Dr Margaret Flood
Biography
Margaret is an Assistant Professor in Inclusive Education and the MAP Academic Advisor for the Education Department. Her experience in inclusive and special education includes teaching, teacher professional learning design and delivery, policy development and curriculum design. Before joining Maynooth University in 2022 Margaret was the Education Officer with responsibility for Inclusive Education and Diversity at the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA). She led and collaborated on inclusive curriculum review and design projects across primary and post-primary. Margaret also worked in the teacher professional development service, Junior Cycle for Teachers (JCT) where she designed and delivered continuous professional development training on specific curriculum programmes for students with intellectual disabilities, inclusive practices in the mainstream classroom, and Universal Design for Learning (UDL). She has also provided professional development on inclusive education and UDL to government agencies, including National Council for Special Education (NCSE), Professional Development Services for Teachers and Junior Cycle for Teachers (now Oide) and the National Educational Psychological Support Services (NEPS).
As a Fulbright Scholar, in 2021 Margaret worked with Lynch School of Education and Humanities at Boston College and CAST to explore equity, diversity, inclusion, and social justice through the lens of UDL. She now sits on CAST’s UDL Guidelines 3.0 Collaborative that supports and informs the process of re-envisioning CAST’s UDL Guidelines to specifically address systemic barriers to equitable learning opportunities and outcomes.
Margaret is the creator and host of #UDLchatIE and of the Podcast ‘Talking about all things Inclusion’.
Research Interests
Research Projects
Peer Reviewed Journal
Year | Publication | |
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2024 | Margaret Flood; Anna Logan (2024) 'The Outcomes of Collaborative Whole-School Professional Development on Teachers'. International Journal of Teacher Education and Professional Development (IJTEPD), 7 :1-19. [Link] http://doi.org/10.4018/IJTEPD.341267 | |
2023 | Bray, A.; Devitt, A.; Banks, J.; Sanchez Fuentes, S.; Sandoval, M.; Riviou, K.; Byrne, D.; Flood, M.; Reale, J.; Terrenzio, S. (2023) 'What next for Universal Design for Learning? A systematic literature review of technology in UDL implementations at second level'. British Journal of Educational Technology, . [Link] [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
2021 | Flood, M.; Banks, J. (2021) 'Universal Design for Learning: Is it gaining momentum in Irish education?'. Education Sciences, 11 (7):341-352. [Link] https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci11070341 [Full-Text] | |
2021 | Flood, M.; Logan, A. (2021) 'Where we were then: An illuminative evaluation of teacher knowledge, beliefs and practices in relation to Level 2 Learning Programmes and inclusion in a mainstream post primary school'. REACH: JOURNAL OF SPECIAL NEEDS EDUCATION IN IRELAND, 34 (2). [Link] [Full-Text] |
Thesis
Year | Publication | |
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2019 | Flood, M. (2019) Exploring the Impact of a Collaborative Whole-School Model of Continuous Professional Development on the Enactment of Level 2 Learning Programmes in a Mainstream Post-Primary Schoo. Ireland: [Thesis] [Link] [Full-Text] |
Book Chapter
Year | Publication | |
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2023 | Andrea R. Harkins-Brown; Margaret Flood (2023) 'Special Education Policy in the United States and Ireland: Comparisons and Analysis Through the Lens of Universal Design for Learning' In: Building Inclusive Education in K-12 Classrooms and Higher Education: Theories and Principles. usa : IGI Global. [Link] [DOI] | |
2024 | Flood, M.; O'Reilly, L.; Walsh, E.; Dunne, S. (2024) 'The enactment of the principles of UDL in practice in an Irish post-primary English classroom: A snapshot' In: Cases on Effective Universal Design for Learning Implementation Across Schools. [Link] [DOI] |
Other Publication
Year | Publication | |
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2024 | Flood, M. (2024) Foreword. [Link] |
Honors and Awards
Committees
Employment
Education
Teaching Interests
Inclusive Education
Special Education
Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion