Dr. Oliver McGarr
Biography
Oliver McGarr's research and teaching interests are in the areas of Educational Technology, Reflective Practice in Teacher Education and STEM Education. He is the former head of the School of Education and a former course director of the Masters in ICT in Education and the Postgraduate Diploma in Education (Technology). He is also a former recipient of the University's Excellence in Teaching award and has published a number of studies in relation to his teaching work. His other research work has mainly focused on STEM education in Schools, the adoption of ICT in schools and reflective practice and teachers' thinking. He is currently project director of the national longitudinal study exploring the roll-out of the new Framework for Junior Cycle in Irish post-primary schools.Research Interests
My research interests include:- The use of digital technologies in schools
- Teachers professional digital competence and digital practices
- STEM Education
- Reflective practice in initial and continuing professional development in Teacher Education
- Discourse analysis
Professional Activities
Education
- 2012 Open University - Postgraduate Diploma
- 2004 University of Limerick - Ph.D.
- 1999 University of Limerick - Master of Arts (Education)
- 1998 University of Limerick - Bachelor of Technology (Education) First class honours
Books
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Book Chapters
ICT and School Improvement: The OECD/CERI Study Revisited
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2015
Dublin
Liffey Press
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The elephant in the room: the influence of prevailing pedagogical practice on the integration of Design and Communication Graphics in the post-primary classroom
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2011
Limerick
IDATER
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Digital divide in post-primary schools
Dr. Ann Marcus Quinn
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2013
Dublin
ResearchPublishing.net
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ICT in the English classroom
Dr. Ann Marcus Quinn
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2011
Cambridge
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
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How Do We Prepare Teachers as Global Educators and Balance National Accreditation Requirements With Global Challenges?
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2019
London
Bloomsbury Academic
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Edited Books
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Peer Reviewed Journals
Problematizing Spatial Literacy within the School Curriculum
Dr. Raymond Lynch
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2019
Springer Netherlands
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The use of case-based learning in the development of student teachers' levels of moral reasoning
Dr. Joanne O'Flaherty
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2014
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A framework for teachers' integration of ICT into their classroom practice
Dr. John O'Reilly
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2011
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An Irish perspective on initial teacher education: How teacher educators can respond to an awareness of the "absurd"
Dr. Oliver McGarr
Dr. Ciaran O'Gallchoir
2021
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The role of the teaching principal in promoting ICT use in small primary schools in Ireland
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2009
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Digital education futures in Irish educational policy: tempering commercial influence through an exploration of emerging ethical, environmental and educational realities
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2022
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STEM and gender at university: focusing on Irish undergraduate female students' perceptions
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2019
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Monopolising the STEM agenda in second-level schools: exploring power relations and subject subcultures
Dr. Raymond Lynch
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2017
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Reflecting to Conform? Exploring Irish Student Teachers' Discourses in Reflective Practice
Dr. Orla McCormack
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2014
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Underneath the veneer of techno-positivity exploring teachers' perspectives on technology use in Further Education and Training
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2020
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Exploring pre-service teachers' future intentions to use technology through the use of comics
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2019
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By-passing teachers in the marketing of digital technologies: the synergy of educational technology discourse and new public management practices
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2021
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Exploring the digital competence of pre-service teachers on entry onto an initial teacher education programme in Ireland
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2021
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Examining supervising field instructors' reporting and assessment of technology use by pre-service teachers on school placement
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2020
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Negotiating Subject Hierarchies: Neo-Liberal Influences on the Comprehensive Curriculum in Ireland
Dr. Raymond Lynch
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2016
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Counterfactual mutation of critical classroom incidents: implications for reflective practice in initial teacher education
Dr. Orla McCormack
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2016
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"Biting one's lip" and "distancing": exploring pre-service teachers' strategies in dysfunctional professional relationships
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2018
ABINGDON
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Scaffolding or Stifling? The influence of journal requirements on students' engagement in reflective practice.
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2010
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The development of ICT across the curriculum in Irish schools: A historical perspective
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2009
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Curricular responses to Computer Science provision in schools: current provision and alternative possibilities
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2020
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Students' perceptions of lecturer power and authority in a higher education PBL business programme
Dr. Raymond Lynch
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2020
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Peer-supported collaborative inquiry in teacher education: exploring the influence of peer discussions on pre-service teachers' levels of critical reflection
Dr. Orla McCormack
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2019
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Using autobiographical comics to explore life stories and school experiences of pre-service early childhood educators
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2020
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What about the gatekeepers? School principals' and school guidance counsellors' attitudes towards computer science in secondary schools
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2021
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Teacher professional development and ICT: an investigation of teachers studying a postgraduate award in ICT in education
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2007
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Introducing the PEAT model to frame professional digital competence in teacher education
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2021
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Difficulty and self-efficacy: An exploratory study
Dr. Jason Power
Dr. Raymond Lynch
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2020
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An investigation of university students and professionals' Professional STEM Identity Status
Dr. Regina Kelly
Prof. Merrilyn Goos
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2020
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Examining the role of the ICT coordinator in Irish post-primary schools
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2013
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Exploring pre-service teachers' justifications for one-to-one technology use is schools: implications for initial teacher education
Dr. Oliver McGarr
Dr. Ciaran O'Gallchoir
2020
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Unpacking secondary school technology teachers' interpretations and experiences of teaching 'problem-solving'
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2022
DORDRECHT
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What is caught rather than taught: messages of professionalism communicated by teacher educators
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2022
ABINGDON
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The futile quest for honesty in reflective writing: recognising self-criticism as a form of self-enhancement
Dr. Oliver McGarr
Dr. Ciaran O'Gallchoir
2020
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Clinical performance assessment tools in physiotherapy practice education: a systematic review
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2018
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Teachers' use of reuseable learning objects in teaching English poetry: exploring the influence of prevailing pedagogical practices
Dr. Ann Marcus Quinn
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2015
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Navigating the system: Physiotherapy student perceptions of performance-based assessment
Ms. Anne O'Connor
Dr. Arlene McCurtin
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2018
ABINGDON
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
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Technology leadership or technology somnambulism? Exploring the discourse of integration amongst information and communication technology coordinators
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2015
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Recycled teacher memories and upcycled teacher memories: categorising pre-service teachers' recollections of past teachers
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2019
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A review of podcasting in higher education: Its influence on the traditional lecture
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2009
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The use of virtual simulations in teacher education to develop pre-service teachers' behaviour and classroom management skills: implications for reflective practice
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2021
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Digital competence in teacher education: comparing national policies in Norway, Ireland and Spain
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2021
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Exploring students' justifications for studying a master's degree in business through problem-based learning
Dr. Raymond Lynch
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2021
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Illusions of specificity in power-laden clinical performance assessment
Ms. Anne O'Connor
Dr. Arlene McCurtin
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2018
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Enhancing the Student Experiment Experience: Visible Scientific Inquiry Through a Virtual Chemistry Laboratory
Dr. John O'Reilly
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2013
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Comparing discourses on reflective practice in teacher education policy in Ireland and Norway: Critical reflection or performance management?
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2020
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Parametric Pedagogy: Integrating parametric CAD in Irish post-primary schools
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2011
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Exploring the theory-practice gap in initial teacher education: moving beyond questions of relevance to issues of power and authority
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2017
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Using comics as a tool to facilitate critical reflective practice in professional education
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2021
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
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Analysing the construction of ‘sustainability'in lower secondary school technology syllabi in Ireland
Dr. Raymond Lynch
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2021
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'Just enough to make you take it seriously': exploring students' attitudes towards peer assessment
Dr. Amanda Clifford
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2013
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'Just Be Quiet and Listen to Exactly What He's Saying': Conceptualising power relations in inquiry-oriented classrooms
Dr. John O'Reilly
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2014
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An Irish perspective on initial teacher education: How teacher educators can respond to an awareness of the 'absurd'
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2021
ABINGDON
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Exploring Spanish pre-service teachers' talk in relation to ICT: balancing different expectations between the university and practicum school
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2018
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Exploring the Evolution of Educational Technology Policy in Ireland: From Catching-Up to Pedagogical Maturity
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2021
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Pre-service early childhood educators' career motivations: moving from a thematic analysis to recognising the performative nature of talk and text
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2021
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Conference Publications
ESAI Annual Meeting ‘Education as a Public Good'
Dr. Orla McCormack
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2016
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American Educational Research Association (AERA)
Dr. Oliver McGarr
Dr. Ciaran O'Gallchoir
2019
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International Conference on Mobile Technology in Teacher Education (MITE)
Dr. Oliver McGarr
Dr. Ciaran O'Gallchoir
2018
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EDULEARN16: 8th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2016
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INTED2015: 9TH International Technology, Education and Development Conference
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2015
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American Educational Research Association (AERA)
Dr. Oliver McGarr
Dr. Ciaran O'Gallchoir
2018
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ECER 2014, The Past, the Present and the Future of Educational Research
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2014
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International Conference on Mobile Technology in Teacher Education (MiTE)
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2016
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Connecting Policy and Practice: Challenges for Teaching and Learning in Schools and Universities. The International Study Association on Teachers and Teaching Conference
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2001
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International Technology, Education and Development Conference (INTED)
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2014
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ECER 2016, Leading Education: The Distinct Contributions of Educational Research and Researchers
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2016
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Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference
Dr. John O'Reilly
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2011
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The 10th Biennial Conference of The International Study Association on Teachers and Teaching (ISATT)
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2001
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Open classrooms in the digital age. European Distance Education Network
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2000
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HEA Conference: How Equal? Access to Higher Education in Ireland
Dr. Raymond Lynch
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2013
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American Educational Research Association (AERA)
Dr. Oliver McGarr
Dr. Ciaran O'Gallchoir
2020
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British Educational Research Association Annual Conference (BERA 2016)
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2016
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International Technology, Education and Development Conference (INTED)
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2016
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Making a Difference: ICT in Teaching and Learning. Annual Conference of the Association of Information Technology for Teacher Education
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2003
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ILTA Annual Conference: TEL Quality Matters - People, Policies and Practices
Dr. Orla McCormack
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2018
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European Educational Research Association (EERA:ECER)
Dr. Oliver McGarr
Dr. Ciaran O'Gallchoir
2019
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Conference Contributions
Published Reports
Computers and Curriculum - difficulties and Dichotomies.
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2004
Dublin
NCCA
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ICT and School improvement, Irish Case Studies OECD/CERI ICT PROGRAMME
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2001
Paris
OECD
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Executive Summary for Ireland - ICT and School Improvement Report
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2001
OECD
Paris
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Digital Competence in Teacher Education
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2019
Limerick
University of Limerick
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Exploring teachers' professional development to support the roll-out of Computer Science in Irish second-level schools
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2020
Limerick
LERO & EPI-STEM
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Report on the Provision of Courses in Computer Science in Upper Second Level Education Internationally
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2017
Dublin
NCCA
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An Evaluation of Feature-based Parametric CAD software in post-primary schools.
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2005
Dublin
NCCA
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Editorials
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Book Reviews
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Other Publications
An Evaluation of the technical support provided by Eircom Ltd. to Ennis schools in conjunction with the Ennis Information Age town project
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2000
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Teacher professional development and ICT: A longitudinal investigation into teachers' participation on a professional development postgraduate programme in ICT.
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2004
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An investigation into the interest and feasibility of introducing and computer-based subject to the established leaving certificate programme.
Dr. Oliver McGarr
2000
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An Investigation of Teachers' use of IMS Software in Irish Second-Level Schools: A Case Study
Dr. Oliver McGarr
1999
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