2024
O Hara, Joe ORCID: 0000-0003-1956-7640, McNamara, Gerry ORCID: 0000-0002-9725-9304, Brown, Martin ORCID: 0000-0002-5436-354X, O'Brien, Shivaun ORCID: 0000-0001-7189-1443, Burns, Denise ORCID: 0000-0002-4009-7666 and Gardezi, Sarah ORCID: 0000-0002-2234-3704 (2024) Reconceptualizing evaluation and assessment from a culturally responsive standpoint – an Irish perspective. New Directions for Evaluation . ISSN 1097-6736
2023
Gardezi, Sarah ORCID: 0000-0002-2234-3704, McNamara, Gerry ORCID: 0000-0002-9725-9304, Brown, Martin ORCID: 0000-0002-5436-354X and O'Hara, Joe ORCID: 0000-0003-1956-7640 (2023) School inspections: a rhetoric of quality or reality? Frontiers in Education, 8 . ISSN 2504-284X
O'Brien, Shivaun ORCID: 0000-0001-7189-1443, O'Hara, Joe ORCID: 0000-0003-1956-7640 and McNamara, Gerry ORCID: 0000-0002-9725-9304 (2023) Quality assuring an ethical education curriculum for schools in Ireland. SN Social Sciences, 3 . ISSN 2662-9283
2022
O'Brien, Shivaun ORCID: 0000-0003-3095-7455, McNamara, Gerry ORCID: 0000-0002-9725-9304, O'Hara, Joe ORCID: 0000-0003-1956-7640, Brown, Martin ORCID: 0000-0002-5436-354X and Skerritt, Craig ORCID: 0000-0002-3695-758X (2022) Teacher leadership in school self-evaluation: an approach to professional development. Irish Educational Studies . ISSN 0332-3315
O'Brien, Shivaun ORCID: 0000-0001-7189-1443, McNamara, Gerry ORCID: 0000-0002-9725-9304, O'Hara, Joe ORCID: 0000-0003-1956-7640, Brown, Martin ORCID: 0000-0002-5436-354X and Skerritt, Craig ORCID: 0000-0002-3695-758X (2022) Students as co-researchers in a school self-evaluation process. Improving Schools, 25 (1). pp. 83-96. ISSN 1365-4802
Brown, Martin ORCID: 0000-0002-5436-354X, Skerritt, Craig ORCID: 0000-0002-3695-758X, Shevlin, Patrick, McNamara, Gerry ORCID: 0000-0002-9725-9304 and O'Hara, Joe ORCID: 0000-0003-1956-7640 (2022) Deconstructing the challenges and opportunities for blended learning in the post emergency learning era. Irish Educational Studies, 41 (1). pp. 71-84. ISSN 0332-3315
Brown, Martin ORCID: 0000-0002-5436-354X, Bruns, Denise, McNamara, Gerry ORCID: 0000-0002-9725-9304 and O'Hara, Joe ORCID: 0000-0003-1956-7640 (2022) Culturally responsive classroom-based assessmentA case study of secondary schools in Ireland. Revista de Investigación Educativa, 40 (1). pp. 15-32. ISSN 0212-4068
2021
Skerritt, Craig ORCID: 0000-0002-3695-758X, McNamara, Gerry ORCID: 0000-0002-9725-9304, Quinn, Irene, O'Hara, Joe ORCID: 0000-0003-1956-7640 and Brown, Martin ORCID: 0000-0002-5436-354X (2021) Middle leaders as policy translators: prime actors in the enactment of policy. Journal of Education Policy, 38 (4). pp. 567-585. ISSN 0268-0939
Skerritt, Craig ORCID: 0000-0002-3695-758X, O’Hara, Joe ORCID: 0000-0003-1956-7640, Brown, Martin ORCID: 0000-0002-5436-354X, McNamara, Gerry ORCID: 0000-0002-9725-9304 and O'Brien, Shivaun ORCID: 0000-0001-7189-1443 (2021) Student voice and the school hierarchy: the disconnect between senior leaders and teachers. Oxford Review of Education, 48 (5). pp. 606-621. ISSN 0305-4985
Skerritt, Craig ORCID: 0000-0002-3695-758X, O'Hara, Joe ORCID: 0000-0003-1956-7640, Brown, Martin ORCID: 0000-0002-5436-354X, McNamara, Gerry ORCID: 0000-0002-9725-9304 and O'Brien, Shivaun ORCID: 0000-0003-3095-7455 (2021) Student voice and the school hierarchy: the disconnect between senior leaders and teachers. Oxford Review of Education, 48 (5). pp. 606-621. ISSN 0305-4985
McNamara, Gerry ORCID: 0000-0002-9725-9304, Brown, Martin ORCID: 0000-0002-5436-354X, Gardezi, Sarah ORCID: 0000-0002-2234-3704, O'Hara, Joe ORCID: 0000-0003-1956-7640, O'Brien, Shivaun ORCID: 0000-0001-7189-1443 and Skerritt, Craig ORCID: 0000-0002-3695-758X (2021) Embedding self-evaluation in school routines. SAGE Open, 11 (4). ISSN 2158-2440
McNamara, Gerry ORCID: 0000-0002-9725-9304, Skerritt, Craig ORCID: 0000-0002-3695-758X, O'Hara, Joe ORCID: 0000-0003-1956-7640, O'Brien, Shivaun ORCID: 0000-0001-7189-1443 and Brown, Martin ORCID: 0000-0002-5436-354X (2021) For improvement, accountability, or the economy? Reflecting on the purpose(s) of school self-evaluation in Ireland. Journal of Educational Administration and History, 54 (2). pp. 158-173. ISSN 0022-0620
Brown, Martin ORCID: 0000-0002-5436-354X, McNamara, Gerry ORCID: 0000-0002-9725-9304, Çınkır, Şakir ORCID: 0000-0001-8057-938X, Fadar, Jerich, Figueiredo, Maria ORCID: 0000-0002-3604-529X, Vanhoof, Jan ORCID: 0000-0001-8736-4509, O'Hara, Joe ORCID: 0000-0003-1956-7640, Skerritt, Craig ORCID: 0000-0002-3695-758X, O'Brien, Shivaun ORCID: 0000-0001-7189-1443, Kurum, Gül ORCID: 0000-0002-8686-7339, Ramalho, Henrique ORCID: 0000-0002-5512-1278 and Rocha, João ORCID: 0000-0003-0328-307X (2021) Exploring parent and student engagement in school self-evaluation in four European countries. European Educational Research Journal, 20 (2). pp. 159-175. ISSN 1474-9041
Brown, Martin ORCID: 0000-0002-5436-354X, Altrichter, Herbert ORCID: 0000-0002-5331-4199, Shiyan, Igor, Rodríguez Conde, María José ORCID: 0000-0002-2509-1901, McNamara, Gerry ORCID: 0000-0002-9725-9304, Herzog-Punzenberger, Barbara ORCID: 0000-0002-6766-3170, Vorobyeva, Irina ORCID: 0000-0003-2707-8417, Vangrando, Valentina, Gardezi, Sarah ORCID: 0000-0002-2234-3704, O'Hara, Joe ORCID: 0000-0003-1956-7640, Postlbauer, Alexandra, Milyaeva, Daria, Sergeevna, Natalia, Fulterer, Sieglinde, García, Adriana Gamazo ORCID: 0000-0002-7523-9484 and Sánchez, Lourdes ORCID: 0000-0002-9999-2593 (2021) Challenges and opportunities for culturally responsive leadership in schools: evidence from four European countries. Policy Futures in Education, 20 (5). pp. 580-607. ISSN 1478-2103
Brown, Martin ORCID: 0000-0002-5436-354X, Gardezi, Sarah ORCID: 0000-0002-2234-3704, del Castillo Blanco, Laura ORCID: 0000-0003-0782-2931, Simeonova, Rossitsa ORCID: 0000-0002-6715-6451, Parvanova, Yonka ORCID: 0000-0002-3627-501X, McNamara, Gerry ORCID: 0000-0002-9725-9304, O'Hara, Joe ORCID: 0000-0003-1956-7640 and Kechri, Zacharoula (2021) School self-evaluation an international or country specific imperative for school improvement? International Journal of Educational Research, 2 . ISSN 2666-3740
Brown, Martin ORCID: 0000-0002-5436-354X, O'Hara, Joe ORCID: 0000-0003-1956-7640, McNamara, Gerry ORCID: 0000-0002-9725-9304, Skerritt, Craig ORCID: 0000-0002-3695-758X and Shevlin, Paddy (2021) Global messages from the edge of Europe the cause and effect of leadership and planning strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic. Irish Educational Studies, 40 (2). pp. 151-159. ISSN 0332-3315
O'Hara, Joe ORCID: 0000-0003-1956-7640, Shevlin, Patrick ORCID: 0000-0002-3129-2806, Brown, Martin ORCID: 0000-0002-5436-354X and McNamara, Gerry ORCID: 0000-0002-9725-9304 (2021) Education networks: a key driving force for school development in a time of crisis and change. In: Third Annual International Symposium “Education and City: Education and Quality of Living in the City”(Education and City 2020), 24 - 26 Aug 2020, Moscow (Online).
O'Hara, Joe ORCID: 0000-0003-1956-7640, Shevlin, Patrick ORCID: 0000-0002-3129-2806, Brown, Martin ORCID: 0000-0002-5436-354X and McNamara, Gerry ORCID: 0000-0002-9725-9304 (2021) Operating professional networks in Northern Ireland: the EQI shaped professional learning network'. In: Third Annual International Symposium “Education and City: Education and Quality of Living in the City” (Education and City 2020), 24 - 26 Aug 2020, Moscow (Online).
2020
McNamara, Gerry ORCID: 0000-0002-9725-9304, O'Hara, Joe ORCID: 0000-0003-1956-7640, Brown, Martin ORCID: 0000-0002-5436-354X and Quinn, Irene (2020) Quality assurance in Irish schools: inspection and school self-evaluation. Administration, 68 (4). pp. 161-180. ISSN 0001-8325
Herzog-Punzenberger, Barbara ORCID: 0000-0002-6766-3170, Altrichter, Herbert ORCID: 0000-0002-5331-4199, Brown, Martin ORCID: 0000-0002-5436-354X, Burns, Denise ORCID: 0000-0002-4009-7666, Nortvedt, Guri A. ORCID: 0000-0002-4699-9089, Skedsmo, Guri ORCID: 0000-0001-7151-8630, Wiese, Eline ORCID: 0000-0002-1655-7642, Nayir, Funda, Fellner, Magdalena ORCID: 0000-0003-3724-7579, McNamara, Gerry ORCID: 0000-0002-9725-9304 and O'Hara, Joe ORCID: 0000-0003-1956-7640 (2020) Teachers responding to cultural diversity: case studies on assessment practices, challenges and experiences in secondary schools in Austria, Ireland, Norway and Turkey. Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 32 . pp. 395-424. ISSN 1874-8597
Nortvedt, Guri A. ORCID: 0000-0002-4699-9089, Wiese, Eline, Brown, Martin ORCID: 0000-0002-5436-354X, Burns, Denise ORCID: 0000-0002-4009-7666, McNamara, Gerry ORCID: 0000-0002-9725-9304, O’Hara, Joe ORCID: 0000-0003-1956-7640, Altrichter, Herbert ORCID: 0000-0002-5331-4199, Fellner, Magdalena ORCID: 0000-0003-3724-7579, Herzog-Punzenberger, Barbara ORCID: 0000-0002-6766-3170, Nayir, Funda ORCID: 0000-0002-9313-4942 and Taneri, Pervin Oya ORCID: 0000-0003-3482-3868 (2020) Aiding culturally responsive assessment in schools in a globalising world. Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 32 . pp. 5-27. ISSN 1874-8597
2018
Stynes, Martin ORCID: 0000-0002-4924-2225, Murphy, Timothy, McNamara, Gerry ORCID: 0000-0002-9725-9304 and O'Hara, Joe ORCID: 0000-0003-1956-7640 (2018) Reflection-on-action in qualitative research processes: deconstructing research and developing an honest critical self-appraisal rubric. Issues in Educational Research, 28 (1). pp. 153-167. ISSN 1837-6290
2015
Harrison, Kathy, O'Hara, Joe ORCID: 0000-0003-1956-7640 and McNamara, Gerry ORCID: 0000-0002-9725-9304 (2015) Re-thinking assessment: self- and peer-assessment as drivers of self-direction in learning. Eurasian Journal of Educational Research,, 60 . pp. 75-88. ISSN 1302-597X
2012
McNamara, Gerry ORCID: 0000-0002-9725-9304 and O'Hara, Joe ORCID: 0000-0003-1956-7640 (2012) From Looking at Our Schools (LAOS) to Whole School Evaluation -Management, Leadership and Learning (WSE-MLL): the evolution of inspection in Irish schools over the past decade. Educational Assessment, Evaluation And Accountability, 24 (2). pp. 79-97. ISSN 1874-8600
2009
McNamara, Gerry ORCID: 0000-0002-9725-9304 and O'Hara, Joe ORCID: 0000-0003-1956-7640 (2009) Ethical leadership in an age of evaluation: implications for whole—school well-being. In: De Souza, Marian, Francis, L.J., O'Higgins Norman, James ORCID: 0000-0003-0997-6942 and Scott, D.G., (eds.) The International Handbook on Education for Spirituality, Care and Wellbeing. International Handbooks of Spirituality and Education, 3 . Springer, Heidelberg, pp. 943-960. ISBN 978-1-4020-90180-9
2007
Rami, Justin ORCID: 0000-0002-2222-9995, Lalor, John and McNamara, Gerry ORCID: 0000-0002-9725-9304 (2007) Multiple approaches to reflection as a key component of assessment. In: O'Neill, Geraldine, Huntley-Moore, Sylvia and Race, Phil, (eds.) Case studies of good practices in assessment of student learning in higher education. AISHE : All Ireland Society for Higher Education, pp. 73-78. ISBN 0-9550134-2-9
2005
McNamara, Gerry ORCID: 0000-0002-9725-9304, Mulcahy, Carmel and O'Hara, Joe ORCID: 0000-0003-1956-7640 (2005) An analysis of the training needs of staff in the further education sector in the Republic of Ireland. Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 11 (2). pp. 155-170. ISSN 1479-7194
2004
Rami, Justin ORCID: 0000-0002-2222-9995, McNamara, Gerry ORCID: 0000-0002-9725-9304 and Lalor, John (2004) Ireland. In: Grollmann, Philip and Stenstrom, Marja-Lenna, (eds.) Quality assurance and practice oriented assessment in vocational education and training: country studies. ITB-Arbeitspapiere, 55 . ITB Bremen, Germany, pp. 104-133. ISBN 1615-3138
2000
Farren, Margaret ORCID: 0000-0002-1684-6807 and Tweedy, Edward (2000) Using information and communications technology (ICT) to support action research and distance learning. In: McNiff, Jean, McNamara, Gerry ORCID: 0000-0002-9725-9304 and Leonard, Diarmuid, (eds.) Action Research in Ireland. September Books, United Kingdom. ISBN 1-902047-01-X
1991
McNamara, Gerry (1991) The theory of transition education and the practice of vocational preparation and training in Ireland. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.