Contact
Rannóg
Department of Arts, Maths, Physical Education and Eary Childhood Education
Role
Lecturer in Education
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
Programme | Module Name | Role |
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 |
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B.Sc. ECE | Developing children’s movement skills though activity and play | Module Leader and lecturer |
PME 1 | Physical Education | Module Leader and lecturer |
PME2 | 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