Prof. Marie Parker-Jenkins

Biography

Marie Parker-Jenkins is Professor of Education in the School of Education, University of Limerick, and Co-Director of the Research Centre for Education and Professional Practice. Before having an academic career in the UK, she taught in Bermuda, Canada and Australia where she obtained practical knowledge of working with children from culturally diverse backgrounds and issues of educational administration. She has taught in seven universities and the overall theme of her research is that of Social Justice, drawing on human rights law, issues of ethnicity and school leadership which she has published in over 100 books, articles and conference papers. Her doctoral research involved study at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg where she researched litigation related to education policy. This led to publications on children's rights and the implications for professional practice, and she has given a number of international keynote addresses related to this area of study. Similarly, she has assumed positions as visiting professor and academic scholar in residence at James Cooke University, Australia; Uppsala University, Sweden; and the University of Warwick, UK. She has also provided workshops on leadership, citizenship, community and identity for public sector employees, for example, in police training schools. Her recent books focused on critical pedagogy and development education at local and global level (Peter Lang 2012, co-author Mags; and the expansion of faith schools, particularly those based on an Islamic and Jewish ethos (IoE, Uni. of London Press, 2015).

Research Interests

Marie Parker-Jenkins is Professor of Education in the Department of Education and Professional Studies, researching issues of social justice with particular reference to ¿race¿ and ethnicity. Before having an academic career in the UK, she taught in Bermuda, Canada and Australia where she obtained practical knowledge of children from culturally diverse backgrounds. She is the author of over 100 publications including books, reports and journal articles. Her research has included study of the expansion of religious schools, particularly those based on an Islamic and Jewish ethos; and in her consultancy capacity, she has provided workshops on such subjects as citizenship, community and identity. She has taught in five universities before coming to Limerick, and her current research is concerned with responding to diversity within the Irish context

Professional Activities

Award

2017 - Alva Myrdal Visiting Professorship, Sweden
- Canadian Association for the Study of Educational Administra
- Simon Fraser University most outstanding thesis award
- Keynote lecture
- Inaugural lecture
- Graduate Stipend
- The Simon Fraser Open Graduate Scholarship
- The Simon Fraser Open Scholarship
- KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Committee

2010 Educational Studies Association of Ireland (ESAI) Council Member,

Employment

2008 University of Limerick - Professor of Education
1997 University of Derby - Professor of Research in Education
1989 McGill University, Montreal, Canada - Visiting Professor
1989 University of Nottingham - Lecturer & Senior Lecturer in Education
1985 University of Nottingham - Seminar Tutor
1984 Nottingham Trent University - Lecturer
Simon Fraser University - Graduate Teaching Assistant
Mount St Agnes Academy, Bermuda - Head of Humanities
Alpha College, Vancouver - Vice-Principal
Simon Fraser University - Graduate Research Assistant

Education

1988 University of Nottingham - Ph.D.
1983 Simon Fraser University - M A
1975 University of Nottingham - Postgraduate Certificate in Education
1974 University of York - BA in History and Politics

Language

German
French

Consultancy

- Creative partnerships, Arts Council UK
- IRISH RESEARCH COUNCIL FOR THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
- University College Cork- 2010-2013
- EUROPEAN COMMISSION- EXPERT IN THE 7TH RESEARCH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME

Publications

Book

2014

Reaching In, Reaching Out: Faith schools, community engagement, and 21st-century skills for intercultural understanding
MarieParker-Jenkins, Meli Glenn & Jan Germen Janmaat

2012

Education that Matters: Critical Pedagogy & Developent Education
Parker-Jenkins & Liddy, M

2007

Aiming High: Raising the Attainment of Pupils from Culturally Diverse Backgrounds
Parker-Jenkins, M

2001

Research on Religious Discrimination in England and Wales, London: HO, Study 220 .
Marie Parker-Jenkins with Weller et al

1999

Sparing the Rod: Schools: Discipline and Children's Rights
Parker-Jenkins, M

1999

In Good Faith: Schools, Religion and Public Funding
Parker-Jenkins, M

1995

Children of Islam: A Teacher's Guide to Meeting the Educational Needs of Muslim Children
Parker-Jenkins, M

1993

Social Justice: Educating Muslim Children
Parker-Jenkins, M

Book Chapter

2014

Identity, Belief and Cultural sustainability:A Case-study of the Experiences of Jewish and Muslim Schools in the UK
Marie Parker-Jenkins
International Handbook of Learning, Teaching and Leading in faith-Based Schools

2005

Gardiner, R. Cairns, J., Lawton, D. (Eds). The Legal Framework for Faith Schools and the Rights of the Child
Parker-Jenkins, M
Faith Schools: Consensus or Conflict?

2003

Choice and Opportunity: Supporting Muslilm Girls' Career Aspirations
Jawad,H; Benn, T (Eds); Parker-Jenkins, M
Muslim Women in the UK and Beyond: Expeeriences and Images

2000

Child Rearing Practices and the Development of Social Comptence: A Cross Cultural Perspective
Hosin, AA; Parker-Jenkins, M; Hartas, D
Issue in Applied Development Psychology and Child Psychiatry

1999

de Groof, J., (Ed). Sparing the Rod: schools, Discipline and Children's Rights in Multicultural Britain
Parker-Jenkins, M
Power sharing in Education: dilemmas and Implications for Schools

1997

The Education of Muslim children in Britain: Accommodation or Neglect?
Vertovec, S (Ed); Parker-Jenkins, M
Muslims, Europeansm Youth: Reproducing Religious and Ethnic Cultures

1995

International Consultancy about Action Research: Questions of Methodology and Ethics
Whitehead, J (Ed); Parker-Jenkins, M; Griffiths, M; Acquesi, C
Accounting for Ourselves: Action Learning and Process Management