Biography

Dr. John O'Reilly is a lecturer in Initial Teacher Education in the University of Limerick addressing areas such as professionalism, planning, curriculum development, active learning, classroom management and assessment for the Postgraduate Masters in Education programme. His research interests are all schools-based with strong partnerships in the areas of science education (IBSE and PCK in particular) and curriculum development with schools(Negotiated Integrated Curriculum), professional development agencies and the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment. He served as a member of the junior cycle science specification development group and has just completed leading the FP7 project 'Chain Reaction' focused on professional development for IBSE in Ireland.

Research Interests

Physical Sciences Education at second and third levels; Evidence Based Practice in Education; Active and Enquiry-based Learning; Pedagogical Content Knowledge; Curriculum development (Negotiated Integrated Curriculum); Professional Development

Professional Activities

Association

  • 2005 Member, Irish Science Teacher's Association

Employment

  • 2005 National University of Ireland, Galway - Lecturer
  • 2003 National University of Ireland Galway - Marie-Curie Post-doctoral fellowship
  • 2001 Uniersite Paris-Sud, France - Post-Doctoral Fellow
  • 2000 Southeast Missouri State University, USA - Visiting Professor
  • 1998 Kober University, Japan - Post-doctoral researcher
  • 1997 Tallaght Institute of Technology - Associate Lecturer
  • 1993 National College of Ireland - Associate Lecturer

Education

  • 2005 National University of Ireland, Galway - H.Dip.in Ed.
  • 1998 University College Dublin - Ph.D.
  • 1992 University College Dublin - B.Sc.

Language

  • French

Research Collaborators

  • Anwar Battikhi - Funding Award - Jordan Society for Scientific Research (JSSR) -Jordan
  • Candy Beal - Joint Publication - North Carolina State University -USA
  • Dermot Francis Donnelly - Joint Publication - University of California Berkeley -USA
  • Janka Raganova - Funding Award - Matej Bel University -Slovakia
  • John Portelli - Joint Publication - University of Toronto -Canada
  • Luigi Smaldone - Funding Award - Seconda Universita degli Studi di Napoli -Italy
  • Manuela Welzel- Breuer - Funding Award - Heidelberg University -Germany
  • Marika Capanadze - Funding Award - Ilia State University -Georgia
  • Morteza Rezaei- Zadeh - Joint Publication - University of Tehran -Iran
  • Mounir Gouja - Funding Award - Centre International De Formation Pedagogique - Cifop SA -France
  • Murat Gunel - Funding Award - Ted University -Turkey
  • Nikos Chaniotakis - Funding Award - University of Crete -Greece
  • Slavko Kocijancic - Funding Award - University of Ljubljana -Slovenia
  • Stuart Bevins - Funding Award - Sheffield Hallam University -England
  • Zhelyazka Raykova - Funding Award - Plovdiv University -Bulgaria

Peer Reviewed Journals

Books

Book Chapters

2017

Interdisciplinarity in Science Education

Broggy, J., O'Reilly, J., Erduran, S. (2017) Interdisciplinarity in Science Education. Netherlands : Sense Publishers Science Education An International Course Comparison

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Conference Publications

2013

QUALITY AND EFFICIENCY IN E-LEARNING, VOL 2

Rezaei-Zadeh, M,O'Reilly, J,Hogan, M,Cleary, B,Murphy, E,Roceanu I,Stanescu I,Barbieru, D (2013) QUALITY AND EFFICIENCY IN E-LEARNING, VOL 2. Anywhere, Anytime - Education On Demand, Vol Ii :416-421

2011

ANYWHERE, ANYTIME - EDUCATION ON DEMAND, VOL II

Rezaei-Zadeh, M,O'Reilly, J,Cleary, B,Murphy, E,Frunzeti, T,Popescu V,Jugureanu, R,Stefan V,Radu, C (2011) ANYWHERE, ANYTIME - EDUCATION ON DEMAND, VOL II. Anywhere, Anytime - Education On Demand, Vol Ii :575-586

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