The ESAI Conference 2024 will take place in Maynooth University Co. Kildare from 4th to 6th April 2024.

The conference website is - https://esai.ie/esai-conference-2024/ 

ESAI 2024

Academic staff from Trinity College Dublin are widely represented in the papers being presented at the conference, and below are five thematic areas being covered:

Educational Equity and Inclusion

    • Diversity, Inclusion, and Immigrant Education
    • School Leaders' Responses to Racism in Irish Post-Primary Schools
    • The appropriateness of high-stakes assessments in Maths for diverse student populations, specifically those with special education needs (SEN) in Northern Ireland (NI)

Mental Health and Well-being in Education

    • National survey of teachers’ perceptions on assessment of mental health in Irish schools
    • Capturing the missing perspectives of autistic pupils in educational research through collaborative and versatile methodologies
    • A Phenomenological Longitudinal Study; Understanding Autistic Post School Mental Health Trajectories, on the Island of Ireland

Educational Innovation and Pedagogy

    • Critical ChangeLabs as a creative response to support democratic society
    • An innovative school-based constructive play approach for young children’s well-being: Evidence from a 14 to 33-week study
    • The Role of Imagination and Collaboration in Nurturing Preschool Children’s Critical Thinking
    • Innovation and Collaboration in Built Environment education: Pedagogy and Practice

Higher Education and Research

    • A long climb up the ivory tower: autistic academics in higher education
    • Navigating the Path towards Academic Integrity Tools in Irish Higher Education: Insights, Challenges, and Innovations
    • Exploring the Impact of Social Media on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: A Systematic Literature review

Curriculum Development and Reform

    • Curriculum reform in Ireland
    • Desire Lines in Open Space: an Exploration of the TeachMeet Phenomenon

Specific details of presentations and symposia:

National survey of teachers’ perceptions on assessment of mental health in Irish schools

Pia O'Farrell1,2, Charlotte Wilson2, Gerry Shiel1, Deirdre O'Brien2

1: DCU, Ireland; 2: Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

 

Critical ChangeLabs as a creative response to support democratic society

Caitlin Ann White, Mairéad Hurley, Elspeth Payne

Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

 

The appropriateness of high-stakes assessments in Maths for diverse student populations, specifically those with special education needs (SEN) in Northern Ireland (NI).

Fainche Ailish McCormack

Trinity College Dublin

 

Capturing the missing perspectives of autistic pupils in educational research through collaborative and versatile methodologies

Lisa Keenan1, Ciarán Ramsbottom1, Aoife Lynam2, Mary Rose Sweeney3, Sinéad McNally1

1: Dublin City University; 2: Trinity College Dublin; 3: Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

 

Desire Lines in Open Space: an Exploration of the TeachMeet Phenomenon

Mags Amond

Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

 

Diverse Voices, Common Struggles: Navigating Education for Immigrant Children with Disabilities Through Early Intervention in Ireland

Ke Ren1,2, Conor Mc Guckin2

1: Institute of Child Education and Psychology/Trinity College Dublin, Ireland; 2: Trinity College Dublin

 

“A Phenomenological Longitudinal Study; Understanding Autistic Post School Mental Health Trajectories, on the Island of Ireland”

Catherine Murray

Trinity College Dublin, United Kingdom

 

Embracing Diversity: Exploring Inclusion in Irish Immersion Education

Sinéad Nic Aindriú1, Elizabeth Mathews1, Julie Cummins2, Emily Barnes2

1: Institute of Education, Dublin City University, Ireland; 2: Trinity College Dublin

 

An innovative school-based constructive play approach for young children’s well-being: Evidence from a 14 to 33-week study

Stella Wai-Wan Choy, Aoife Lynam, Conor Mc Guckin

Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

 

School Leaders' Responses to Racism in Irish Post-Primary Schools

Sorcha Mellon1, Ciaran O'Gallchoir2, Melanie Groening McKenna3

1: Trinity College Dublin, Ireland; 2: Maynooth University, Ireland; 3: Maynooth University, Ireland

 

Curriculum reform in Ireland

Majella Dempsey1, Audrey Doyle2, Susan Pike3, Jim Gleeson4

1: Maynooth University, Ireland; 2: Dublin City University; 3: Trinity College; 4: Dublin City University

 

A long climb up the ivory tower: autistic academics in higher education

Jane O'Kelly1, Neil Kenny1, Jessica K. Doyle3, Alison Doyle5, Stuart Neilson2, Joan MacDonald4

1: Dublin City University, Ireland; 2: Independent Researcher; 3: Trinity College Dublin; 4: Middletown Centre for Autism; 5: Caerus Education Ireland

 

Navigating the Path towards Academic Integrity Tools in Irish Higher Education: Insights, Challenges, and Innovations

Angeliki Lima, Andrew Gibson, John Walsh

Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

 

The Role of Imagination and Collaboration in Nurturing Preschool Children’s Critical Thinking

Catherine O Reilly

Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

 

Exploring the Impact of Social Media on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: A Systematic Literature review

Eva Perez1, Stefania Manca2, Rosaura Fernández-Pascual3, Conor Mc Guckin1

1: Trinity College Dublin, Ireland; 2: Institute of Educational Technology, National Research Council of Italy; 3: Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences, University of Granada

 

Innovation and Collaboration in Built Environment education: Pedagogy and Practice

Orna Hanly, Fiacra Peter McDonnell

Trinity College Dublin

The conference website is - https://esai.ie/esai-conference-2024/