Inclusive education, SESE and External Links
Head of Rannóg: Dr Anne Ryan
The Rannóg comprises two academic departments (Inclusive Education; Social, Environmental and Scientific Education) and also incorporates the function of ‘External Links’.
The Inclusive Education course for undergraduate (B.Ed.) and postgraduate student teachers consists of three components (Special Education; Educational Disadvantage; Development and Intercultural Education). The course also provides all students with a three-week school placement experience in a special needs context, and contributes to the preparation of students for a four-week teaching practice placement in a ‘DEIS’ (designated disadvantaged) school. There are three elective courses currently offered by the Inclusive Education department: (1) ‘Managing Children’s Challenging Behaviour in the Primary School’ (2) ‘Teaching English as an Additional Language: An Intercultural Approach’ (3)’The World in the Classroom’.
Lóchrann: the Centre for Intercultural Education is an initiative of the Inclusive Education department. The Centre aims to enhance the development of best practice in intercultural education in Irish schools, through its engagement in teaching, learning and research (link).
The SESE course for undergraduate (B.Ed.) and post graduate student teachers consists of three subject areas: history, geography and science. The course for each year endeavours to provide all students with an understanding and competency in the development of both content and skills in each discrete subject area, while identifying integration and linkage of the three areas as outlined in the Primary School Curriculum (1999). There are two elective courses currently offered by the SESE Department (1) ‘Gatherers and Growers’ and (2) ‘Eye on the Past and the World Around Us’. An annual trip to the Burren is an optional part of the course.
External links are maintained with all relevant national and international educational agencies and organisations. Students from Coláiste Mhuire are offered an opportunity to participate in North/South Teaching Practice Exchange projects. These projects, such as the Student Teacher Exchange project coordinated by the Centre for Cross Border Studies in Armagh, enable students to broaden their teaching and curricular experience, compare aspects of the respective education systems, and explore the possibility of teaching in the other jurisdiction. In the longer term it is hoped to create a cohort of young teachers, North and South, who have had experience in working in primary schools in each of these locations and will thus be able to influence future generations of pupils in prejudice reduction and greater mutual understanding. Participation in these exchanges also serves to strengthen the links already forged between the colleges of education on the island of Ireland.
On the international front the ‘Réalt’ (Student Teachers for Africa) inter-college programme which is run in conjunction with Church of Ireland College, Rathmines and St. Patrick’s College, Drumcondra, was founded in Coláiste Mhuire. It sees a group of students working in schools and colleges in various African countries each summer. The college is also involved in the Ireland / Zambia Teacher Education Partnership, and has recently established links with Bridgewater State College in Massachusetts and Northern Kentucky University, USA, with a view to developing student and staff exchanges. Future students will also be offered an opportunity to participate in the Erasmus programme which provides for student and staff mobility between European countries.
Inclusive Education Department
Subject Areas:
• Inclusive Education:
Special Education; Educational Disadvantage; Development and Intercultural Education
Academic Staff and Responsibilities:
Dr Anne Ryan
Responsibilities:
- Senior Lecturer / Head of Rannóg / Inclusive Education Department
- Lecturing in Inclusive Education (Special Education; Educational Disadvantage)
- Lecturing (Elective Course): ‘Contemporary Challenges in Teaching: Managing Children’s Challenging Behaviour in the Primary School’
- Supervising and assessing students on teaching practice
- Coordinating student experience in schools (Special Educational Needs)
- Supervising students on school placement (Special Educational Needs)
- Overseeing Development and Intercultural Education
- Coordinating DICE (Development & Intercultural Education) post
- Supporting the further development of Lóchrann: the Centre for Intercultural Education
- Overseeing the work of the SESE Department
- Course Director, Irish Studies Dublin
- Coordinating External Links (National / International)
Coláiste Committee Membership:
- Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Working Group
- Ethics and Research Committee
- Coiste Ciste Cabhrach na Mac Léinn (Student Assistance Fund Committee)
- Réalt (Student Teachers for Africa Programme) Inter-College Committee -Development Education Committee
- DICE (Development & Intercultural Education) Network
- Irish Studies Dublin Project Committee
Contact: Email: Anne.Ryan@mie.ie
Tel.: 353 1 8535156
Barbara O’Toole
Responsibilities:
- Lecturing in Inclusive Education (Special Educational Needs; Intercultural and Development Education)
- Lecturing (Elective Course): ‘Teaching English as an Additional Language’
- Supervising and assessing students on teaching practice
- Supervising students on school placement (Special Educational Needs)
- CPD: designer of on-line in-service courses: ‘Teaching English as an Additional Language’
- Member of Lóchrann co-ordinating group
- Coláiste Committee Membership:
- Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Working Group
- Coiste Ciste Cabhrach na Mac Léinn (Student Assistance Fund Committee)
- Advisory Committee (DICE Project)
Contact: Email: barbara.otoole@mie.ie
Tel.: 353 1 8535126
Subject Areas:
• Social, Environmental and Scientific Education (SESE)
History; Geography; Science
Academic Staff and Responsibilities:
Paddy Madden
Responsibilities:
- Lecturing in SESE (Social, Environmental and Scientific Education)
- Lecturing (Elective Course): ‘Gatherers and Growers’
- Supervising and assessing students on teaching practice
- Supervising students on school placement (Special Educational Needs)
- Member of IASSEE (SESE group from all of the colleges of education)
- Coláiste Committee Membership:
- Coiste Taighde (Research Committee)
- Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Working Group
- Réalt Committee
- Pushkin Committee
Contact: Email: paddy.madden@mie.ie
Tel.: 353 1 8537757
Laura Walsh
Responsibilities:
- Lecturing in SESE (Social, Environmental and Scientific Education)
- Co-ordinating (Elective Course): ‘Eye on the Past and World Around Us’
- Supervising and assessing students on teaching practice
- Supervising students on school placement (Special Educational Needs)
- CPD: Co-delivering inservice courses in the area of ‘Teaching in the Early Years Setting’
- Member of IASSEE (SESE group from all of the colleges of education)
- Coláiste Committee Membership:
- Coiste Taighde (Research Committee)
- Coiste Lá Oscailte (Open Day Committee)
- Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Working Group
Contact: Email: laura.walsh@mie.ie
Tel.: 353 1 8535152
Róisín Ní Niadh
Responsibilities:
- Lecturer in Social, Environmental and Scientific Education
- Lecturer in Literacy
- Supervising and assessing students on teaching practice
- Supervising students on school placement (Special Educational Needs)
- Induction for Postgraduate Students
- Coláiste Committee Membership:
- Strategic Planning Team
- Zambia / Ireland Teacher Education Partnership – Management Committee
Contact: Email: roisin.niniadh@mie.ie
Tel.: 353 1 8535151
Administrative Staff and Responsibilities:
Moya Uí Mhaonaile
Responsibilities:
- Administrative support to Professional Development Department
- Administrative support to Inclusive Education Department
- General administrative duties (Room bookings / lecture rooms set up – liaising with Conferencing Centre; office set ups – new staff; switchboard rota)
- Timetable support
- Inservice course administrator
- Mentor to support staff
Contact: Email: moya@mie.ie
Tel: 353 1 8057743
Irene Kelly
Responsibilities:
- Administrative Support to SESE Department
- Support to P.E. Department
- Open Day Enquiries
Contact: Email: irene.kelly@mie.ie
Tel: 353 1 8057730