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: AC201 |
| 12:00pm - 1:00pm |
PS1 - 01 Location: AC201 Chair: Dr Carol Kennedy Gardiner Paper Presentations: Digital Learning/STEM
Reimagining Primary Mathematics: Pre-Service Teachers’ Experiences with Minecraft Education Mary Immaculate College, Ireland SEED: Supporting Equity and Educational Design. Growing Awareness of Accessibility in Digital Classrooms in Ireland's Primary Schools 1: University of Limerick, Ireland; 2: Mary Immaculate College, Ireland From Legacy Spaces to Digital Futures: Mapping Power and Equity in Digital Learning ATU Sligo, Ireland |
| 3:00pm - 4:00pm |
PS2 - 01 Location: AC201 Chair: Sylwia Kazmierczak-Murray Paper Presentations: Educational Disadvantage Inequalities in primary education: Insights from TIMSS 2019 and 2023 for Ireland and the EU Educational Research Centre, Ireland School absence: a key driver of educational inequality? Economic and Social Research Institute, Ireland Equal education for all? Reflecting on mainstream education through students’ experiences attending alternative education programmes in Ireland University of Galway, Ireland |
| 4:15pm - 5:15pm |
PS3 - 01 Location: AC201 Chair: Duncan Mc Carthy Paper Presentations: Research Methodologies Design-Based Research in the Early Primary Classroom: Methodological Challenges and Opportunities Marino Institute of Education, Ireland Looking Beyond the Silence: Using ‘Draw and Tell’ to Support Young People Experiencing Socio-Economic Disadvantage in Describing Complex Educational Trajectories University College Dublin, Ireland Negotiating positionality: On blurring binaries for decolonial education research Maynooth university, Ireland |
