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@schoolofedTCD #edconTCD Conference Programme

11th Annual School of Education PG Student Research Conference :: Saturday, May 23rd, 2020 :: Trinity College, Dublin :: Online

Fáilte, a chairde go léir Welcome to the 11th School of Education Postgraduate Student Research Conference, taking place this year in a series of connected spaces online via the TCD Blackboard Collaborate Ultra platform. This unexpected pivot away from the physical to the digital was a decision taken because all of our contributors, who had committed to the former, agreed to take the leap together into the latter. Chance of venue brought a change to the timetable - in order to avoid screen fatigue, the advertised 4pm finish is now 2pm. House Rules for today

● for technical efficiency and audio comfort please mute your mic when not speaking (and vice versa) ● use the chat space to ask questions, add a thought, or post a link to a useful source ● during parallel sessions, we may move from room to room; The Hub will be the central ‘crossroads’

to which we will all be returned when breakouts end ● we will NOT be recording the proceedings ● if you are using social media, tag @SchoolofEdTCD and #edconTCD ● report your experience in our exit survey - this will serve to improve future experiences for all, we

will post the link in the chat space To remind ourselves of the place we might have occupied, our breakout rooms today are named The Hub, Berkeley, Lecky, Ussher, and Hamilton. We have 9 short paper presentations, 6 Gasta lighting talks, 17 posters, 4 atelier / workshops to follow our two lead speakers, our Head of School Professor Damian Murchan and the TCD Dean of Research Professor Linda Doyle. Beir bua, enjoy your day.

The PG Research Student Conference Committee

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Right here, right now ...

when where who what

09:30-10:00 The [Virtual] Long Room Hub Moderator MNíD

Host M Amond arrivals, checks, pre-flight announcements

10:00-10:15 Prof D Murchan Prof L Doyle

Welcome and opening remarks Keynote

Rapporteur EEN

10:15-11:00

3 parallel rooms Short Paper Presentations

Berkeley Moderator MNiD

1 A Merrins G 2 C Kirwan 3 C Lloyd

Using Collaborative Teaching and Storybooks in Linguistically ... Design Based Research and Computational Thinking: The Highs ... Stigma, Slut Shaming and Silence in Female Adolescence.

Rapporteur JO’C

Lecky Moderator SG

1 S Dunne 2 G Maughan 3 N O’Neill

Musicking in the post-digital age: Is the medium still the message? Personal Development for Social Care Learners. Practical Lessons in Biology- Building a Recipe for Success.

Rapporteur EE

Ussher Moderator AL

1 K Sullivan 2 J Bertoldo 3 M O’Regan

Developing twenty-first-century skills in out-of-school education: ... Discussing Death in and for Education. Part-time learners' experiences of completing a PhD in the …

Rapporteur AL

11:00-11:15 The Hub, or else ... sos beag - short break

11:15-12:00 The Hub Moderator MNíD

MC-Dr T Farrelly G Lawlor >>>>> A Liki >>>>>>>> C Hodgers >>> EE Neenan >>> M O’Regan >>> M Amond>>>>

Gasta = lightning talks, 6 x 5 mins each in random order > A social constructivist outreach programme - coding for girl > What’s the story? Life interviews in narrative inquiry > Relational-based Early Education Practice: Biopsychosocial Theory > Communicating research? Use all the tools to hand > Completing a PhD part-time - learners' experiences. > IPA? Make mine a double (hermeneutic)


MC- EE Neenan Poster Carousel - 10 individual posters and 4 group posters ❏ everyone is taken on a whirlwind tour of the posters ❏ participants can visit this display in google slides via link

12:30-13:15

4 parallel rooms Ateliers - 4 x micro workshops

Hamilton Moderator MNiD

G Maughan

Self-awareness for Educators Rapporteur LC

Berkeley Moderator EEN

Dr A Loxley Viva matters Rapporteur TZ

Lecky Moderator AL

Dr A Devitt Ethics matters Rapporteur AL

Ussher Moderator MA

Dr A Bray Survey questionnaire matters Rapporteur MA


MC- M Amond

❏ rapporteurs’ rapid round robin room reports ❏ the Good the Bad The Ugly - and the Gold Nuggets ❏ poster prizes ❏ thanks, and exit announcements

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10.15 - 11.00 Short Paper Presentations in three parallel sessions

Learning in the Life Cycle

Parallel session 1 in the Berkeley space: Living and Learning

Presenter Title Abstract

Aoife

Merrins-Gallagher

Using Collaborative

Teaching and Storybooks

in Linguistically Diverse

Junior Infant Classrooms

to Increase Pupils’

Contributions to

Story-Time Discussions

This small-scale action research project was set in a

junior infant classroom with 50% English Language

Learners, and sought to maximise pupil input

during story time discussions, which had emerged

as a core concern which contradicted the primary

author’s core values of equality and inclusion. This

resulted in the development and implementation

of an oral language intervention in collaboration

with two support teaching colleagues. Participant

children’s contributions were monitored pre-,

during and post-intervention, and mapped onto

multiple ABA baseline graphs to ascertain if

children’s contributions had increased.

Colette Kirwan

Design Based Research

and Computational

Thinking: The Highs and

Lows

My talk is concerned with the highs and lows of

conducting a design-based research study in six

schools, with eleven teachers, twenty-two classes

and four hundred and fifty students. The study

resulted in the development of a Computational

Thinking course aimed at second-level students

from first year to fifth year.

Caroline Lloyd Stigma, Slut Shaming and

Silence in Adolescence

Preliminary research results from my

bio-psycho-social study investigating the

experiences of pregnancy in adolescence that

resulted in a "gestnatal" (from conception to 28

days post birth) deaths have revealed common

narratives of silence and stigma for these school

girls. The way that school professionals interact

with girls following abortions and miscarriages is

explored, with suggestions for improved

understanding and support provided by the

women themselves.

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Parallel session 2 in the Lecky space: Learning in Disciplines


Geraldine Maughan

Personal Development for Social Care Learners

Personal Development is a mandatory module for Social Care Learners enrolled on the Social Care Programme at Limerick Institute of Technology. Social Care graduates and Practice Education Supervisor s were interviewed in addition to submitting online diaries as part of this case study to examine the relevance and benefit of this Personal Development module for professional practice.

Sarah Dunne

Musicking in the post-digital age: Is the medium still the message?

Small’s ‘musicking’ encompassed any activity related to the music making process. It was grounded in process rather than a formalised entity, as a social action rather than a form of experiential documentation and as informed by site rather than unaffected by the conditions of its performance. Musicking has been explored within music education, has been utilised as a term to integrate related transdisciplinary strands as well as informing disciplines of sociology, philosophy, sound studies and the arts. However, with the increased digitisation of the classroom in the twenty-first century, he could not have anticipated the significant expansion towards music education’s digital capacity. Developing the postmodernist notion of technology acting as more than a medium of preservation but concerned with the principles of sound/music, this transdisciplinary, mixed methods, practice based empirical research explores the role of recording technologies and its effect on composing, performing and listening in the twenty-first century.

Natalie O’Neill Practical Lessons in Biology- Building a Recipe for Success

There are 22 mandatory experiments in the Biology syllabus that are taught using a recipe method of instruction where students follow a set of instructions to reach a predetermined result. This paper reports on the first two cycles of a Design Based Research project exploring the effect of recipe teaching on teachers and students and, using Dewey as a theoretical lens, a framework for teaching practical work that includes the "complete act of thinking" is proposed as an alternative.

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Parallel session 3 in the Ussher space - Learning in Transition


Kevin Sullivan

Developing

twenty-first-century skills in

out-of-school education:

The Bridge21 Transition

Year programme

This paper describes an instrumental case study of

an out-of-school education programme (Bridge21)

designed to help students develop 21C skills. A

mixed-methods approach was employed that

included the collection of quantitative and

qualitative data using student surveys (N = 329)

and group interviews. Findings suggest that the

Bridge21 model can provide significant and

sustained increases in student confidence across a

range of skills, and that various elements of the

programme design contribute directly to this.

Juliet Bertoldo Discussing Death in and for

Education

The paper explores how our death-denying society

mirrors the current longing for certainty and

control in contemporary education, stripping out

its potential for emancipation. In response, I

suggest that freeing up the register of death and its

related concepts of loss and impermanence might

offer a different educational imaginary with

pedagogical worth.

Maeve O’Regan

Part-time learners'

experiences of completing a

PhD in the university sector

in Ireland

What is it like to complete a PhD part-time? This

mixed method PhD study (questionnaire and

semi-structured interview) explores barriers and

enablers to progressing and completing a PhD

part-time. The goal of the research is to provide

insights to policy makers and practitioners on what

works? what doesn't? and why? in terms of

student success for a growing but often overlooked

body of students.

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11.15 - 12.00 Gasta

Lightning talks. Each talk is no more than 5 minutes, in random speaker order, curated and MC’d by

the global Gasta Master, Dr Tom Farrelly. Audience participation is mandatory, as each speaker is

counted in and counted out, 1-2-3-4-5, as Gaeilge: Aon, Do, Trí, Ceathair, Cuig.

Presenter Title Summary

Catriona Hodgers

Relational-based Early Education Practice: A Biopsychosocial Theory of Child Development

Early Childhood Educators continually strive for a perspective that encompasses all aspects of child development. Why then is early brain development not included in their preparation courses?

Maeve O’Regan Completing a PhD part-time - learners' experiences

The goal of this research is to provide insights to policy makers and practitioners on factors influencing student success for a growing but often overlooked body of students.

Angeliki Lima What's the story? The methodology of narrative inquiry and the instrument of life story interviews I am employing in my PhD research

EE Neenan Communicating research?

Use all the tools to hand

Mags Amond IPA? Make mine a double

A 5-minute waltz into the world of IPA - Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis - and the value to the insider-researcher of the 'double hermeneutic' within

Grace Lawlor Code Plus

A social constructivist outreach programme to improve adolescent girls’ attitudes towards studying computer science, computing and related third level courses. Measuring efficacy and investigating pedagogy.

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12.00 - 12.30 Poster Carousel ::

:: Emily Emer Neenan leads a whirlwind tour of individual and group research posters.

Presenters Poster summary

Ciaran Bauer

Can a pedagogic strategy of teacher continuous professional development (CPD) within a Community of Practice (CoP) underpin a 21C methodology of teaching and learning within a school? As we enter the third decade of the 21st century, the Irish education system struggles with an existing pedagogical approach which does not embrace our existing information society. An educational framework focused on 21C teaching and learning emphasising soft skills including; collaboration, communication, IT literacy, social and/or cultural skills, citizenship is urgently needed.

Jean Reale

Developing the Universal Design for Learning Framework to Support Inclusive Online Learning Environments for Neurodiverse Students. By using the UDL framework educators can accept learner variability as a strength to be leveraged, not a challenge to be overcome”. Rose, D.H., Meyer, A. (2002). This research aims to develop an effective, inclusive design framework for Higher Education online teaching to support Neurodiverse students.

Maria Kennedy

Exploring the contribution that Parent Research Advisory Groups (PRAGs) make to developing and implementing workshops, which support parents and children in emergent language and literacy learning in an urban DEIS primary school. This poster outlines my doctoral research which will explore the role of the parent in supporting their child’s emergent language and literacy learning in the urban DEIS primary school in which I currently teach. The contributions, ideas and thoughts of the parents will play a central role in my research.

Caroline Forsyth

Expectations and Experiences of everyday life and education of Indian students engaging in a postgraduate programme in an Irish higher Education Institute. This research is an interpretive phenomenological / hermeneutical case study of the motivation, expectations, and experience of postgraduate students from India studying in TCD, Mu, and UL in 2021-2022.

Maeve O’Regan

Part-time learners' experiences of completing a PhD in the university sector in Ireland. What is it like to complete a PhD part-time? This mixed method PhD study (questionnaire and semi-structured interview) explores barriers and enablers to progressing and completing a PhD part-time. The goal of the research is to provide insights to policy makers and practitioners on what works? what doesn't? and why? in terms of student success for a growing but often overlooked body of students.

Derek Maher

‘Please don’t forget me!’ Transition Year Mathematics: The Forgotten Middle Child? After two decades of mathematics curricular reforms to both Junior Cycle and Leaving Certificate, Transition Year (the middle child) still remains unaltered since its humble beginnings in 1974. This research aims to bridge this growing curricular gap and encourages students to mathematically ‘stop and stare’ for a change.

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Ebru Eren

Science Identity Development in Female Students and Early Career Researchers in Science Education. This research project investigates women’s science identity development in physics and physical sciences in higher education through a gender perspective. It arises from the real-life sociological issue of women’s lower level of participation in science in Ireland, especially in the above-mentioned fields where the gender gap is the highest of all science disciplines, according to HEA reports of recent years.

Mags Amond

Flying The Unconference Kite. Abstract for a physical poster, an actual kite: This poster presents a bird's eye view of the unconference phenomenon whose formats and visions informed the foundation of TeachMeet in 2006, and which are still evolving today. The kite format of the poster reflects this dynamic nature of the unconference world - mind your head!

Michèle Kehoe

The Emotional Intelligence Profile of Primary School Teachers and the Experience of Inclusion in the Classroom. The study examines how the emotional intelligence profile of primary school teachers impacts on the creation of an inclusive environment in the classroom. An explanatory sequential mixed methods design will determine the EI profiles of teachers and explore the perception and experience of teachers with different EI profiles of inclusion

Una Murray

Ready Steady Bake! This Design Based Research study looks at the transition between primary and second level education from the perspective of Initial Teacher Education in Ireland. Using mixed methods, teacher education policy and practice is analysed, student teachers surveyed, and Teacher Educators interviewed. The impact of an intervention strategy using the virtual platform of eTwinning as a transition bridge will be implemented, monitored and analysed within the context of TTE and education digital policy and practice.

Xining Wang

The Use of Virtual Reality in Enhancing Rural Children’s Social Skills. This poster outlines a concise proposal of my research project: the use of virtual reality in enhancing rural children’s social skills. The aim is that based on the previous studies, this project will explore using virtual reality to help children’s social skills in China’s rural areas.

Linda Cardiff

‘Panopticon Swiss Roll’. This qualitative research study will examine if a student can acquire better historic inquiry and understanding of complex social problems relating to gender using augmented reality technology over traditional teaching methods. It will explore if this method of teaching can inspire and influence student decisions about third level education and future careers.

Mairéad Nally

Teacher agency and inquiry-based learning: An exploration of teachers’ perspectives. My research investigates teacher agency, inquiry and curriculum. This poster illustrates the methodology in the form of an inquiry cycle. The action research will involve teachers building their understanding of inquiry and implementing inquiry units. Findings may be used to inform the ongoing redevelopment of the Primary School Curriculum.

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Danger Mice Derek Maher, Sarah Dunne, Eunice Clarke

An Access Triangle: Social Disadvantaged, Distance & Doing their Best. This research poster highlights different routes to Higher Education Institutes in Ireland from a multi-access perspective. The HE access plan provided a framework for addressing issues of social inclusion and equity in Irish education. Findings indicate access to education is crucial to sustained growth that reflects diversity.

Scooby Doos Linda Cardiff, Ciaran Bauer,

Michèle Kehoe

How does Covid-19 challenge the vision of the National Plan for Equity of Access to Higher Education? Covid-19 challenges the vision of the National Plan for Equity of Access to HE. Schools and colleges closed to protect public health. The direction was given that teaching and learning should continue. The digital education model highlights problems with remote delivery. Tech2Students was initiated to fight social and educational exclusion.

Anthill Mob Máiréad Nally,

Mary Beare Aust, Úna Murray

The Perils of Peculiar Places - A study of observable institutional culture in HEIs. Our poster presents a visual methods study into institutional culture and its potential influence on equity of experience. The illustration features examples of observable culture: language, ethnicity, sculptures, gender, sports, disability, religion. We consider observable culture to be a significant part of the student experience on HEI campuses.

Road Runners Ita Kavanagh

Caroline Forsyth Maria Kennedy

Can creativity act as a means for widening access to and participation in education for students with low socioeconomic status? Our poster represents our initial research into creativity, socioeconomic background, early years and primary education, second level education, and how these may affect access to and participation in third level education.

This rather ungainly link should take you to the poster display online, feel free to visit and leave some feedback: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1I-YVviEgMyr-4JsX6Y2VnPX7Fu6BDAKE2GIcRUcIC6c/edit?usp=sharing

12.30- 13.25 Atelier - four parallel mini-workshops

Presenter / Place Workshop Summary

Geraldine Maughan Room - The Hub

Self-awareness for educators [max. 15 participants, bring pen & paper] Check in - visualisation - 5 min. non-painting exercise - mindfulness - check out

Dr Ann Devitt Room - Berkeley

Ethics application process

Prof Andrew Loxley Room - Lecky

Viva la viva

Dr Aibhín Bray Room - Ussher

Survey questionnaires

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Before we part ways ...

Acknowledgments

● all those who tuned in, listened to, and responded to the research students

● All the presenters who ‘pivoted’ so graciously and gracefully

● School of Education TCD faculty for operational support and leadership -

Dr. Melanie Ní Dhuinn, Dr. Andrew Loxley, Prof. Damian Murchan, and our

Gasta guest Dr Tom Farrelly

● School of Education Admin staff for PR support - Valerie Kelly

● The organising committee - Fiona McKibben (Research Officer) and PG

students Mags Amond, Linda Cardiff, Ebru Eren, Angeliki Lima, Emer Emily

Neenan, Jane O’Connell, Tanya Zybrzycki, joined by Dr Shelli Ann Garland

Níl le déanamh anois ach buíochas a thabhairt daoibh uilig as teacht agus as a bheith páirteach inniu. Tá buíochas ar leith tuillte ag an gCoiste #EdCon2020 , ag na gcainteoirí go léir, ag an bhfoireann Scoil an Oideachais as ucht an comhdháil seo a chur i gcrích. Slán abhaile!! All that's left is to thank everyone for coming and taking part. Special thanks to everyone listed above for making this conference possible. Safe home!!

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