Events & News

New Final Year Project guidelines available (only on campus) here. Dr. Joanne O'Flaherty, Department of Education & Professional Studies & Dr. Elaine Doyle, Kemmy Business School were recent recipients of funding awarded by the National Academy for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning to support their continued research in the area of Moral Development. 4th year student Louise Lehane was awarded an IRCSET fellowship for three years to complete her PhD under the supervision of Dr. John O'Reilly in the area of Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Scientific Inquiry.  PhD student Jennifer Hennessy made the following presentations:  'Poetry and Pedagogy: Aspiring towards Aesthetic Teaching' The National Association for the Teaching of English Annual Conference; Making Meanings: English at the heart of learning, Leicester, 10 July 2010. 'Poetry and Pedagogy: Aspiring towards Aesthetic Teaching - An examination of the pedagogical imbalances in the cognitive and affective development of pupils', Canada International Conference on Education, Toronto, 27 May 2010.

Welcome to the Department of Education and Professional Studies at the University of Limerick.

With a team that has expertise in a distinctive combination of disciplines including education, psychology, psychotherapy, counselling and sociology, we offer a range of professional education programmes underpinned by the values of empowerment, positive professional relationships and social justice.

Capitalising on this distinctiveness we:

• educate and empower students to become effective teachers, and human development & well being professionals; and
• through research and development, respond to the needs of people locally, nationally and globally.

Our teacher education and professional development programmes are characterised by their focus on

• putting personal development at the heart of professional development
• developing a capacity for critical reflection and for career-long learning
• enabling our graduates to contribute to justice and equality, locally and globally
• enabling our graduates to work with other professionals and as part of a team

In collaboration with our partner departments, we have research and teaching specialisations in

• applied psychology and social, personal and health education
• curriculum development and educational policy studies
• globalisation and diversity in education
• ICT and Digital Media in education
• science and technology education
• teacher education and professional education