Suzy Macken PhD

Rannóg

Department of Inclusion, Religious Education and Wellbeing

Role

Head of Department of Inclusion, Religious Education & Wellbeing

Qualifications

BA(QTS) Primary, St. Mary's University College, Strawberry Hill, London

In-service Diploma in Physical Education, St. Patrick's College Drumcondra (DCU)

Master’s in Education Physical Education, St. Patrick's College Drumcondra (DCU)

PhD - University of Limerick

Teaching

B.Ed. 1: Physical Education — Module leader and lecturer

B.Ed. 2: Physical Education — Module leader and lecturer

B.Sc. Ed studies: Education and Sport — Module leader and lecturer

B.Sc. ECE: Developing children’s movement skills though activity and play — Module Leader and lecturer

PME 1: Physical Education — Module Leader and lecturer

PME 2: Integrated Arts — Lecturer

Publications and other outputs

 

Book Chapters

 

MacPhail, A. & Macken, S. (2019). Physical Education and Teacher Education in Ireland. In MacPhail, A.M., Avsar, Z. and Tannehill, D. (Eds.), European Physical Education Teacher Education Practices, Meyer & Meyer.

Macken, S. & O'Leary, M. (2010). Assessment for Learning in Irish Primary School Physical Education. In Enright, E and Tindall, T. (Eds.), A Shared Vision for Physical Education, Physical Activity and Youth Sport (pp.62-67).University of Limerick.

 

Journal Articles

 

Macken, S., MacPhail, A. & Calderón, A. (2023). The lived experience of a primary physical education teacher educator engaging in action research: cycling into change. Irish Educational Studies. 10.1080/03323315.2023.2260789

Macken, S., MacPhail, A. and Calderon, A. (2020). Exploring primary pre-service teachers’ use of ‘assessment for learning’ while teaching primary physical education during school placement. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 25(5), 539-554.

 

Conference Contributions

 

Macken, S., MacPhail, A. & Calderón, A. (2024, May 13-17). The lived experience of a primary physical education teacher educator engaging in action research: cycling into change. [Paper presentation]. The 2024 AIESEP International Conference “Past meets the Future”, The University of Jyvaskyla, Finland.

Macken, S., Courtney, O & Murphy, B. (2024, May 13-17). Children's perspectives on the use of an Integrated Teaching Model in Mathematics and Physical Education in the Primary School. [Paper presentation]. The 2024 AIESEP International Conference “Past meets the Future”, The University of Jyvaskyla, Finland.

Walsh, C., Macken, S., Scanlon, D. & Iannucci, C. (2024, May 13-17). The lived experiences of four doctoral students' transitioning in their researcher identity as members of a learning community. [Paper presentation]. The 2024 AIESEP International Conference “Past meets the Future”, The University of Jyvaskyla, Finland.

Macken, S. (2023, March 30-April 1). Value Orientations of Teacher Educators in Physical Education. [Paper presentation]. ESAI Conference, Belfast.

Macken, S. (2022, August 29-31). Me, Myself and I; A Teacher Educator’s Experiences of delivering online primary physical  education programmes to pre-service teachers during Covid-19. [Paper presentation]. ATEE Conference Riga, Latvia.

Macken, S. (2022, June 15-18). Value Orientations of Teacher Educators in Physical Education. [Virtual presentation]. AIESEP 2022 World Congress, Gold Coast, Australia.

Macken, S. (2020, September 3-5). Cycling into change: exposing the messiness of action research. [Paper presentation]. ESAI Conference, Dublin.

Macken, S. (2019). Enacting assessment for learning in primary physical education in Ireland. [Paper presentation]. AARE Conference, Brisbane.

Macken, S. (2019). Cycling into change: exposing the messiness of action research. [Paper presentation]. AARE Conference, Brisbane.

Macken, S. (2018, July 25-28). The experiences of primary pre-service teachers enacting ‘assessment for learning’ in the teaching of physical education on school placement. AIESEP, Edinburgh.

Macken, S. (2017, September 4-7). The experiences of primary pre-service teachers enacting ‘assessment for learning’ in the teaching of physical education on school placement. [Paper presentation]. BERA conference University of Sussex.

Macken, S. (2016, September 13-15). A longitudinal action research approach to pre-service teachers enactment of AfL in primary physical education while on school placement. [Paper presentation]. British Educational Research Association (BERA) Conference, Leeds.

Macken, S. (2016, March 31-April 2). A longitudinal action research approach to pre-service teachers enactment of AfL in primary physical education while on school placement. [Paper presentation]. Educational Studies Association of Ireland (ESAI), Galway, Ireland.

Delaney, S., Ó Breacháin, A., Macken, S. (2015, April 20). Assessing student primary teachers’ use of high leverage practices at scale. AERA annual meeting, Chicago, IL.

Delaney, S., Ó Breacháin, A., Bacon, K., O'Toole, B., and Macken, S. (2014, April 6). Innovation in practice: Designing, implementing and evaluating a course on approximations of practice. [Paper presentation]. AERA annual meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

 

Other Outputs

 

Macken, S. (2010). Presentation PEPAYS Forum 2010. Assessment for learning in Irish Primary Physical Education. University of Limerick

Research/Professional Interests

primary physical education, assessment for learning, pre-service teachers, values orientations, learning communities, cognitive apprenticeship