Biography
Graduate of St. Patrick's College (BEd), Drumcondra, Boston College (MEd) and Michigan State University (PhD). Have worked at: University of Michigan-Flint, Cleveland State University, University College Cork prior to UL. Research interests: learning and development, teacher education, educational policy (in two areas: e-learning; teacher education), psychology and pedagogy of literacy & mathematics, and cognitive and socio-cultural perspectives on learning. Research has been funded by a range of bodies - both national and international. His research has appeared in a range of journals including Studies in Educational Evaluation, Teachers College Record, Teaching and Teacher Education, Identity: An International journal of Theory and Research, Irish Educational Studies, Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology. He is a former President (2008-10) of the Educational Studies Association of Ireland (ESAI) and has been a member of both the Council of the European Education Research Association (2006-08) and World Education Research Association (2009-13) on behalf of ESAI. He is currently joint General Editor of Irish Educational Studies (SSCI-indexed journal, Routledge). He has been a Visiting Scholar at the University of Western Australia, Michigan State University (2000-06) and Oxford University.
Professional Activities
Employment
- 2013 University of Limerick (UL) - Professor (2014)
- 2001 University College Cork (UCC) - College Lecturer (2001); Senior Lecturer (2007) & Assoc Director (2011) Director (2013), Centre for Global Development (CGD)
- 1999 Cleveland State University (CSU), Ohio, USA - Asst Professor (1998-2000)
- 1997 University of Michigan-Flint (UofM) - Lecturer (1997-98)
- 1993 Michigan State University (MSU, East Lansing, MI, USA - 1993-98: Researcher; Lecturer; Community Relations Specialist (Mediation)
Award
- 2012 - Irish Research Council (IRC), Advanced Collaborative Research Award (2012-13)
- 2009 - Council member (2009-13), World Education Research Association (WERA)
- 2008 - President, Educational Studies Association of Ireland (ESAI)
- 2005 - Co-chair SIG Teaching & Teacher Education (2005-09), European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI)
- 1998 - Dissertation Completion Fellowship, Michigan State University
- 1997 - Arthur R. & Pearl Butler Fellowship, Michigan State University
- 1996 - Robert Craig Fellowship in Psychological Studies, Michigan State University
Association
- 1999 Member; President (2008-10), Educational Studies Association of Ireland (ESAI)
- Member; Co-Chair SIG Teaching and Teacher Education (2005-09), European Association for Learning and Instruction (EARLI)
- Council member (2009-13), World Education Research Association (WERA)
- Council member (2006-09), European Educational Research Association (EERA)
- Member; Co-chair Div K, Section Teacher Education Policy (1999-2000), American Education Research Association (AERA)
Publications
Book
Review of the Droichead Teacher Induction Pilot Programme
Smyth, E., Conway, P., Leavy, A., Darmody, M., Banks, J., Watson, D.
The Digital Pencil: One to One Computing for Children.
Lei, J., Conway, P. F. and Zhao, Y.,
International Trends in Post-Primary Mathematics Education: Perspectives on Learning, Teaching and Assessment. Dublin
Conway, P. F. and Sloane, F. C.,
DublinDublin
Gender Politics and Exploring Masculinities in Irish Education: Teachers, Materials and the Media. Dublin
Mac an Ghaill, Hanafin, J., and Conway, P. F.,
DublinDublin
Book Chapter
Evolution of research on teachers planning: implications for teacher education
Munthe, E. & Conway, P. F.
International Handbook of Research on Teacher Education
InFo-TED: Bringing Policy, Research, and Practice Together around Teacher Educator Development
Vanassche, E., Rust, F., Conway, P. F., Smith, K., Tack, H., Vanderlinde, R.
International Teacher Education:Promising Pedagogies (Part C)
DOI: 10.1108/S1479-368720150000022015
The evolution of ICT policy in Ireland 1995-2010: progress, missed opportunities and future trends
Conway, P. F. & Brennan-Freeman, E. ,
Shaping the Future: How Technology Can Lead to Educational Transformation
The practice turn: Research-informed clinical teacher education in two countries
Conway, P. F. & Munthe, E.
From Vocational to Professional Education
Moving beyond a state of stuck: School culture, mobile ICT integration and inclusion.
Daly, T. & Conway, P. F.,
Shaping the Future: How Technology Can Lead to Educational Transformation
Not my job! Perspectives of Irish student teachers on literacy development in the post-primary subject classroom
Murphy, B. Conway, P. & Murphy R.
Language, Literacy and Literature: Re-imagining Teaching and Learning
Learningplace practices and Pre-service Teacher Education in Ireland: Knowledge generation, partnerships and pedagogy
Conway, P. F., Murphy, R. and Rutherford, V.
Workplace Learning in Teacher Education: International Practice and Policy
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-7826-9
Perspectives on Research Management and Capacity-Building in Six Countries
Nakabugo, G., Conway, P. F., Barrett, E. & Farren, S.
Academic Working Lives: Experience, Practice, Change
Integrated learning cultures and learning to teach: Norms, values and the next generation of teachers in two cultures
Conway, P. F., Murphy, R. and Michalak, J.
Cultures of Professional Development for Teachers: Collaboration, Reflection, Management and Policy.
The Teaching and Learning of Mathematics in Ugandan Secondary Schools: poised for chang
Conway, P. F. Oldham, E., Urwick, J., Kisa, S., Otaala, J. and & Mugwera, A.
Teacher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: Closer perspectives
Developing as 'good' post-primary teachers and teaching in a reform era: cultural dynamics in a programme level study of the 'Dip'
Conway, PF., Murphy, R., Delargey, M., Hall, K, Kitching, K., Long, F.,McKeon, J., Murphy, B., O'Brien, S., & O'Sullivan, D.
Re-imagining Initial Teacher Education (ITE): Perspectives on Transformation
Leadership and teacher education: Deepening engagement with pedagogy.
Conway, P. F., Murphy, R., Hall, K. & Rath, A. ,
Leading and Managing Schools
Stakeholder Consultation Study: IAPRCB
Barrett, E, Nakabugo, GM, Farren, S, McEvoy, P, & Conway, PF
The Irish African Partnership for Research Capacity Building: Results and Prospects (2008-2010)
ICTs and schooling in Ireland
Conway, P. F. & Freeman, E. ,
Cross-national information and technology: Polices and practices in Education
A global perspective on political definitions of e-learning: Commonalities and differences in national educational technology plans.
Zhao, Y., Lei, J., and Conway, P. F.,
International Handbook of Virtual Learning Environments
A socio-cultural perspective on teacher performance assessment
Conway, P. F. and Artiles, A. A.,
Designing Performance Assessment Systems for Urban Teacher Preparation
Online Learning and Differential Participation in a Democratic Society: Ireland as a Case Study
Fitzpatrick, S. and Conway, P. F.,
Global Perspectives on E-Learning: Rhetoric and Reality
The 1999 Primary School Curriculum and your child as a learner
Conway, P. F.,
Primary Options: What Every Parent Needs to Know about Primary Schools in Ireland
From Luddites to deisgners: Images of teachers in political documents
Conway, P. F. and Zhao, Y.,
What should teachers know about technology: Perspectives and practices
Educational reform in the United States: Politics, purposes, and processes
Conway, P. F., Goodell, K., and Carl, J.,
Education in Transition: International Perspectives on the Politics and Processes of Change
Conference Publication
American Educational Research Association (AERA)
Marszalek, J.M., Conway, P.F., O'Flaherty, J., Nilsson, J.E., and Ó Gallchóir, C.
American Educational Research Association (AERA)
Marszalek, J.M., Nilsson, J.E., O'Flaherty, J., Ó Gallchóir, C. and Conway, P.F.
CPLOL 10th European Congress of Speech and Language therapy
Gallagher, A.L., Murphy, C-A., Conway, P & Perry, A
European Conference on Educational Research
OGrady, E., Conway, P. & MacPhail, A.
European Conference on Educational Research
MacPhail, A., OSullivan & Conway, P.
Rutherford, Vanessa, Conway, Paul F.
Aislinn Joy, Paul Conway
Delargey, M. and Conway, P.F.
Conway, P.F, Michalak, J, Murphy, R, Hall, K, Rath, A.
Conway, P. F., Delargey, M. Murphy, R. and O'Brien, S. ,
Austin, R., Graffin, D., Clarke, L., Conway, P., OSullivan, C., & O¿Hara, J ,
Austin, R. & Conway, P. F. ,
SCoTENS Annual Report 2004SCoTENS Annual Report 2004
Austin, R. and Conway, P. F.,
SCoTENS Annual Report 2004SCoTENS Annual Report 2004
Papanastasiou, E. & Conway, P. F.,
Conway, P. F. & Hapkiewicz, W. H.,
Gover, M. & Conway, P. F.,
Proceedings of the Drumcondra Educaation Conference (D. Herron, ed.)Proceedings of the Drumcondra Educaation Conference (D. Herron, ed.)
Conway, P. F.,
Proceedings of the Drumcondra Educaation Conference (D. Herron, ed.)Proceedings of the Drumcondra Educaation Conference (D. Herron, ed.)
Proceedings of the Drumcondra Education Conference (D. Herron, ed.)Proceedings of the Drumcondra Education Conference (D. Herron, ed.)
Conway, P. F.,
Proceedings of the Drumcondra Education Conference (D. Herron, ed.)Proceedings of the Drumcondra Education Conference (D. Herron, ed.)
Proceedings Drumcondra Educational ConferenceProceedings Drumcondra Educational Conference
Conway, P. F.,
Proceedings Drumcondra Educational ConferenceProceedings Drumcondra Educational Conference
Other Publication
Editorial, Irish Educational Studies, 34, 1
Conway, P,Leavy, A,Smyth, E,O'Brien, M,Seery, A
DOI: 10.1080/03323315.2015.1010301
Reflections on professional education and practice across sectors
Conway, P,Leavy, A,Smyth, E,O'Brien, M,Seery, A,Byrne, D,Hall, T
Irish Educational Studies
DOI: 10.1080/03323315.2015.1175688
Editorial, Irish Educational Studies, 34, 2
Leavy, A,Conway, P,O'Brien, M,Seery, A,Smyth, E
DOI: 10.1080/03323315.2015.1063819
Editorial: Investment in Education and the intractability of inequality [Special Issue], Irish Educational Studies, 33, 2
Walsh, J, McCoy, S., Seery, A. and Conway, P.F.
Irish Educational Studies
DOI: 10.1080/03323315.2014.924330
Editorial, Irish Educational Studies, 33, 4
Leavy, A,Conway, P,Smyth, E,O'Brien, M
DOI: 10.1080/03323315.2014.984399
Irish Educational Studies, 31, 2.
Dympna Devine, Emer Smyth, Paul Conway, & Aisling Leavy,
Editorial, Irish Educational Studies, 30, 3, 285-288.
Dympna Devine, Paul Conway, Emer Smyth & Aisling Leavy,
DOI: 10.1080/03323315.2011.601913
Editorial, Irish Educational Studies, 30, 1, 1-4.
Aisling Leavy, Dympna Devine, Paul Conway & Emer Smyth,
DOI: 10.1080/03323315.2011.535971
Inclusive Education Framework: A guide for schools on the inclusion of pupils with special education needs.
National Council for Special Education (NCSE)
Editorial, Irish Educational Studies, 29, 2, 103-106.
Conway, P. F., Devine, D., Smyth, E. and Leavy,. A. ,
DOI: 10.1080/03323311003779001
NCSE Inclusive Education Framework Evaluation Report on Pilot with School and Non-school Stakeholders.
Conway, P. F., Amberson, J. & O'Sullivan. D.
Editorial, Irish Educational Studies, 29, 1, 1-4.
Devine, D., Conway, P. F., Smyth, E. and Leavy,. A. ,
DOI: 10.1080/03323310903522651
Editorial, Irish Educational Studies, 28, 1, 1-5.
Devine, D., Conway, P. F., Smyth, E. and Leavy,. A,
DOI: 10.1080/03323310802597192
Editorial, Irish Educational Studies, 28, 2, 135-139.
Devine, D., Conway, P. F., Smyth, E. and Leavy,. A,
DOI: 10.1080/03323310902884193
Editorial, Irish Educational Studies, 27, 2, 103-105.
Devine, D., Conway, P. F., Smyth, E. and Leavy,. A,
DOI: 10.1080/03323310802021748
Editorial, Irish Educational Studies, 27, 3, 193-196.
Devine, D., Conway, P. F., Smyth, E. and Leavy,. A ,
DOI: 10.1080/03323310802242096
Editorial, Irish Educational Studies, 26, 1, 1-3.
Sugrue, C., Devine, D., Conway, P. F. and Smyth, E. ,
DOI: 10.1080/03323310601147132
Editorial, Irish Educational Studies, 26, 3, 215-217.
Sugrue, C., Devine, D., Conway, P. F. and Smyth, E. ,
DOI: 10.1080/03323310701491406
Editorial, Irish Educational Studies, 26, 2, 123-125.
Sugrue, C., Devine, D., Conway, P. F. and Smyth, E. ,
DOI: 10.1080/03323310701295815
Editorial, Irish Educational Studies, 25, 1, 1-2.
Sugrue, C., Devine, D., Conway, P. F. and Smyth, E. ,
DOI: 10.1080/03323310600597485
Editorial, Irish Educational Studies, 25, 2, 139-140.
Devine, D., Sugrue, C., Conway, P. F. and Smyth, E. ,
DOI: 10.1080/03323310600737248
Editorial, Irish Educational Studies, 25, 3, 257-258.
Sugrue, C., Devine, D., Conway, P. F. and Smyth, E. ,
DOI: 10.1080/03323310600913666
Editorial, Irish Educational Studies, 24, 1, 3-4.
Conway, P., Sugrue, C., Devine, D., & Smyth, E. ,
Editorial, Irish Educational Studies, 23, 1, 3-4.
Conway, P. F. Sugrue, C., Devine, D., and Smyth, E. ,
DOI: 10.1080/03323310500184178
Editorial, Irish Educational Studies, 23, 2, 3-5.
Smyth, E. Devine, D., Sugrue, C. Conway, P. ,
Editorial, Irish Educational Studies, 22, 1, 3-5.
Conway, P. F., Sugrue, C., Devine, D., and Smyth, E. ,
DOI: 10.1080/0332331030220103
Editorial, Irish Educational Studies, 21, 2, 5-9.
Conway, P. F. ,
DOI: 10.1080/0332331020210204
Peer Reviewed Journal
Establishing premises for inter-professional collaborative practice in school: inclusion, difference and influence
Gallagher A.L.;Murphy C.A.;Conway P.F.;Perry A.
Disability And Rehabilitation
DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2020.1725154
Adolescent Suicide Ideation, Depression and Self-Esteem: Relationships to a New Measure of Gender Role Conflict
O’Beaglaoich C.;McCutcheon J.;Conway P.F.;Hanafin J.;Morrison T.G.
Frontiers in psychology
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00111
The characteristics, life circumstances and self-concept of 13 year olds with and without disabilities in Ireland: A secondary analysis of the Growing up in Ireland (GUI) study
Gallagher A.L.;Galvin R.;Robinson K.;Murphy C.A.;Conway P.F.;Perry A.
Plos One
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0229599
Consequential differences in perspectives and practices concerning children with developmental language disorders: an integrative review.
Gallagher AL;Murphy CA;Conway P;Perry A;
International Journal Of Language & Communication Disorders
DOI: 10.1111/1460-6984.12469
Engaging multiple stakeholders to improve speech and language therapy services in schools: An appreciative inquiry-based study
Gallagher A.;Murphy C.;Conway P.;Perry A.
Bmc Health Services Research
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-019-4051-z
The professional learning needs and priorities of higher-education-based teacher educators in England, Ireland and Scotland
Czerniawski, G,Gray, D,MacPhail, A,Bain, Y,Conway, P,Guberman, A
Journal Of Education For Teaching
DOI: 10.1080/02607476.2017.1422590
The challenges of a high-performance student athlete
Gomez, J, Bradley, J, Conway, PF
Irish Educational Studies
DOI: 10.1080/03323315.2018.1484299
Parent-mediated interventions to promote communication and language development in children with Down syndrome aged between birth and six years
O'Toole, C., Lee, A., Gibbon, F., van Bysterveldt, A., Conway, P., Hart, N.
Cochrane database of systematic reviews (Online)
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD012089
Underwhelmed and playing it safe: newly qualified primary teachers mentoring and probationary-related experiences during induction
O'Sullivan, D. & Conway, P. F.
Irish Educational Studiesirish Educational Studies
DOI: 10.1080/03323315.2016.1227720
A dual step transfer model: Sport and non-sport extracurricular activities and the enhancement of academic achievement
Bradley, J., Conway, P. F.
British Educational Research Journal
DOI: 10.1002/berj.3232
Knowing how to feel about the Other? Student teachers, and the contingent role of embodiments in educational inequalities
Kitching, K., O'Brien, S., Long, F., Conway, P.F., Murphy, R. and Hall, K
Pedagogy, Culture & Society
DOI: 10.1080/14681366.2014.977805
Looking like a Teacher: fashioning an embodied identity through dressage
Rutherford, V., Conway, P. F., & Murphy, R.
Teaching Education
DOI: 10.1080/10476210.2014.997699
The emergence of reading literacy in post-primary teacher education: From the background to the foreground
Murphy, B., Conway, P. F, Murphy, R., Hall, K.
European Journal Of Teacher Education
DOI: 10.1080/02619768.2013.870995
A rising tide meets a perfect storm: New accountabilities in teacher education in Ireland
Conway, P. F and Murphy, R.
Irish Educational Studies
DOI: 10.1080/03323315.2013.773227
Cultural flashpoint: The politics of teacher education reform in Ireland
Conway, P. F.
The Educational Forum
DOI: 10.1080/00131725.2013.739021
Novice teachers as 'invisible' learners
Long, F, Hall, K, Conway, PF, Murphy, R
Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice
DOI: 10.1080/13540602.2012.746498
Authoring oneself and being authored as a competent teacher
Hall, K, Conway, PF, Murphy, R, Long, F, Kitching, K, O'Sullivan, D
Irish Educational Studies
DOI: 10.1080/03323315.2011.649402
Laptops meet schools, one-one draw: M-learning for secondary students with literacy difficulties
Conway, P. F. and Amberson, J.
Support for Learning: British Journal of Learning Support
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9604.2011.01497.x
Construct consistency in the assessment of students' mathematics-related beliefs: A three-way cross-sectional pilot comparative study [in Hungarian]
Andrews, P., Diego-Mantecon, J., Vanku¿, P., Op `t Eynde, P. & Conway, P. F. ,
IskolakultãºRa OnlineiskolakultãºRa Online
Methodological Choice and its Consequences for Possible Selves Research
Packard, B. W. and Conway, P. F.,
Identity: An International Journal of Theory and Research
DOI: 10.1207/s1532706xid0603_3
The journey inward and outward: A re-examination of Fuller's concern-based model of teacher development
Conway, P. F. and Clark, C. M.,
Teaching And Teacher Education
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-051X(03)00046-5
Learning in communities of practice: Rethinking teaching and learning in disadvantaged contexts
Conway, P. F.,
Irish Educational Studies
DOI: 10.1080/0332331020210308
Teacher professional development through LATTICE an international-intercultural project
Papanastasiou, E. and Conway, P. F.,
Studies in Educational Evaluation
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-491X(02)00041-X
What's In, What's Out - An Analysis of State Educational Technology Plans
Zhao, Y. and Conway, P. F.,
Teachers College Record
Schools Information technology (IT) 2000: Technological inovation and educational change
Conway, P. F.,
Irish Educational Studies
DOI: 10.1080/0332331000190119
Anticipatory reflection while learning to teach: From a temporally truncated to a temporally distributed model of reflection in teacher education
Conway, P. F.,
Teaching And Teacher Education
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-051X(00)00040-8
Images of heroes and heroines: how stable?
Gash, H. and Conway, P. F.,
Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology
DOI: doi:10.1016/S0193-3973(97)80005-6
Published Report
Review of the Droichead Teacher Induction Pilot Programme [ESRI Working Paper 514]
Banks. J., Conway, P., Darmody, M., Leavy, A. Smyth, E., Watson, D.
Re-imagining initial teacher identity and learning study: final reportRe-imagining initial teacher identity and learning study: final report
Conway, Paul F., Murphy, Rosaleen, Rutherford, Vanessa
Curriculum and curriculum access issues for students with special educational needs in post-primary settings: An interational reviewCurriculum and curriculum access issues for students with special ed....
OâMara, Alison, Benedicte Akre, Tony Munton, Isaac Marrero-Guillamon, Alison Martin, Kate Gibson, Alexis Llewellyn, Victoria Clift-Matthews, Paul Conway, and Chris Cooper.
Learning to Teach (LETS): Developing curricular and cross curricular competences in becoming a 'good' secondary teacher. School of Education/DES, School of Education, UCC. [Executive Summary]Learning ....
Conway, PF, Murphy, R, Delargey, M, Hall, K, Kitching, K, Long, F, Mc Keon, J, Murphy, B, O'Brien, S, O'Sullivan, D.
Reporting To Parents In Primary School: Communication, Meaning and Learning.Reporting To Parents In Primary School: Communication, Meaning and Learning.
Hall, Kathy, Conway, Paul, Rath, Anne, Murphy, Rosaleen, McKeon, Jacinta,
NCSE Inclusive Schools Framework Pilot: An Evaluation StudyNCSE Inclusive Schools Framework Pilot: An Evaluation Study
Conway, P. F., Amberson, J. & O'Sullivan, D.,
Development-related Research Capacity in Irish and African Higher Education Institutions:Findings from a Stakeholder Consultation StudyDevelopment-related Research Capacity in Irish and African Higher....
Barrett, E, Conway, PF, Farren, S, McEvoy, P, Nakabugo, GM,
Learning to Teach (LETS): Developing curricular and cross curricular competences in becoming a 'good' secondary teacherLearning to Teach (LETS): Developing curricular and cross curricular competences in becoming a 'good' secondary teacher
Conway, PF, Murphy, R, Delargey, M, Hall, K, Kitching, K, Long, F, Mc Keon, J, Murphy, B, O'Brien, S, O'Sullivan, D,
The Evaluation of Reading Matters: Final ReportThe Evaluation of Reading Matters: Final Report
Tan, J.E.C. Jarvis, P., Conway, P. F. & Hall, K. ,