Damien Burke

Dr

Contact Details


Assistant Professor
Institute of Education
Dublin City University
St. Patrick's Campus
Dublin 9.
T:01 7009200

E:damien.burke@dcu.ie

SPC M 212
T:Ext. 9022

E:damien.burke@dcu.ie
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Dr. Damien Burke is an assistant professor in the School of Policy and Practice at DCUIoE.

Damien's chief area of responsibility is working on the Professional Placement Team to help coordinate the suite of primary placement modules on both the B.Ed. and PMEP programmes. He also contributes to the M.Ed. (leadership strand) and D.Ed. programmes, alongside supervising a number of PMEP2 research projects.     

Damien has extensive experience of teaching and school leadership at primary level. He has been a class teacher, learning support teacher, teaching principal and administrative principal in various schools in Dublin. Damien has previously worked at the Marino Institute of Education lecturing in teaching studies and mathematics methods / competency. 

His current research interests include school leadership, teacher/middle leadership and pre-service teachers' subject-knowledge competency. Damien had participated in many professional collaborations with the NCCA in Ireland; has been involved in Europe-wide Erasmus Plus projects; had devised and delivered both online and face-to-face PD for serving teachers, and, has provided consultancy services to various textbook publishers. 

Damien holds a Bachelor of Education, Masters of Education, Postgraduate Diploma in School Leadership and a Doctor of Education degree. 

Booklet

Year Publication
2018 Damien Burke, Ann Concarr, Sean Delaney, Ann Marie Gurhy and Mark Prendergast (2018) Teacher Educator Module 5 - (Pre)/Primary: Creating a Classroom Culture to Foster Mathematical Challenge and Differentiation. BOOKLET [Link]
2018 Damien Burke, Ann Concarr, Seán Delaney, Ann Marie Gurhy and Mark Prendergast (2018) Teacher Module 5 - Secondary: Creating a Classroom Culture to Foster Mathematical Challenge and Differentiation. BOOKLET [Link]
2018 Damien Burke, Ann Concarr, Seán Delaney, Ann Marie Gurhy and Mark Prendergast (2018) Teacher Module 5 - (Pre)/Primary - Creating a Classroom Culture to Foster Mathematical Challenge and Differentiation. BOOKLET [Link]
2018 Damien Burke, Ann Concarr, Sean Delaney, Ann Marie Gurhy and Mark Prendergast (2018) Teacher Educator Module 5 - Secondary: Creating a Classroom Culture to Foster Mathematical Challenge and Differentiation. BOOKLET [Link]

Published Report

Year Publication
2014 Damien Burke (2014) Audit of Mathematics Curriculum Policy across 12 Jurisdictions. National Council for Curriculum & Assessment (Ireland), . [Link]

Conference Publication

Year Publication
2021 Burke, D. and White, J. (2021) Proceedings of the Eighth Conference on Research in Mathematics Education in Ireland (MEI 8) . In: Kingston, M. and Grimes, P eds. Private Lives: The Work of Mathematics Leaders in Irish Primary Schools Dublin City University, [Link]
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Employment

Employer Position From / To
Edmondstown NS Teaching principal -
Marino Institute of Education Lecturer in education -
Scoil Nano Nagle JNS Administrative principal -
St. Thomas' SNS Class teacher, LS teacher, assistant principal -

Education

Start date Institution Qualification Subject
01/07/2016 Dublin City University Institute of Education Doctor of Education Educational Leadership
01/09/2000 St. Patrick's College, Dublin City University Master of Education Mathematics Education
01/09/2008 Maynooth University P.G. Diploma in School Leadership School Leadership
01/09/1996 St. Patrick's College, Dublin City University Bachelor of Education Education

Languages

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

Other Activities

Description
Module design (e-learning) Online tutoring Moderation of message board

Enterprise Engagement

Year Engagement Type Client Description
2018 Consultancy Consultation on draft Primary School Mathematics Curriculum Expert input on draft Primary School Mathematics Curriculum
2014 Other Audit of Mathematics Curriculum Policy Across 12 Jurisdictions Commission to complete NCCA-sponsored research

Outreach Activities

Year Engagement Type Organisation Description
2022 Community-based research Teaching Council (of Ireland) - Researcher in Residence Scheme I am part of a broad panel of HEI-based researchers supporting schools as part of the 2022 Researchers in Residence Scheme (RiRS) Scheme: https://www.teachingcouncil.ie/en/research-croi-/research-support-framework/round-five-of-the-john-coolahan/john-coolahan-research-support/researchers-in-residence-scheme-guidance.html

Research Interests

My primary teaching interests include teaching studies (including micro-teaching), school leadership, teacher subject-competency for primary school teaching, and, educational disadvantage.  

Internal Collaborators

Type Name Company Role
Internal Dr. John White DCUIoE Academic

Teaching Interests

My primary teaching interests include teaching studies (including micro-teaching), school leadership, teacher subject-competency for primary school teaching, and, educational disadvantage. 

Modules Coordinated

Term Title Subject
Full year: 2022/2023 Professional Placement 2 (B.Ed. 2) ED2900
Full year: 2022/2023 Professional Placement 1 (PMEP 1) ED8041
Full year: 2022/2023 Professional Placement 2 (PMEP 1) ED9047