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Michael Flannery

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Dr. Michael Flannery works as Assistant Professor with the School of Arts Education and Movement at the Institute of Education, Dublin City University with expertise in, and responsibilities for Visual Arts Education. He has been working in third level education since 2000 at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Michael has been actively involved in the continuing professional development of practising primary school teachers in relation to teaching visual arts education and developing teachers' self-efficacy with regard to their creative capacities to make visual art and facilitate visual arts inquiry.

Over his career, Michael has worked has Head of Department for Arts, PE, RE and Early Childhood and Programme Coordinator for the BSc ECE and MESVA programmes at MIE. He has undertaken the role of external examiner for eight years to date and was a primary school teacher for twelve years. he has coordinated a number of artist-in-residence and school community arts initiatives.

Michael received his PhD in Education from the National College of Art and Design following previous postgraduate studies in Community/ Arts/ Education at the same university. He completed other postgraduate studies at Trinity College Dublin and Canterbury Christ Church University in Technology and Learning and English Language Education. He was a research fellow with AERG at Trinity College Dublin.

Book Chapter

	Year	Publication
	2012	Flannery, M. (2012) 'Defining, redefining and de-defining art: Teachers engaging with work of artists in Irish primary schools' In: Art Education and Contemporary Culture Irish Experiences International perspectives. Bristol UK/ Chicago USA : Intellect Publications.

Conference Publication

	Year	Publication
	2023	Flannery, M., Nugent, M., & Burgess, F. (2023) Pausing at the Threshold . In: Cameron-Standerford, B. Bergh, & C. Edge eds. *Examining the Value of Integrated Arts in Teacher Education From a Collaborative Cross-Border Cross-Institutional S-STEP Perspective* https://dx.doi.org/10.59668/558
	2019	Flannery, M. (2019) LAI 2019, Dublin *Read, research, reflect and respond: Using visual arts based methods to teach about the descriptive power of metaphor*
	2019	Flannery, M. & Mc Morrough, A. (2019) INTED 2019, Seville *Mobile device use in third level education: Attraction, interaction or distraction*
	2019	Flannery, M. (2019) IATSE 2019 *Going with the flow: Exploring flow as a lens and tool to act, think and plan more inclusively in the classroom* Dublin,
	2018	Flannery, M. (2018) WCE 2018, Dublin *Nurturing Preservice teachers’ ideation.*
	2018	Flannery, M. (2018) WERA 2018, Cape Town *Combating the classroom imagination deficit: Increasing pre-service teachers’ ideation self-efficacy for more creative teaching and learning*
	2017	Flannery, M. (2017) Edulearn 2017, Barcelona *Evaluating Multi-user virtual environment technology for visual arts inquiry using action case research*
	2017	Flannery, M. (2017) Edulearn 2017 *Evaluating multi-user virtual environment technology using action case research*
	2016	Flannery, M. (2016) LAI 2016, Dublin *Evaluating the impact of Visual Arts on children’s procedural writing*
	2013	Flannery, M. (2013) RAI Conference, Dublin *Introducing VALID - Literacy development in Visual Arts*

Conference Contribution

	Year	Publication
	2023	Flannery, M. (2023) InSEA World Congress 2023 Uncovering Fault Lines: Evaluating Performance amidst Shifts between Online and In-person Teaching during Covid-19 Disruption Canakkale, Turkey, .
	2023	(2023) IACETL Conference Thinking without the box! Nurturing ideation self-efficacy in teaching and learning Virtual, .
	2023	Flannery (2023) 5th International Academic Conference on Education, Teaching and Learning (IACETL) Investigating impressions of flow for inclusive teaching: An explorative phenomenological case study applied to Irish preservice teachers Vienna, .
	2022	Murphy, R., Brennan, E., Flannery, M. Hsu, H.-P., Cleary, A., Ward, F. & McCabe, U. (2022) ESAI Conference A Matter of Presence in Higher Education Classrooms: Virtual and In Person Dublin, .
	2022	Cleary, A., Flannery, M. Hamilton-Turly,L., MacAulay, C. & Ward, S. (2022) IOE Teaching and Learning Day Threading fine art strands: Exploring the opportunities and learning using universal themes, curation and co-teaching approach Dublin, .
	2017	Flannery, M. (2017) RECEC Symposium 2017 Children, Creativity and Contexts - Reflecting on C3i in early education practice: Curriculum integration, imagination and innovation TCD, Dublin, .
	2016	Flannery, M. (2016) InAEA 2nd Biennial Virtual Conference Evaluating MUVE technology for visual arts inquiry virtual, .
	2013	Flannery, M. (2013) SCoTENS 2013 Online CPD: analysing primary teachers‟ perspectives on creativity, imagination and innovation in Creative Teachers for Creative Learners, Implications for Teacher Education Dublin, .
	2012	Flannery, M. (2012) SCoTENS 2012 Analysing primary teachers’ perspectives on imagination, creativity and innovation Athlone, .

Peer Reviewed Journal

	Year	Publication
	2022	McCabe, U.; Flannery, M. (2022) 'Wellbeing and the arts in Irish primary teacher education: aligned or apart? A policy and self-study perspective'. European Journal of Teacher Education, . [Link] [DOI]
	2022	Regina Murphy, Francis Ward, Una McCabe, Michael Flannery, Andrea Cleary, Hsiao-Ping Hsu & Eileen Brennan (2022) (2022) 'Recasting embodied and relational teaching in the arts: teacher educators reflect on the potential of digital learning, Irish Educational Studies, 41:1, 213-224, DOI: 10.1080/03323315.2021.2022525'. Irish Educational Studies, 41 (1):213-224. [DOI]
	2023	Michael Flannery Mary Nugent Frances Burgess Denise Elliot (2023) 'Evaluating Professional Learning From Integrated Arts Education Practices in Initial Teacher Education'. Irish Journal of Education, 47 . https://www.erc.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IJE_SCoTENS-47_Flannery-et-al.-2023.pdf

Committees

	Committee	Function	From / To
	Faculty Teaching and Learning Committee (DCU)	The primary role of the Teaching and Learning Convenorss to promote excellence in teaching and learning in their School. They represent their School on the Faculty Teaching and Learning Committee (FTLC). They facilitate the review and development of undergraduate and postgraduate programme delivery at School level. They promote quality and innovation in teaching and learning in their School and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning more generally. They ensure the efficient administration of teaching and learning. Promotes quality and innovation in teaching and learning in their School and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning more generally. Promotes quality and innovation in teaching and learning in their School and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning more generally. Promotes quality and innovation in teaching and learning in their School and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning more generally. Promotes quality and innovation in teaching and learning in their School and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning more generally.	-

Employment

Employer	Position	From / To
Kilkenny School Project N.S.	Primary School Teacher	-
Marino Institute of Education	Head of Arts and RE Department	-
North Bay Educator N. S.	Primary School Teacher	-
Marino Institute of Education	Head of Arts, PE and ECE Department	-

Education

Start date	Institution	Qualification	Subject
01/09/2006	National College of Art and Design, Dublin	PhD in Education	Visual Arts Education
01/09/2001	National College of Art and Design, Dublin	H. Dip. Community Arts Education	Community Arts Education
01/09/2012	Trinity College Dublin	MSc in Technology and Learning	Technology and Learning
01/09/1994	Canterbury Christ Church University	M.A. English Language Education	English Language Education
01/09/1986	St. Patrick's College, Dublin City University	B.Ed. (Primary)	Primary Education

Other Activities

	Description

Enterprise Engagement

	Year	Engagement Type	Client	Description
	2023	Personnel Exchange	Universal Design DCU Best Practices	Video production documenting the application of UDL principles and practices to a module titled Creative teaching and subject leadership in year four of the Bachelor of Education degree. The module comprises students who are interested in visual arts and wish to take a leading role in whatever school they work to promote and support the teaching of visual arts. Course content and the related assessment is grounded by UDL principles concerning multiple means of representation, action, expression and engagement.

Outreach Activities

Year	Engagement Type	Organisation	Description
2023	DCU in the Community	Age-Friendly University Office	SHAPE is an acronym for Social Health, Arts and Personal Education. The SHAPE project aims to integrate the areas of arts and well-being education. The project focus titled "Making our mark" is the promotion of inclusion and wellbeing for older citizens through art. Arts and creativity has an important role to play in health and wellbeing in later life and can help improve physical, psychological, and social health and wellbeing in older adults (Institute of Public Health, 2021).
2023	Community-based research	Primary School	REACH - Remote Engagement in the Arts through Collaborative teacHing. This community-based research project aims to determine the strengths, limitations and resolutions to challenges encountered from co-teaching visual arts remotely with primary school teachers to their class groups as part of their visual art primary education practice. The project focus concerns the exploration of remote co-teaching visual arts to primary school children using Google Meet and Zoom technology and evaluating the efficacy of such technology from a quality visual arts education provision and teacher/ teacher educator professional development perspective.
2022	Community-based learning	Primary School	REACH - Remote Engagement in the Arts through Collaborative teacHing. This community-based pilot project aims to determine the strengths, limitations and resolutions to challenges encountered from co-teaching visual arts remotely with primary school teachers to their class groups as part of their visual art primary education practice. The project focus concerns the exploration of remote co-teaching visual arts to primary school children using Google Meet and Zoom technology and evaluating the efficacy of such technology from a quality visual arts education provision and teacher/ teacher educator professional development perspective.

Media

Title	Year	Type	Authors
Frozen symphony	2021	Other	AP405 students, Michael Flannery
Making our mark!	2023	Other	AFU group, Aisling Wilson, Michael Flannery & Una McCabe
Flúirse: Teach as Artist Approach	2023	Other	Michael McEvoy, Ailsing Wilson, Michael Flannery & Regina Murphy
Microcosmic - Freefall - Opacity	2022	Other	AP405 students and Michael Flannery
Flourish, Shelter and Mayhem	2022	Other	Michael Flannery and Aisling Wilson
Threading fine art strands	2022	Other	AP305, Michael Flannery, Colin McAulay, Andrea Cleary and Lucy Hill
Ekphrastic Surprise Exhibtion	2023	Other	Michael Flannery and Aisling Wilson
Interview for INSPE Strasbourg (National Institute of Teaching and Education)	2023	Other	Michael Flannery and Sébastien Tetard
Video for Universal Design DCU Best Practices - Visual Arts	2023	Other	Aoife McNicholl and Michael Flannery

Research Interests

Michael's research interests concern the centrality of visual arts education and its relationship with imagination, creative habits of mind and multi-literacy development. He is interested in its potential for arts-rich STEAM education, arts-led integration with other disciplines. His research interests in preservice teacher education explore A/R/Tography, whereby, students explore their emerging identities of Artiist/ Researcher/ Teacher, and supervising self-study research projects concerning curriculum integration and interdisciplinary learning. Other research interests concern collaborative creativity, arts-based assessment and creative use of technologies in visual arts.

Research Projects

	Title	Role	Description	Start date	End date
	PAINT: Self study Research Investigating Possibilities and Pitfalls of Arts INtegration	Project coordinator		01/01/2021	31/07/2021

Current Postgraduate Students

Student Name	Degree	Supervision
Keane ,Eileen Maria	Doctor of Education	Supervisor
Tyrrell ,Hillary	Master of Arts	Supervisor
Burns ,Jane Agnes	PhD	Supervisor

Internal Collaborators

	Type	Name	Company	Role
	Internal	SATLE - Strategic Alignment of Teaching and Learning Enhancement
	Internal	REACH - Remote Engagement in the Arts through Collaborative teacHing
	Internal	APEX - Arts and Physical Education Excellence
	Internal	FLOW-UDL: Flow theory and Universal Design for Learning

External Collaborators

	Type	Name	Company	Role
	External	PAINT - Possibilities and Pitfalls of INtegrated Arts
	External	ECO-SONIC-ARTS - Music, Visual Arts and STEM project

Modules Coordinated

Term	Title	Subject
2022	Creative Teaching: Subject Leadership	AP405
2022	Visual Arts and Music Education	ED2020
2023	Creative Teaching and Subject Leadership	AP405
2021	Creative Teaching and Subject Leadership	AP405
2023		ED8037