In recognition of John’s contribution to the foundation of SCoTENS, the John Coolahan award is made to the authors of the Seed Funding Report which is recognised to be most in line with the values and ideals of SCoTENS. This award is awarded annually at the SCoTENS Annual Conference. Through his pioneering work on SCoTENS …
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John Coolahan Award 2021
SCoTENS Research Webinar
As part of our ongoing series of online events SCoTENS hosted a research focused webinar on 23 March 2021. The event was aimed at members of SCoTENS and was a thoroughly successful event. The seed funding research speakers provided a very thoughtful and inspiring input on how Scotens seed funding enabled them to carry out much needed …
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Webinar exploring childhoods in the North and South of Ireland post-partition in the period 1921-1931.
Conceptualisations and constructs of children and childhood are temporally and contextually grounded. This webinar will use an article exploring childhoods North and South post-partition in the period 1921-1931, recently published in the British Educational Research Journal, as a spring-board from which to explore the concept of contested childhoods across borders and boundaries. The …
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SCoTENS Funded Project receives ‘Paper of the Year’ Award
We are delighted to announce that a research article arising from a SCoTENs funded project has just received the ‘paper of the year’ award in a leading international physical education journal. This is a high profile and prestigious award and we would like to congratulate the team of Melissa Parker, Déirdre Ní Chróinín, Maura Coulter, …
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Oxford Review of Education Publication
We are delighted to announce that a team from SCoTENS have been successful in having their article “Assessing the Value of SCOTENS as a Cross-Border Professional Learning Network in Ireland using the Wenger-Trayner value-creation framework” published in the Oxford Review of Education. Authors: Linda Clarke , Conor Galvin , Maria Campbell , Pamela Cowan , Kathy Hall , Geraldine Magennis , Teresa O’Doherty , Noel Purdy & Lesley Abbott The …
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2019 Annual Report
The 2019 Annual Report is now available to view on our Annual Report Section of the website. Enjoy!
Professor Neil Selwyn, Monash University to give Keynote Address at SCoTENS Conference 2020
Neil Selwyn is a Distinguished Research Professor in the Faculty of Education, Monash University who has worked for the past 25 years researching the integration of digital technology into schools, universities and adult learning. He is recognised as a leading international researcher in the area of digital education – with particular expertise in the …
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2020 SCoTENS Doctoral Roundtable to take place Online – Application Date Extended
The Standing Conference on Teacher Education North and South (SCoTENS) invites proposals for participation and working papers at the 5th SCoTENS Doctoral Studies Roundtable (Virtual). The Virtual Roundtable will provide a mix of short presentations by participants on their work in progress and will also feature participation by SCoTENS colleagues who are leaders in the …
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2020 Conference – Teacher Education in the COVID Moment
Education at all levels is being changed, changed utterly, by restrictions made necessary in managing the pandemic. The SCoTENS Committee is using the opportunity provided by our online venue to host the Inaugural 2020 SCoTENS Webinar which will allow us to hear the ideas of a key global expert on Teaching and Teacher Education …
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2019 North-South Student Exchange Project
The 2019 North-South Student Exchange Project took place for Southern Students going North in November 2019 and Northern Students going South in March 2020 and involved 10 students from five colleges of education: Stranmillis University College, Belfast; St Mary’s University College Belfast Marino College of Education, Dublin Institute of Education Dublin City University Froebel Department of …
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