Tony Sweeney
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Froebel Department of Primary and Early Childhood Education, ALL Institute
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Biography
Tony qualified as a primary teacher from St. Patrick's College Drumcondra, and taught in St. Colmcille's NS, Knocklyon for many years. He was seconded to the PCSP and delivered in-service training in Physical Education nationally, before working as a cuiditheoir in PE & SPHE. Tony completed an M.Ed in Inclusive Physical Education in 2008 and worked as a part-time lecturer in St. Patrick's College and Coláiste Mhuire, Marino before taking a full-time role in Froebel College of Education, Blackrock in 2008. He lectures in Physical Education at the Froebel Department of Primary and Early Childhood Education, Maynooth University, and co ordinates the Curriculum, Methodology and Assessment modules. Tony was Programme Leader for the Bachelor of Education Programme. from 2022 to 2024.
Current research projects include:
Enactment of Socially-Just TPSR in Initial Teacher Education
EPPEN Stakeholder Project - Perspectives of Primary Physical Education
The Voice PE project - Including children's voice in decision making in Primary Physical Education
Research Interests
Research Projects
Book Chapter
Year | Publication | |
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2023 | Sweeney, T., Bowles, R., & Coulter, M. (2023) 'Looking Back to Move Forward: Identifying Value in Collaborative Self-Study' In: Pausing at the Threshold. Opportunity Through, With, and For Self-Study of Teacher Education Practice. USA : Equity Press. [Link] | |
2021 | Coulter M.; Bowles R.; Sweeney T. (2021) 'Learning to teach generalist primary teachers how to prioritize meaningful experiences in physical education' In: Meaningful Physical Education: An Approach for Teaching and Learning. New York : Routledge. [DOI] | |
2020 | Sweeney, T., Bowles, R., & Coulter, M. (2020) 'Shared Learning, Different Contexts: Understanding Teaching for Meaning in Pre-Service Physical Education Teacher Education' In: Textiles and Tapestries: Self-Study for Envisioning New Ways of Knowing. Online, BYU : EdTech Books. [Link] |
Peer Reviewed Journal
Year | Publication | |
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2024 | Ní Chróinín, D; Parker, M.; Coulter, M.; Sweeney, T. (2024) 'Teachers learning to use student voice in primary physical education – ready, steady, go!'. European Physical Education Review, . https://doi.org/10.1177/1356336X241257455 [Full-Text] | |
2024 | Keay, Jeanne, Martinez Alvarez, Lucio, Murray, Alison, Pearson, Julie, Randall, Vicky, Sweeney, Tony. (2024) 'The purpose of primary physical education: The views of teacher educators'. European Physical Education Review, . https://doi.org/10.1177/1356336X241237081 [Full-Text] | |
2023 | Bowles, R.; Sweeney, T.; Coulter, M. (2023) 'Using Collaborative self-study to support professional learning in initial teacher education: developing pedagogy through Meaningful Physical Education'. European Journal of Teacher Education, . [Link] [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
2018 | Dunn J.; Sweeney T. (2018) 'Writing and iPads in the early years: Perspectives from within the classroom'. British Journal of Educational Technology, . [DOI] [Full-Text] |