Eddie Costello

    Froebel Department of Primary and Early Childhood Education

    Lecturer

    School of Education
    3rd
    323
    (01) 474 7412

    Biography

    Research Interests

    • Mathematical content knowledge for primary teaching
    • Signature pedagogies/ pedagogies of enactment in initial teacher education 
    • The value of contemporary mathematics education in schools

    Conference Publications

      Year Publication
    2017 Facilitating the development of prospective primary school teachers’ understanding of the concept of ratio through discussion
    Eddie Costello, Patsey Stafford, Elizabeth Oldham (2017) Facilitating the development of prospective primary school teachers’ understanding of the concept of ratio through discussion . In: Marija Sablić, Alma Škugor & Ivana Đurđević Babić eds. CHANGING PERSPECTIVES AND APPROACHES IN CONTEMPORARY TEACHING Dubrovnik, Croatia, , 23-OCT-17 - 25-OCT-17 , pp.247-264 [IR Link] [Details]

    Honours and Awards

      Year Title Awarding Body
    2007 M. Eng. (Information Technology) NUI Galway
    2009 Postgraduate Diploma in Education NUI Galway
    2004 BSc (Information Technology) NUI Galway
    2011 BA (Mathematics) NUI Galway

    Teaching Interests

    Eddie is interested in the mathematical content knowledge of in-service and pre-service primary school teachers. He is specifically interested in the mechanism by which this knowledge transferred for effective classroom practice.