Contact
Rannóg
Role
Lecturer in History and Policy of Education/Léachtóir cúnta i Stair agus Polasaí an Oideachas
Biography
A graduate of Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick and accredited with the Teaching Council, John has worked as a primary school teacher in a variety of education settings in Ireland. He holds a Master's degree from the Institute of Education at University College London for original research within the discipline of History of Education. In 2020 John was awarded the prestigious John and Pat Hume Doctoral Scholarship from Maynooth University for his proposal to examine Irish teacher identity in nineteenth-century Ireland. He has presented papers internationally at the History of Education Society Conference UK, and most recently at the International Standing Conference for the History of Education (ISCHE) Budapest. John is currently employed at Marino Institute as a Lecturer in History and Policy of Education, where he teaches on the B.Ed, B.Oid and B.Sc. Education Studies programmes. John is Coordinator for Research Methods on the B.Sc. Education Studies programme, as well as Year Head for the first year B.Ed cohort. He also supervises on the undergraduate dissertation programme and is a tutor with the MIE School Placement Team.
Qualifications
PhD, Maynooth University, Ireland
John and Pat Hume Doctoral Scholar, Maynooth University, Ireland.
MA Education, Institute of Education, University College London
B.Ed. Hons Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick
Teaching
Programme | Module Code | Module Name | Role |
B.Ed. | ED8109 | Philosophical and Historical Understandings of Education I | Lecturer |
B.Ed | ED8214 | Curriculum and Assessment in Education | Lecturer |
B.Oid | BO8045 | Tuiscintí Fealsúnacha is Stairiúla ar an Oideachas | Léachtóir |
| BO8149 | Tuiscint Stairiúil ar an Oideachas | Léachtóir |
B.Sc. Ed. Studies | ES8306 | Understanding Irish Education and Policy | Lecturer |
B.Sc. Ed. Studies | ES8202 | Contemporary Issues and Controversies in Irish Education | Lecturer |
B.Sc. Ed. Studies | ES8309 | Research Methods 1 | Lecturer |
Publications and other outputs
Thesis
Carroll, J. (2024) The Irish National Teacher: Origins, Identity and Contributions, 1831-1871. [PhD thesis]. Maynooth University.
Carroll, J. (2020). The Irish teacher: Nationalist contributions in the nineteenth century. [Unpublished Masters thesis]. University College London.
Conference Contributions
Carroll, J. (2024, November 2-3 ) The Irish National Teacher: Revealing Identity, 1831-1871, [Paper presentation]. HES UK, Liverpool.
Carroll, J. (2023, July 18-21). The Irish schoolteacher: Actors and agents for change in the 19th century. [Paper presentation]. ISCHE 44, Budapest.
Carroll, J. (2022, November 18-20). Pedagogical Hardware in the Irish Teachers’ Journal 1868-1888. [Paper presentation]. HES UK, Exeter.
Carroll, J. (2022, August 31-September 1). Pedagogical Hardware in the Irish Teachers’ Journal 1868-1888. [Paper presentation]. ISCHE 43, Milan.
Carroll, J. (2021, June 14-25). The Irish Teacher: Identity and Nationalism, 1868-1870. [Paper presentation]. ISCHE 42, Online.
Carroll, J. (2021, November 5-7). The Irish Teacher: Identity and Nationalism, 1868-1870. [Paper presentation]. HES UK, Birmingham.
Research/Professional Interests
History and policy of education in Ireland 19th/20th century. Teacher identity historically and contemporaneously. An Ghaeilge. Local history. Language and literacy in primary school.
Awards
John and Pat Hume Doctoral Scholarship 2020-2024
Membership
History of Education Society UK