Joan Kiely EdD

Rannóg

Leadership Team

Role

Dean of Education: Curriculum and Childhood

Head of School: Curriculum and Childhood

B.Ed. course leader

Head of masters’ programmes

Biography

Joan is currently Dean of Education: Curriculum and Childhood at Marino Institute of Education, a position she has held since 2019. Joan’s responsibilities include leading the B.Ed. degree and masters’ programmes. The B.Ed. degree through the medium of Irish, (B.OID), the Professional master's in education (PME) programme and the B.Sc. in Early Childhood Education are also situated in the school of curriculum and childhood.  Joan lectures on Early Childhood Education on the B.Ed. and PME programmes and she also teaches an elective on the B.Ed programme called ‘Supporting literacy learners in a DEIS context.’  Joan led the M.ES in Early Childhood Education programme from 2014 until 2022 and taught modules on policy and practice in early childhood and language and literacy in early childhood. Her research interests include looking at the voice of the child, play, oral language development, early literacy, and parental involvement in their children’s education.

Qualifications

Ed.D., B.Ed., B.A., M.Ed. Dip Theatre TCD, Grad Dip Learning Support

Teaching

Programme	Module Code	Module Name	Role
B.Ed 3	ED8306	Early Childhood Education (ECE)	Module leader and lecturer
PME	PM9108	Early Childhood Education	Module leader and lecturer
B.Ed 4	ED8414	Supporting literacy learning in a DEIS context	Module leader and lecturer
M.ES in ECE	EC9101	Language and Literacy	Lecturer

 Publications and other outputs

 

Book Chapters

 

Kiely, J. (2018). Actioning the new primary language curriculum: Strategies to develop de-contextualised language. In B. Culligan & M. Wilson (Eds.), Perspectives on literacy: Bringing voices together (pp. 174-187). Literacy Association of Ireland.

Kiely, J. (2012). Early Childhood Education in the Primary School Curriculum in Maire Mhic Mhathuna & Mark Taylor (Eds). Early Childhood Education & Care: An introduction for students in Ireland. Gill & Macmillan.

 

Thesis

 

Kiely, J. (2017). An internal process evaluation of The Storytime Project: A parental dialogic story-reading programme. [Unpublished doctoral thesis]. Dublin City University, Ireland.

 

Educational Resources

 

Kiely, J. (2015). Support material for the new Primary Language Curriculum in Ireland (2015). https://www.curriculumonline.ie/getmedia/37016c60-1938-4016-a109-9ffe3b4ec35c/OLRW_SocioDramaticPlay_1.pdf?ext=.pdf 

 

Professional Journal Articles

 

Kiely, J. (2019, November). We need to talk about homework. Leadership Plus: The professional voice of school leaders. Issue 111. p18.

 

Research Reports

Kiely, J., Haals Brosnan, M., Colum, M., Uí Chianáin, A. & Dunne, C.M. (2024). Child’s Voice: Consulting with children as part of the redevelopment of the Primary School Curriculum. Final Report December 2024. National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA). https://ncca.ie/media/2dyboryp/consultation_with_children_report.pdf 

Kiely, J., Haals Brosnan, M., Uí Chianáin, A., Dunne, C. & Colum, M. (2022). Consulting with children on the draft primary curriculum, NCCA. https://ncca.ie/media/5883/final-report-on-the-consultation-with-children-on-the-new-draft-primary-curriculum_june-2022.pdf

Kiely, J., O’ Toole, L., Haals-Brosnan, M., O’ Brien, E., O’ Keeffe, C and Dunne C. (2021). Parental involvement, engagement and partnership in their children’s learning during the primary school years: Part 2 (A) Case Studies and (B) Oral Language Workshops, NCCA. https://www.mie.ie/en/research/research_projects/completed_projects/parental_involvement_engagement_and_partnership_in_their_childrens_learning_during_the_primary_school_years/july-2021-final-version-of-report-inc-exec-summary.pdf

O’ Toole, L., Kiely, J., Mc Gillicuddy, D., O’ Brien, E. and O’ Keeffe, C (2019).  Parental Involvement, Engagement and Partnership in their Children’s Education during the Primary School Years, NCCA. https://www.mie.ie/en/research/research_projects/completed_projects/parental_involvement_engagement_and_partnership_in_their_childrens_learning_during_the_primary_school_years/published-lit-review-parental-involvement-research-doc.pdf

 

Conference Contributions

 

Kiely, J., Haals Brosnan, M., Uí Chianáin, A., Dunne, C. & Colum, M. (2022, April 7-9). Consulting with children on the draft primary curriculum: Methodological approach. [Paper presentation]. Educational Studies Association of Ireland (ESAI) conference, Dublin.

Kiely, J. (2020, January 24th). The contested role of homework in extending children’s learning in the home. Keynote Address. [Paper presentation]. Irish Primary Principals’ Network, City West Hotel, Rathcoole, Dublin.

Kiely, J. (2019, November 7th). The contested role of homework in extending children’s learning in the home. [paper presentation]. Keynote Address. Irish Deputy Primary Principals’ Network, City West Hotel, Rathcoole, Dublin.

Kiely, J. (2019, August 20-23). Making homework more family-friendly. [Paper presentation]. European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA) conference. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

Research/Professional Interests

Parental involvement in children's learning, Child Voice, Children's language and literacy development, Play.