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

Brown, Martin, McNamara, Gerry, O'Brien, Shivaun, Skerritt, Craig, O'Hara, Joe, Faddar, Jerich, Cinqir, Sakir, Vanhoof, Jan, Figueiredo, Maria and Kurum, Gúl (2020) Parent and student voice in evaluation and planning in schools. Improving Schools, 23 (1). pp. 85-102. ISSN 1475-7583

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.