literacy pedagogy; Dialogic classrooms; Writing Pedagogy; Cross-curricular integration; 



Teaching Interests

Approaches to writing instruction 
Dialogic approaches to Literacy 
Literacy in disadvantaged contexts 
Critical Literacy
Children's Literature 
Vocabulary instruction
Cross curricular integration