Dr John Meegan
Biography
John is an Assistant Professor in Digital Learning with the Froebel Department of Primary and Early Childhood Education in Maynooth University. Before this role, John worked as a Lecturer in Primary Education in the School of Education with Hibernia College, and as an advisor on the primary Digital Technology team with the Professional Development Service for Teachers (PDST). John is a trained primary school teacher and has taught in mainstream and SEN settings. John completed his PhD with Maynooth University and has published research in the areas of doctoral teacher-research identity, social-emotional learning, and future skills. John’s research interests include digital technologies for teaching, learning and assessment, Generative AI in education, scenario-based learning, self-efficacy, social-emotional learning, narrative research, future skills, and educational design research.
Research Projects
Peer Reviewed Journal
Year | Publication | |
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2023 | John Meegan (2023) 'You Can Do It! A narrative inquiry into children’s experiences of a social-emotional and academic learning programme'. Irish Educational Studies, 42 . [Link] https://doi.org/10.1080/03323315.2023.2259886 | |
2023 | John Meegan (2023) 'Tensions and dilemmas: a narrative inquiry account of a teacher-researcher'. Irish Educational Studies, :1-16. [Link] https://doi.org/10.1080/03323315.2023.2236592 | |
2023 | John Meegan; Elva Casey (2023) 'Integrating 21st century skills into Irish primary schools: A study on the outcomes, experiences and observations of teachers'. Irish Teachers Journal, 11 :72-88. [Link] |
Conference Contribution
Teaching Interests
John teaches digital learning modules across the BEd (EDF 444 & EDF 133) and PME (EDF 630) programmes. John also teaches Curriculum and Methodologies modules 1 and 2 (EDF 128 and EDF 229).