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| Thursday, 09 October 2008 | |
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SEVEN Dublin teachers, including five from the Northside, were last week awarded research bursaries by the Teaching Council. The council is the regulatory body that promotes teaching as a profession and seeks to maintain and improve standards. The seven teachers are among 34 recipients nationally who, between them, received bursaries of more than e100,000 as part of the Teaching Council’s second scheme of research bursaries. The timing of the bursary awards was planned to coincide with World Teachers’ Day, which was celebrated on October 5 under the banner, ‘Teachers Matter’. The seven Dublin teachers to receive the awards are Joseph Cremen (Gaelcholáiste Reachrann, Donaghmede), Anna-Marie Higgins (Manor House School, Raheny), Colleen Horn (Archbishop Ryan Senior National School, Lucan), Ruth Whelan (St Dominic’s High School, Sutton), Fionnbarra Hallissey (Killester College), Colin McElroy (Ballyboughal National School) and Emma Browne (Our Lady of the Wayside National School, Kilternan). Joseph Cremen was awarded a bursary in respect of his research into co-operative learning as a method of teaching English at second level. “It is very satisfying to receive financial support from the Teaching Council,” said Mr Cremen. “This is a real added incentive to carry out research after many years in the teaching profession. “In changing times, teachers need to seek out and adapt new methods to improve teaching and the Teaching Council bursary encourages teachers to do this by helping to defray the costs involved.” Anna-Marie Higgins was awarded a bursary in respect of her research into understanding and developing a suitable pedagogy for teaching electro-acoustic composition at senior level in secondary school. “I am grateful to the Teaching Council for enabling me to test my ideas in schools in Dublin and Offaly and to participate in a seminar on electro-acoustic music in the UK in November,” stated Ms Higgins. Ruth Whelan was awarded a bursary in respect of her research into the development of language learning strategies through the promotion of learner autonomy. “I will use the research bursary to carry out research on developing language learning strategies with second-level language learners,” said Ms Whelan. “This bursary is of great help to me and I would like to thank the Teaching Council for this.” Fionnbarra Hallissey was awarded a bursary for his research into the relationship between the academic/research bodies and practitioners. “The bursary will be used to fund postgraduate study on the various methodologies employed in educational research and teachers’ experiences of this,” stated Mr Hallissey. Colin McElroy was awarded a bursary in respect of his research into the transition from primary to post-primary school for students with Asperger’s syndrome. “It is a great personal achievement to be awarded this research bursary,” said Mr McElroy. “It reaffirms the significance and validity of my research which will raise the awareness and profiles of students with Asperger’s syndrome in Irish schools today, and the problems they face when making the transition from primary to post-primary school.” |
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