Professor Paul Conway

Graduate of St. Patrick’s College (BEd), Drumcondra, Boston College (MEd) and Michigan State University (PhD). Have worked at: University of Michigan-Flint, Cleveland State University, University College Cork prior to UL. Research interests: learning and development, teacher education, educational policy (in two areas: e-learning; teacher education), psychology and pedagogy of literacy & mathematics, and cognitive and socio-cultural perspectives on learning. Research has been funded by a range of bodies – both national and international. His research has appeared in a range of journals including Studies in Educational Evaluation, Teachers College Record, Teaching and Teacher Education, Identity: An International journal of Theory and Research, Irish Educational Studies, Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology. He is a former President (2008-10) of the Educational Studies Association of Ireland (ESAI) and has been a member of both the Council of the European Education Research Association (2006-08) and World Education Research Association (2009-13) on behalf of ESAI. He is currently joint General Editor of Irish Educational Studies (SSCI-indexed journal, Routledge). He has been a Visiting Scholar at the University of Western Australia, Michigan State University (2000-06) and Oxford University.

Munthe, E. & Conway, P. F. (in press). Evolution of research on teachers’ planning: implications for teacher education, In (eds.) D. J. Clandinin & J. Husu, International Handbook of Research on Teacher Education, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publishers.

O’Sullivan, D. & Conway, P. F. (2016). Underwhelmed and playing it safe: newly qualified primary teachers’ mentoring and probationary-related experiences during induction, Irish Educational Studies, https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03323315.2016.1227720

Smyth, E., Conway, P., Leavy, A., Darmody, M., Banks, J., Watson, D. (2016) Review of the Droichead Teacher Induction Pilot Programme. Dublin/Maynooth: ESRI/Teaching Council. ISBN: 978 0 7070 0398 6 https://www.esri.ie/publications/review-of-the-droichead-teacher-induction-pilot-programme-2/

O’Toole, C., Lee, A., Gibbon, F., van Bysterveldt, A., Conway, P., Hart, N. (2016) Parent-mediated interventions to promote communication and language development in children with Down syndrome aged between birth and six years. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (Online), https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD012089/full

Bradley, J. L. and Conway, P. F. (2016), A dual step transfer model: Sport and non-sport extracurricular activities and the enhancement of academic achievement. British Educational Research Journal. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/berj.3232/abstract

Conway, P. F., Leavy, A. et al (2015). Editorial: Reflections on professional education and practice across sectors, Irish Educational Studies, 34, 4, 303-305 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03323315.2015.1175688