Dr. Orla McCormack
Biography
Dr Orla McCormack is a Senior Lecturer in Education in the School of Education and is the Programme Director for the Professional Master of Education. Her main teaching interests relate to Curriculum Policy and Reform, which she teaches at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. Her research interests focus on curriculum issues, pre-service education, particularly reflective practice. She has coordinated a number of internationally and nationally funded research projects, including Tempus and Erasmus+ projects. She is currently PI on a Horizon 2020 project looking at Education Outside the Classroom and co-director on the External Evaluation of the Junior Cycle Framework. She jointly led a project funded by the ETB sector, exploring, for the first time, the characteristic spirit and core values of ETB schoolsResearch Interests
Curriculum reform, initial teacher education with a particular focus on reflective practice and values in publicly managed schools.Professional Activities
Education
- 2003 University of Limerick - Bachelor of Education
Books
Stop Talking and Do Something!The Young Social Innovators Programme: An Independent Evaluation
Dr. Orla McCormack
Dr. Joanne O'Flaherty
2008
Dublin
Liffey Press
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Book Chapters
An examination of pre-service teacher education students attitudes and experiences of examining development education issues into post-primary education
Dr. Orla McCormack
Dr. Joanne O'Flaherty
2009
http://www.ubuntu.ie/ubuntu_e-book2009.html
Ubuntu network
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Edited Books
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Peer Reviewed Journals
The European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) from the perspective of Irish teacher educators.
Dr. Raymond Lynch
Dr. Orla McCormack
2021
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`The million-dollar question - exploring teachers and ETB staff understanding of characteristic spirit in publicly managed schools in Ireland
Dr. Orla McCormack
Dr. Joanne O'Flaherty
2018
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Looking at the Social Aspects of Nature of Science in Science Education Through a New Lens
Dr. Orla McCormack
2018
DORDRECHT
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Student holistic development and the `goodwill¿ of the teacher
Dr. Orla McCormack
Dr. Joanne O'Flaherty
2019
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Underneath the veneer of techno-positivity exploring teachers' perspectives on technology use in Further Education and Training, Teachers and Teaching
Dr. Orla McCormack
2021
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An analysis of national newspaper coverage relating to the Leaving Certificate programme in two newspapers in the Republic of Ireland
Dr. Orla McCormack
2019
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The teachers put effort into teaching us about life, and what's right and what's wrong': Values and moral education in publicly managed schools in Ireland
Dr. Orla McCormack
Dr. Joanne O'Flaherty
2017
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Introducing education for sustainable development into Egyptian schools
Dr. Orla McCormack
2015
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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. Oliver McGarr
Dr. Orla McCormack
2019
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Developing the characterstic spirit of publicly managed schools in a more secular and pluralist Ireland
Dr. Orla McCormack
Dr. Joanne O'Flaherty
2017
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Reflecting to Conform? Exploring Irish Student Teachers' Discourses in Reflective Practice
Dr. Oliver McGarr
Dr. Orla McCormack
2014
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Curriculum, culture, ideology and ownership: the case of the Exploring Masculinities programme
Dr. Orla McCormack
2012
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An examination of pre-service teacher education student's attitudes and experiences of including development education issues in post-primary schools
Dr. Orla McCormack
Dr. Joanne O'Flaherty
2010
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Counterfactual mutation of critical classroom incidents: implications for reflective practice in initial teacher education
Dr. Oliver McGarr
Dr. Orla McCormack
2016
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National newspaper-reporting on state examinations: An historical exposition of the exceptional case of the Irish Leaving Certificate
Dr. Orla McCormack
2017
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Students' views on their participation in publicly managed second level schools in Ireland: The importance of student-teacher relationships.
Dr. Orla McCormack
Dr. Joanne O'Flaherty
2020
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The “tipping point” for educational research: The role of pre-service science teachers’ epistemic beliefs in evaluating the professional utility of educational research
Dr. Orla McCormack
2020
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Plastic people in pinstripe suits: an exploration of the views of Irish parents on the publication of school league tables
Dr. Raymond Lynch
Dr. Orla McCormack
2015
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STUDENTS’ VIEWS ON THEIR PARTICIPATION IN PUBLICLY MANAGED SECOND LEVEL SCHOOLS IN IRELAND: The importance of student-teacher relationships
Dr. Orla McCormack
Dr. Joanne O'Flaherty
2019
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'That's how it works here': The place of religion in publicly managed second-level schools in Ireland
Dr. Orla McCormack
2019
HOBOKEN
WILEY
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Exploring the position of curriculum studies across the continuum of teacher education in Ireland
Dr. Raymond Lynch
Dr. Orla McCormack
2017
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Perception of Education and Training Board Schools (ETB) in the Republic of Ireland: an issue of ideology and inclusion
Dr. Orla McCormack
Dr. Joanne O'Flaherty
2020
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Attitudes of parents of young men towards the inclusion of sexual orientation and homophobia on the Irish post-primary curriculum
Dr. Orla McCormack
2010
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Other Journals
'Moving away from the caring': exploring the views of in-service and pre-service male teachers about the concept of the male teacher as role model at an early entry childhood and post-primary level
Dr. Orla McCormack
2014
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Orla_Mccormack2/publication/281776884_'Moving_away_from_the_car
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Conference Publications
European Conference of Educational Research, Dublin, Ireland.
Prof. Sibel Erduran
Dr. Orla McCormack
2016
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First European Regional Conference of the International History, Philosophy and Science Teaching Group,
Prof. Sibel Erduran
Dr. Orla McCormack
2016
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ILTA Annual Conference: TEL Quality Matters - People, Policies and Practices
Dr. Oliver McGarr
Dr. Orla McCormack
2018
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Educational Studies Association of Ireland (ESAI)
Dr. Raymond Lynch
Dr. Jennifer Hennessy
Dr. Orla McCormack
2015
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Educational Studies Association of Ireland Conference, Galway, Ireland.
Prof. Sibel Erduran
Dr. Orla McCormack
2016
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ESAI Annual Meeting Education as a Public Good'
Dr. Oliver McGarr
Dr. Orla McCormack
2016
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Conference Contributions
Published Reports
Religion, Diversity and Publically Managed Schools in Ireland: Democracy, Empowerment and Student/Teacher Responsibility'
Dr. Orla McCormack
Dr. Joanne O'Flaherty
2013
Naas
ETBI
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Exploring and Expressing the Characteristic Spirit of Publicly Managed Education and Training Board Schools
Dr. Orla McCormack
Dr. Joanne O'Flaherty
2016
Naas
ETBI
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'Religion, Diversity and Publicly-managed Schools in Ireland
Dr. Orla McCormack
Dr. Joanne O'Flaherty
2012
Naas
ETBI
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Editorials
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Book Reviews
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