Research

The focus of work undertaken ranged from initial teacher education to post-doctoral research. Members of staff contributed to the BEd, BTechEd, BEdMus and MA in Religious and Philosophical Education degrees, to PGDE primary and secondary courses; to the supervision of research degrees including MEd, MPhil, MLitt, EdD and PhD degrees. The personnel to lead the work of the Unit was drawn in part from the core management team. However the Unit also drew from a deeper well of professional expertise, with formal contributions from some of the UK’s most respected academics, including Professors James Conroy, Ian Menter and Michael Peters. Members of the unit team with relevant interests and expertise are invited to participate in various activities; consultancies/evaluations/research. Agreement was then reached with the relevant Head of Department to bid for a percentage of the individual’s time for the project.  

Core Team (1/4/05 - 31/3/08) 

Mr Harry Blee, Senior Lecturer, Curriculum Studies

Mr Alan Britton, Faculty CPD Officer, Curriculum Studies

Mrs Jacqueline Jackson, Project Administrator (17.5 hrs/wk)

Mrs Jacqueline Doogan, Data Input/Transcription (3.5 hrs/wk)

Research Team (1/4/05 - 31/3/08) 

Professor James Conroy, Dean of Faculty of Education

Professor Ian Menter, Deputy Dean

Professor Michael Peters, Educational Studies

Dr Robert Davis, Senior Lecturer, Head of Religious Education

Mr Stephen Boyle, ICT, Curriculum Studies

Ms Roisin Coll, Religious Education

Mrs Moyra Boland, Expressive Arts, Curriculum Studies

Dr Raymond McCluskey, History, Curriculum Studies

Dr Francis J. O’Hagan, History, Curriculum Studies

Mr Stephen McKinney, Religious Education

Dr Margery McMahon, Educational Studies

Mrs Margaret Sutherland, Educational Studies

Ms Clare McAlister, Curriculum Studies

 Research

• Global Challenges for Citizenship Education
  by : Professor Alan Smith, UNESCO Chair, University of Ulster
   
• Summary of a Paper delivered as part of the Global Citizenship Seminar Series at the University of Glasgow, on Thursday 20th November 2003
   
• The Enlightenment concept of citizenship, rights and governance in Modern and Postmodern States
  by : Robert Shaw, The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand
   
• War as Globalisation and Globalisation as War: The Role of Education
  by : Michael A. Peters
   
• New Formations of Empire and Indigenous Education Strategies as a Transformative Response
  by : Makere Stewart-Harawira, University of Glasgow
   
• The Global Citizen and the War in Iraq
  by : Harry Blee, Bob Davis and Alan McClosky
   
• Globalisation, the Third Way and Education post 9/11: Building Democratic Citizenship
  by : Dr Mark Olssen, University of Surrey