IRMSS 2016 CONFERENCE P R O G R A M M E

IRMSS 2016 CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

FRIDAY, 27th May 2016
LIGHT REFRESHMENTS
Lobby
4.00 pm 4.30 pm

CONCURRENT SESSION1 of 5
4.30 pm 5.30 pm

Colm Kelleher
Galway Institute of
Technology
Meaningfulness Matters:
Realising the Potential of
Theory Enhanced
Assessment

Aoife Prendergast
Institute of Technology,
Blanchardstown, Dublin
Exploring Rigour in Praxis
Learning: Reviewing
Experiential Learning in
Practice Education

WELCOME RECEPTION
Lobby
5.30 pm 6.15 pm

OFFICIAL CONFERENCE
WELCOME
6.15 pm 6.45 pm

Dorothy Morrissey
Mary Immaculate College

Risk as Praxis

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KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
6.45 pm 8.00 pm
Something at Stake: Encountering Troublesome Knowledge
in an Uncertain World
PROFESSOR RAY LAND
Professor of Higher Education, Durham University
&
Director of Durham Universitys Centre for Academic Practice
CHAIR: PROFESSOR JIM DEEGAN
Director, IRMSS
&
Head of Graduate School, Research and Graduate School,
Mary Immaculate College, Limerick

Saturday, 28th May 2016

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
9.00 am 10.00 am
Reflections on Assessment Research and a Call to Action
PROFESSOR MICHAEL OLEARY
Prometric Chair in Assessment, Dublin City University
&
Director, Postgraduate Studies in Education, St. Patricks College

CONCURRENT SESSION2 of 5
10.00 am 11.00 pm

Margaret Graham
University of Limerick
Learning through
Reflexive Narrative:
Stepping Towards an
Uncertain Future

Denise Burns
Centre for Evaluation, Quality
& Inspection, Dublin City
University
A Praxis of Document Analysis
as a Research Method

Miriam Hamilton
Mary Immaculate College
How Does Curricular Reform
Re-Form Praxis?:
Problematising Junior Cycle
Science Reform in Ireland

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BREAK
11.00 am 11.30 am
Lobby

CONCURRENT SESSION3 of 5
11.30 am 12.30 pm

Ronli Rotem
Myers-JDC-Brookdale
Institute, Israel
Discussing Cultural
Constructs and Practices in
Preschool: Cross-Cultural
Adaption of a Preschool
Evaluation Tool

Mags Liddy
University of Limerick

Conchr Brolchin
Mary Immaculate College

Praxis Arising from

Overseas Volunteering: The
Translation Dynamic of
Experience into Professional
Work

Minority Language
Immersion in Action: CaseStudy Evidence from Two
Infant Classrooms in
Irelands Gaeltacht areas

THREE MINUTE THESIS COMPETITION, MARY IMMACULATE COLLEGE

12.30 PM 1.00 PM
SESSION FACILITATOR
PROF. JIM DEEGAN

LUNCH
1.00 pm 2.00 pm

CONCURRENT SESSION4 of 5
2.00 pm 3.00 pm
Marcus Free
Mary Immaculate
College

Memory Work and

the Experience of
Growing Up with
Popular Media

Garry Marnane
Irish World Academy
of Music & Dance,
University of Limerick

Michael Finneran &

Ailbhe Kenny
Mary Immaculate
College

The Potential of
Praxis as an
Evidence Base in
Qualitative
Arts Research

Researching
Professional Praxis in
Arts Education within
Times of Programme
and Policy Change

Timothy Murphy
University of Limerick
Maximising PreService Educators
Professional
Capabilities
Responsive to Policy
Development
Imperatives:
Exploring the
Potential of a
Theory-Practice

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BREAK
Lobby
3.00 pm 3.30 pm

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
3.30 pm - 4.30 pm
Assessing Praxis with Invalid Metrics: The Inappropriate Use of Standardized Achievement
Tests to Evaluate Teachers and Schools
PROFESSOR DAVID C. BERLINER
Professor Emeritus of Education, Arizona State University

CONFERENCE BBQ
6 pm 8 pm
STRAND HOTEL
LIMERICK

SUNDAY, 29th May 2016

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
9.30 am -10.30 am
and the Word was made Flesh: The Somatic Turn in
Contemporary Praxis and Research
DR HELEN PHELAN
Director, PhD in Arts Practice,
Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick

BREAK
10.30 am 11.00 am
Lobby

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CONCURRENT SESSION5 of 5
11.00 am 12.00 pm

Silke Schmidt
Justus-LiebigUniversitt
Gieen

Teresa Shiels
University of
Limerick

Pragmatic Reading: The Lived Experience

Learning Praxis by
for a Student with
Reading Autobiography Traumatic Brain Injury

in Third-Level
Peter Druckers
Education
Adventures of a
Bystander

Kate Dwyer
Mary Immaculate
College

Paul McLaughlin
University of Limerick

A Study on the
Impact of a
Merger on the
Structure and
Processes of an
Irish Higher
Educational
Institute

Bullshit and
Educational
Research

THREE MINUTE THESIS COMPETITION, GWYNEDD MERCY UNIVERSITY

12.00 pm 12.30 pm
SESSION FACILITATOR
DR. RAYMOND BANDLOW
Associate Professor and Director, Graduate Studies in Educational Leadership
Gwynedd Mercy University, Gwynedd Valley, PA - USA

LUNCH
12.30 pm 2.00 pm

Keynote Presentation
2.00 pm 3.00 pm
Belonging and Believing:
The Experience of Jewish and Muslim
School Communities in the UK
PROFESSOR MARIE PARKER JENKINS
Professor of Education,
Department of Education and Professional Studies,
University of Limerick
CONFERENCE CLOSING
3.00 pm 3.15 pm