Biography
Dr. Lucy Hearne is a qualified Guidance Counsellor, Course Director, Lecturer and Researcher. She has worked in a number of guidance settings, including the Irish Adult Educational Guidance Service (AEGS). Her doctoral studies focused on outcome measurement in adult guidance practice for which she was a recipient of a full Irish Research Council for Humanities and Social Sciences Scholarship (IRCHSS) 2006-2009. Since then she has received an IRCHSS New Ideas Research award (5,800) in 2011and in 2014 an Irish Research Council (IRC) New Foundations Award (6,000); IRC Starter Research Grant (75,000) and a UL EHS Faculty Seed Funding Grant (9,120). In 2017 she was awarded a NISE Seed Fund for Research (4,000) in collaboration with Cathal de Paor and Karina Ryan, MIC. Her research areas include adult guidance counselling, lifelong guidance counselling, career development, reflective practice and adult education.
Research Interests
Areas of interest include lifelong guidance counselling, public policy, adult education, career development and reflective practice.
Teaching Interests
My specific areas of teaching relate to my role as Course Director and Lecturer on the MA in Guidance Counselling and Lifespan Development in the University of Limerick. The particular curriculum areas I teach are Career Development and Guidance Counselling across the Lifespan, Human Development Psychology, Research Methods in Guidance Counselling, Practicum Placement and Reflective Practice, and Adult Guidance Counselling.
Professional Activities
Committee
- 2018 International Journal of Educational and Vocational Guidance,
- 2015 British Journal of Guidance and Counselling ,
- Directors of Studies in Guidance Counselling,
Award
- 2017 - NISE Seed Fund for Research (with Cathal dePaor & Karina Ryan, MIC)
- 2014 - IRC Research Starter Grant
- 2014 - IRC New Foundations' award
- 2014 - EHS, UL Seed Funding
- 2011 - IRCHSS New Ideas Award
Education
- 2010 Waterford Institute of Technology - Doctor of Humanities
- 2000 UCD - HDip
- 1998 UCC - Bachelor of Arts
Employment
- 2001 Waterford Institute of Technology - Guidance Counsellor/Researcher
Association
- Member, Network for Innovation in Career Guidance and Counseling in Europe
- Member, Institute of Guidance Counsellors
Publications
Book Chapter
Teacher's perceptions of whole school guidance counselling; Why teacher's perceptions matter.
Hearne, L., Geary, T. & King, P.
Ireland's Yearbook of Education 2017-2018
Peer learning for the quality enhancement of degree programmes
Einarsdóttir, S., Hearne, L., Rammo, M., Weber, P. & Wikstrand, F.
European competence standards for the academic training of career practitioners, NICE Handbook Volume 11.
Conference Contribution
International Centre for Guidance Studies
Hearne, L.
International Association of Vocational and Educational Guidance Conference
Hearne, L., dePaor, C., Ryan, K. & Elftorp, P
4th Annual HELLINN Conference; Enabling Lifelong Learning
Ledwith, A. & Hearne, L.
Institute of Guidance Counsellors
Lucy Hearne
UL Emotional Regulation Conference
Lucy Hearne
IAEVG Conference, Mannheim
Lucy Hearne
CDAA/IAEVG International Conference
Lucy Hearne
IAC International Conference 2007
Lucy Hearne
Conference Publication
ECER 2016
Hearne, L., King, P., Geary, T. & Kenny, N.
Institute of Guidance Counsellors National Conference
Elftorp, P., Hearne, L., & Coughlan, B.
International Association of Educational and Vocational Guidance
Hearne, L., King, P., Geary, T. & Kenny, N.
European Conference on Educational Research: Leading Education: The Distinct Contributions of Educational Research and Researchers
McDonnell, E., Hearne, L and Mannix McNamara, P,
Institute of Guidance Counsellors Conference, Waterford,
Elftorp, P., & Hearne, L.
Institute of Guidance Counsellors, Waterford
Connor, B., Delaney, G., & Hearne, L.
EUCEN Conference, NUIG
Elftorp, P., Hearne, L., & Coughlan, B.
IAEVG International Conference, Quebec, Canada,
Hearne, L., & O'Grady, E.
ACE/EUCEN Conference, UCC,
Elftorp, P., Hearne, L., & Coughlan, B.
ESAI Annual Conference, Limerick.
Galvin, J. & Hearne, L.
Larios Conference, Padua, Italy
Hearne, L.
NAEGA Annual Conference UK
Lucy Hearne
IAEVG International Conference
Lucy Hearne
Other Journal
Supporting adults with dyslexia
Elftorp, P., Hearne, L. & Coughlan, B.
NCGE News
Whole school approach
Hearne, L., King, P., Geary, T. & Kenny, N.
NCGE News
Valuing the progression and experiences of learners in Adult Guidance
Hearne, L
EXPLORE (Aontas quarterly magazine)
Mind the Gap: the client's role in the quality assurance process in adult guidance
Hearne, L
Research Matters, WIT
The Role of Practitioner Research in Ireland: Evidence from a Single-Case Study
Hearne, L
IGC Guideline
Understanding Adults' Careeer Decision-Making Styles
Hearne, L
NCGE News
The Role of the Client in Adult Guidance Research: An Irish Public Policy Issue
Hearne, L
Career Convergence Web Magazine
Other Publication
Ethical Research in Guidance Counselling
Hearne, L.
Peer Reviewed Journal
What adult learners with dyslexia can tell us about the temperature' of adult learning
Elftorp, P., Hearne, L. & Coughlan, B.
The Adult Learner: The Irish Journal Of Adult And Community Education
"Science of the singular": an explanatory single case study of whole school guidance counselling in Ireland
Hearne, L;King, P;Geary, T;Kenny, N
International Journal of Educational and Vocational Guidance
DOI: 10.1007/s10775-018-9363-8
Guidance counselling as a whole school responsibility in the Irish post primary sector
Hearne, L., Geary, T. & Martin, N.
British Journal Of Guidance & Counselling
DOI: 10.1080/03069885.2016.1254725
The tyranny of time': getting to the heart of the impact of educational cuts on the provision of guidance counselling in Ireland
Leahy, E., O'Flaherty, J. & Hearne, L.
British Journal Of Guidance & Counselling
DOI: 10.1080/03069885.2016.1254722.
An Investigation of the Guidance Counselling Needs of Adults with Dyslexia in the Adult Educational Guidance Initiative (AEGI)
Elftorp, P. & Hearne, L.
The Adult Learner: The Irish Journal Of Adult And Community Education
The role of the regular teacher in a whole school approach to guidance counselling in Ireland
Hearne, L. & Galvin, J.
British Journal Of Guidance & Counselling
DOI: 10.1080/03069885.2014.952622
Resilience and career adaptability: Qualitative studies of adult career counseling
Bimrose, J. & Hearne, L
Journal Of Vocational Behavior
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2012.08.002
An exploration of female Travellers' experiences of guidance counselling in adult education
Doyle, A. & Hearne, L.
The Adult Learner: The Irish Journal Of Adult And Community Education
Progression measurement in adult guidance in Ireland: a contested discourse
Hearne, L.
The Adult Learner: The Irish Journal Of Adult And Community Education
An examination of the client's contribution to the design of longitudinal tracking systems in adult guidance practice.
Hearne, L
Tui Congress Journal
Measuring Client Progression in Adult Guidance
Hearne, L
The Adult Learner: The Irish Journal Of Adult And Community Education
Published Report
A Single Case Study of a Whole School Approach to Guidance Counselling in an Irish Post-Primary School: Case Report
Hearne, L., Geary, T. & Martin, N.
A Case Study Analysis of a Whole School Approach to Guidance Counselling in a Voluntary School in the Irish Post Primary Sector.
Hearne, L., King, P., Kenny, N. & Geary, T.