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                        In December 2019, Dr Niamh O’Meara, Dr Olivia Fitzmaurice and Dr Patrick Johnson were awarded further funding from Science Foundation Ireland [SFI] under their Discover Scheme to continue the work on the Career Mathways initiative. Career Mathways, is an exciting and novel initiative, which highlights the prevalence of Continue Reading

In November 2019 the Teaching Council announced the recipients of funding under the John Coolahan Research Support Framework initiative. This Framework offers support to teachers and others conducting new research, or sharing, synthesising or applying existing research in their practice, either independently or in collaboration with others. The Framework forms a key part of the Council’s Collaboration and Research for Ongoing Innovation [CROI] Research Continue Reading

The implementation of the SFI funded project STEMChAT has continued at EPI*STEM over the past few months. Female undergraduate STEM Champions from the WISTEM2D programme, EPI*STEM staff and Johnson & Johnson industry mentors have facilitated informal workshops with post-primary school students both in schools and community locations around County Limerick. To date, over 400 students have participated in this innovative Continue Reading

Jillian White (PhD student under the supervision of Dr Patrick Johnson and Prof Merrilyn Goos) was awarded funding from the Irish Research Council’s Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Programme for her PhD project entitled “Reimagining Professional Development for Irish Mathematics Teachers”. The research study aims to design a professional development programme for Irish secondary school mathematics teachers that can impact Continue Reading

In the lead up to Maths Week 12th – 20th October 2019, the 7th Conference on Research in Mathematics Education in Ireland (MEI-7) took place on St Patrick’s Campus, Dublin. The theme of the conference, Mathematical Literacy, throughout and beyond Education, was closely aligned with the work of EPI STEM and both Kathy O’Sullivan and Niamh O’Meara presented their research Continue Reading

On September 19th and 20th 2019, Dr Niamh O’Meara and Ms Kathy O’Sullivan attended a partners meeting in Linz, Austria to further advance their work on an Erasmus+ funded project which is seeking to develop a Common European Numeracy Framework [CENF]. At this meeting partners from Holland, Austria, Spain and Ireland laid the foundations for the CENF and discussed ideas Continue Reading

Tracey O Connell, WiSTEM²D Programme Co-Ordinator presented a poster at the ESERA (European Science Education Research Association) Conference, which took place in Bologna Italy in August 2019. Tracey presented on her research looking at the impact of the WiSTEM²D (Women in STEM2D) Programme on female participants’ confidence levels. The conference was attended by over 1500 participants’ from 58 countries  

From August 4th – 9th 2019, the 15th Mathematics Education for the Future Project conference was held in Maynooth, Co. Kildare. The theme for the conference was Theory and Practice: an Interface or a Great Divide? and the conference attracted both national and international academics. Dr Niamh O’Meara was on the Local Organising Committee for this conference and also presented Continue Reading

        The 43rd Annual Meeting of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education took place in Pretoria, South Africa from July 7th – July 12th 2019. The theme of the conference was Improving Access to the Power of Mathematics. EPI STEM was well represented at this conference with Prof. Merrilyn Goos, Ms Jillian White, Ms Continue Reading

              Prof Merrilyn Goos presented at the 42nd Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA) Conference at Curtin University, Perth, Australia (30th June – 4th July, 2019). The presentation entitled: Impact of a National Professional Development Program on the Beliefs and Practices of Out-of-Field Teachers of Mathematics, was co-authored by Prof Merrilyn Goos, Dr Continue Reading