Educational Studies Association of Ireland Conference 2026
28 - 30 May 2026 at University of Galway in Galway, Ireland
Conference Agenda
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Daily Overview | |
| Location: D-Block - Room D301 |
| 12:00pm - 1:00pm |
PS1 - 10 Location: D-Block - Room D301 Chair: Ailbhe Kenny Chair: Elaine Keane Roundtable Session Table 1 & Table 2 Curriculum Leadership in Practice: How Authority and Expertise Influence Enactment Dublin City University, Ireland Reimagining Play Beyond the Early Years: Playful Pedagogies for Senior Primary Classrooms Marino Institute of Education, Ireland Curricular Reform: Investigating How Curriculum Leaders’ Approaches to Learning and Change Shape the Implementation of the Primary Mathematics Curriculum (2023) focusing on the pedagogical practice of Fostering Productive Disposition Mary Immaculate College, Ireland Spark: Igniting teacher and parent confidence and competency levels in delivering quality Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) 1: DCU, Dublin, Ireland; 2: Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, Ireland Exploring teachers’ self-efficacy during curriculum reform: A study of English teachers’ perspectives on Senior Cycle reform in the Republic of Ireland. Hibernia College, Ireland Broader learning goals in a rapidly evolving world: considerations for curriculum development and enactment National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA), Ireland Designing a Structured Observation of Teaching to Empower Emerging Scholars' Reflective Teaching Practice 1: Abu Dhabi University, United Arab Emirates; 2: University of Canterbury |
| 3:00pm - 4:00pm |
PS2 - 10 Location: D-Block - Room D301 Chair: Sinéad Ní Ghuidhir Chair: Manuela Heinz Roundtable Session Table 1 & Table 2 Shaping digital parenting self-efficacy to support children’s digital learning: a qualitative study of a school-based intervention 1: School of Education, University College Dublin; 2: Access and Outreach, Technological University Dublin Advancing a Holistic Understanding of Digital Well-Being in Primary and Post-Primary Education: A Systematic Review Dublin City University, Ireland This Must Be the Place: Co-creating digital competence and criticality through staff-student partnerships University of Galway, Ireland The Education Research Summit: A Critical and Feminist Analysis of the papers presented at the Education Research Summit, Nov 2025 1: Maynooth University, Ireland; 2: University of Limerick; 3: University College Dublin; 4: Marino Institute of Education; 5: University College Cork; 6: South Eastern Technological University; 7: Mary Immaculate College Reframing the conceptualisation of ‘hard to reach’ families in early years research Dublin City University, Ireland Empowering Immigrant Parents in Ireland: Strategies for Engaging Immigrant Parents in Early Childhood Education. Mary Immaculate College Limerick, Ireland, Ireland |
| 4:15pm - 5:15pm |
PS3 - 10 Location: D-Block - Room D301 Chair: Barry Morrissey ECR Roundtable Session Table 1 & Table 2 Leading Inclusive Learning in Irish Post-Primary Schools: Bridging the Gap Between Policy and Practice ATU St. Angelas, Ireland Leading Change in Times of Reform: A Critical Examination of School Leadership During Ireland’s Senior Cycle Redevelopment in Science Education EPI STEM University of Limerick Ireland Leadership of Physical Education in Irish Primary Schools University of Edinburgh Trauma Informed Pedagogy for Adolescent Multilingual Learners: Student Needs & Recommendations University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States of America Collaborative Pathways in Education: School-Based STEM Intervention with Parental Support Mary Immaculate College, Ireland Caring for Ecological Futures: A Critical Analysis of the Ethic of Care in the Senior Cycle Agricultural Science Specification EPI∙STEM The National Centre for STEM Education, School of Education, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland |