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Faculties & Departments
Department of Education
Dr Gerry Jeffers
Education Department
NUI Maynooth
Co Kildare
Ireland
Telephone: 01 708 6087
Facsimile: 01 708 4610
Email: gerard.jeffers@nuim.ie
Gerry Jeffers joined the Department as a Lecturer in 'Innovation and Development in Schools' in September 2000.
Gerry teaches on the following programmes offered by the Department:
- Master of Education (School Leadership)
- Master of Education
- Post Graduate Diploma in School Guidance and Counselling (PGDGC)
- Post Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE)
- Post Graduate Diploma in Educational Management (PGDEM)
- Post Graduate Diploma in Educational Leadership (PGDEL – Toraíocht)
- Doctorate in Education
He was also a member of the TL21 project team.
Prior to joining the Department, Gerry was National Co-ordinator of the Transition Year Curriculum Support Service. He has taught in VEC schools in Dublin and Kilkenny and worked as a guidance counsellor and deputy principal. He also taught for two years in a school in Kenya, East Africa.
Gerry has written and contributed to school textbooks in the areas of Work Experience, Media Studies, Civic, Social and Political Education (CSPE) and English. He has also been involved in the development of teaching and learning resources, including videos, on Work Experience, Portfolio Assessment, Minicompany, European awareness and Transition Year. Some of this material is available at http://www.transitionyear.ie/ http://ty.slss.ie/
His research interests include: Transition Year and other curricular innovations, School Leadership, Change and innovation, Communication within schools, Teacher motivation and professional development, Media Education, Development Education and Citizenship Education.
Gerry completed a Ph.D. thesis on "Innovation and Resistance in Irish Schooling: The Case of Transition Year" in 2008.
He co-edited, with Dr Una O'Connor of the University of Ulster at Coleraine, a book entitled Education for Citizenship and Diversity in Irish contexts which is published by the Institute of Public Administration http://www.ipa.ie/?id=63&categoryID=2&pubID=669&sc=1 Former President of Ireland, Mary Robinson, launched the book in February 2009.
He is currently engaged in researching practices relating to Development Education in schools with funding from Irish Aid. This will include a written report and a DVD.
Research Reports:
In April 2007, a research report undertaken for and funded by the Department of Education and Science on 'Attitudes to Transition Year' was completed. A summary of the report along with the report on CD-ROM is available on request.
Recent publications:
‘Reflections on themes and concerns at the heart of practice’ in ‘Teaching and Learning: Insights from Irish Schools’, Online Journal of the Second Level Support Service http://www.slss.ie/resources/c/1211/1/NEW_Teaching%20and%20Learning%20Summer%2009-1.pdf SLSS, 2009, p. 10-13
‘Beyond the image: the intersection of education for development with media literacy’ in Challenging Perspectives – Teaching Globalisation and Diversity in the Knowledge Society edited by Matthias Fielder and Astrid C Pérez Pinar, Rathmines Dublin: DICE project, p.41-50.
'Conversations on Teaching and Learning; a challenge for school leadership' in Oideas 52, Journal of the Department of Education and Science, Winter 2006.
'Talking about teaching in non-crisis situations: learning from a teacher support project' in Irish Educational Studies, Vol. 25, No. 2 June 2006.
'School guidance counsellors learning through work experience placements' in Reflective Practice Vol. 7, No 3, June 2006
‘Implementing the Transition Year Programme’, in Teacher Education in the Republic of Ireland, Retrospect and Prospect edited by Andy Burke, Standing Conference on Teacher Education North South (SCoTENS), Armagh: center for Cross Border Studies, November 2004.
(With A. Mulkeen, D. Chapman et al.) Recruiting, Retaining and Retraining Secondary School Teachers and Principals in Sub-Saharan Africa. A project prepared for The World Bank, through the Academy for Educational Development, Washington, D.C. July 2004.
'The Senior Cycle and the Guidance Counsellor', in Guideline October 2003.
The School as a Model of Good Citizenship, Conference Report, Fermanagh: Encounter.
'Work Experience can be the University of Life', Business and Finance 6th November 2003.
'The Medium is the Message – Using newspapers in the CSPE Classroom' in Media Edge, The Journal of the Teachers’ Association for Media Education, Summer 2002.
'Transition Year Programme and Educational Disadvantage' in Irish Educational Studies, Vol 21, No. 2, Autumn 2002.
Journalism
Parents want more dialogue with schools about Transition Year, Irish Independent, 17th September 2008.
The legacy of an inspiration – 30 years of Transition Year, Irish Times, 28 April 2004.
Why should we study the media? Irish Times, January 30 , 2003.
Helping young citizens make sense of a volatile world. Irish Times November 13, 2001.
Presentations:
The Role of School Leadership in the Implementation of the Transition Year Programme in the Republic of Ireland. Paper presented at The American Educational Research Annual Meeting, San Diego, 17 April 2009.
The Transition Year Programme in Ireland. Embracing and Resisting a Curriculum Innovation, Paper presented at The American Educational Research Annual Meeting, San Diego, 14 April 2009.
The Role of Schools in Developing Responsible and Participative Citizens, keynote address at 'Tansition Year National Conference', Osprey Hotel, Naas, Co Kildare, 11th October 2008.
Beyond the image - the intersection of education for Development with Media Literacy, paper delivered at the DICE Conference, 'Challenging Perspectives: Teaching Globalisation and Diversity in the Knowledge Society', Marino Dublin, 7th June 2008.
Re-entering the atmosphere - returning to school after a period of secondment, Workshop at Sligo Education Centre, 13th May 2008.
'Designing a Transition Year Programme getting to the heart of the matter', presentation for the Transition Year National Conference, ‘Celebrating Innovation and Developing the Experience’, held in April, 2007.
Staff Development Workshop, The Dublin Diocesan Advisers for Religious Education in Post Primary Schools, 17th December 2004.
Maximising Student Achievement Staff Development Workshop Coláiste Bhríde Community College, Carnew, Co Wicklow November 1st, 2004.
Education for Citizenship in the Republic of Ireland – past, present and future at the Education for Diversity and Citizenship Conference organized by the University of Ulster and NUI, Maynooth, Slieve Russell Hotel, Co. Cavan, 30th September 2004.
Attitudes to Transition Year, Department of Education and Science Research Seminar, Marlborough Street, Dublin, 20th September 2004.
Citizenship Education for Early Adolescents in the Republic of Ireland, R.Freeman Butts Institute on Civic Learning in Teacher Education Indianapolis, 24th May 2004.
Thirty Years of Transition Year at the Educational Studies Association of Ireland Annual Conference, NUI Maynooth, 2nd April 2004.
Co-Operative Leadership for Teaching and Learning, Seminar for Principals and Deputy Principals participating in the TL21 Project, NUI Maynooth, 26th February 2004.
Submissions:
To Forum on the Workplace of the Future
To Forum on Broadcasting
To Forum on Educational Disadvantage
Work Experience and Transition Year
Last updated November 2009.