Dr Suzanne O’Keeffe

Biography
Research Interests
Research Projects
Project | Role | Funding Body / Program | Description | Start Date | End Date | Award (€) | |
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Teaching & Learning Approaches to EDI and SDG 5 - Gender Equality | Co-investigator | / Non Commercial | 1500 | ||||
‘Integrating the gender dimension into teaching, learning and educational outreach in initial teacher education’ | Co-investigator | Higher Education Authority / Government State Bodies | 19000 | ||||
Contested Childhoods across Borders and Boundaries: A North-South Comparative Study | Collaborator / Researcher | / | 01-JUN-19 | 30-JUN-20 |
Books
Year | Publication | |
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2022 | Masculinities and Teaching in Primary Schools. Exploring the Lives of Irish Male Teachers.
O'Keeffe, S. (2022) Masculinities and Teaching in Primary Schools. Exploring the Lives of Irish Male Teachers. London: Palgrave Macmillan. [Details] |
Book Chapters
Year | Publication | |
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2021 | 'Artificial boundaries? Shaping policy through empowering research'
O'Keeffe, S. (2021) 'Artificial boundaries? Shaping policy through empowering research' In: Joanna Madalinska-Michalak, Maria Assunção Flores, Ee Ling Low and Shirley Van Nuland (eds). Recruiting and Educating the Best Teachers: Policy, Professionalism and Pedagogy. Netherlands: Brill Publishers. [Details] |
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2020 | 'Quality Teachers and Quality Teacher Education Exploring Wellbeing, Gender and Job Satisfaction'
O'Keeffe, S. (2020) 'Quality Teachers and Quality Teacher Education Exploring Wellbeing, Gender and Job Satisfaction' In: Joanna Madalińska-Michalak (eds). Studies on Quality Teachers and Quality In-service Teacher Education. Warsaw: Foundation for the Development of the Education System (FRSE) Publications. [DOI] [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
Year | Publication | |
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2021 | 'Artificial boundaries? Shaping policy through empowering research'
O'Keeffe, S (2021) 'Artificial boundaries? Shaping policy through empowering research'. Irish Educational Studies, [DOI] [Details] |
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2017 | 'How do you teach like a man?'
(2017) 'How do you teach like a man?'. InTouch magazine, [Details] |
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2017 | 'EQUALITY, INCLUSION AND OPPORTUNITY: CONTEMPORARY IRISH SCHOOLS AND MODERN MASCULINITIES'
(2017) 'EQUALITY, INCLUSION AND OPPORTUNITY: CONTEMPORARY IRISH SCHOOLS AND MODERN MASCULINITIES'. European Journal of Education Studies, [DOI] [Details] |
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2017 | 'Doing Feminist Research: The Interview as Method'
(2017) 'Doing Feminist Research: The Interview as Method'. SAGE research Methods Cases, [DOI] [Details] |
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2016 | 'What are male teachers' understandings of masculinities?- An exploration of sex, bodies, and gender in Irish primary schools'
(2016) 'What are male teachers' understandings of masculinities?- An exploration of sex, bodies, and gender in Irish primary schools'. Palgrave Communications, [DOI] [Details] |
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2020 | 'Exploring teacher identity using poststructural tools'
O'Keeffe, S;Skerritt, C (2020) 'Exploring teacher identity using poststructural tools'. International Journal of Research and Method in Education, [DOI] [full-text] [Details] |
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2019 | 'Transforming the Lives of Early Childhood Teachers, Autistic Children and their Families: Findings and Recommendations from an Evaluation of a Programme of Continuing Professional Development'
Ring, E.; O'Sullivan, L.; O'Keeffe, S.; Ferris, F. and Wall, E. (2019) 'Transforming the Lives of Early Childhood Teachers, Autistic Children and their Families: Findings and Recommendations from an Evaluation of a Programme of Continuing Professional Development'. The Adult Learner, [full-text] [Details] |
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2018 | 'Experiences of care labour, gender and work for men who teach young children'
O'Keeffe, S (2018) 'Experiences of care labour, gender and work for men who teach young children'. Palgrave Communications, 4 [DOI] [full-text] [Details] |
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2018 | 'Gendered positionality among Irish male primary teachers: the staff room as a site of performative masculinity'
O'Keeffe S.;Deegan J. (2018) 'Gendered positionality among Irish male primary teachers: the staff room as a site of performative masculinity'. Irish Educational Studies, 37 (3):373-389 [DOI] [full-text] [Details] |
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2016 | 'What are male teachers’ understandings of masculinities?—An exploration of sex, gender and bodies in Irish primary schools'
O'Keeffe S. (2016) 'What are male teachers’ understandings of masculinities?—An exploration of sex, gender and bodies in Irish primary schools'. Palgrave Communications, 2 [DOI] [full-text] [Details] |
Other Journals
Year | Publication | |
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2017 | 'How do you teach like a man?'
O'Keeffe, S. (2017) 'How do you teach like a man?' Irish National Teachers Organisation Magazine, (168) :52-53. [full-text] [Details] |
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2014 | 'Why the decline in male primary school teachers?'
O'Keeffe, S. (2014) 'Why the decline in male primary school teachers?' Irish National Teachers Organisation Magazine, (148) :43-44. [full-text] [Details] |
Conference Publications
Year | Publication | |
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2017 | HOW DO YOU TEACH LIK E A MAN? POLITICS AN D PERCEPTIONS OF MEN WORKING WITH YOUNG CHILDREN
O'Keeffe, S. (2017) HOW DO YOU TEACH LIK E A MAN? POLITICS AN D PERCEPTIONS OF MEN WORKING WITH YOUNG CHILDREN . In: Dr. Ramandeep Kaur Chhina eds. Academic International Conference on Multidisciplinary Studies and Education London, , pp.6-13 [Details] |
Conference Contributions
Year | Publication | |
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2021 | Contesting lingering gendered attitudes about childhood.
O'Keeffe, S. and McClelland, D. (2021) Contesting lingering gendered attitudes about childhood. [Oral Presentation], Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE), Online , 28-NOV-21 - 02-DEC-21 [Details] |
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2021 | 'Bodily Boundaries: Irish male primary school teachers’ understandings of their gendered positionality in contemporary primary schools’.
O'Keeffe, S. (2021) 'Bodily Boundaries: Irish male primary school teachers’ understandings of their gendered positionality in contemporary primary schools’. [Oral Presentation], Sociological Association of Ireland: ATOMISED SOLIDARITIES: TOGETHER / APART 2021, Online [Details] |
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2019 | ESAI Conference 2019.
O'Keeffe, S. (2019) ESAI Conference 2019. [Oral Presentation], Education in Times of Change, Choice and Challenge, Radisson Blu Hotel, Sligo, Ireland , 11-APR-19 - 13-APR-19 [Details] |
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2019 | TEPE Conference 2019.
O'Keeffe, S. (2019) TEPE Conference 2019. [Oral Presentation], QUALITY TEACHERS AND QUALITY TEACHER EDUCATION: RESEARCH, POLICY AND PRACTICE, Poland , 16-MAY-19 - 18-MAY-19 [Details] |
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2018 | 2018 TEPE Conference.
O'Keeffe, S. (2018) 2018 TEPE Conference. [Oral Presentation], ‘Recruiting and Educating the Best Teachers: Policy, Professionalism and Pedagogy’, Braga, Portugal , 17-MAY-18 - 19-MAY-18 [Details] |
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2018 | 2018 AERA Annual Meeting.
O'Keeffe, S. (2018) 2018 AERA Annual Meeting. [Oral Presentation], 'The Dreams, Possibilities, and Necessity of Public Education', New York, USA , 13-APR-18 - 17-APR-18 [Details] |
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2017 | 2017 ESAI Conference.
O'Keeffe, S. (2017) 2017 ESAI Conference. [Oral Presentation], Tidy Binaries vs. Prolific Paradigms: The Reimagining of Teacher Education Research, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland , 20-APR-17 - 22-APR-17 [Details] |
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2017 | 6th Annual Research Conference.
O'Keeffe, S. (2017) 6th Annual Research Conference. [Oral Presentation], Do opposites subtract? Connecting Irish male teachers' voices to school innovation and change, Kilkenny Education Centre, Kilkenny, Ireland , 14-OCT-17 - 14-OCT-17 [Details] |
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2017 | 2017 TEPE Conference.
O'Keeffe, S. (2017) 2017 TEPE Conference. [Oral Presentation], ‘Education for All: Issues for Teacher Education’, Limerick, Ireland , 18-MAY-17 - 20-MAY-17 [Details] |
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2016 | 2016 ESAI Conference.
O'Keeffe, S. (2016) 2016 ESAI Conference. [Oral Presentation], From Hero to Zero: Male Teachers Navigate the Modern Irish Educational Landscape, Raddison Blu Hotel, Galway, Ireland , 31-MAR-16 - 02-APR-16 [Details] |
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2015 | 4th Annual Limerick Postgraduate Research Conference.
O'Keeffe, S. (2015) 4th Annual Limerick Postgraduate Research Conference. [Oral Presentation], Why the decline of male teachers in Irish primary schools?, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, Ireland , 28-MAY-15 - 28-MAY-15 [Details] |
Published Reports
Year | Publication | |
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2019 | An Evaluation of 'Teach Me As I Am' Early Years Programme.
Ring, E.; O'Sullivan, L.; O'Keeffe, S.; Ferris, F. and Wall, E. (2019) An Evaluation of 'Teach Me As I Am' Early Years Programme. Centre for Early-Childhood Research at Mary Immaculate College (CERAMIC) Limerick, Limerick. [Details] |
Educational Article
Year | Publication | |
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2020 | How to teach children about feminism.
O'Keeffe, S. (2020) How to teach children about feminism. Online at: https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2020/1123/1179902-how-to-teach-children-about-feminism/: Educational Article [Details] |
Case
Year | Publication | |
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2019 | Using a Voice-Centred Relational Method of Data Analysis to Study Male Teachers’ Daily Experiences.
O'Keeffe, S. (2019) Using a Voice-Centred Relational Method of Data Analysis to Study Male Teachers’ Daily Experiences. London: Case [DOI] [Details] |
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2017 | The Interview As Method: Doing Feminist Research.
O'Keeffe, S. (2017) The Interview As Method: Doing Feminist Research. London: Case [Details] |
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2018 | The Interview and Social Relations: Exploring How Gender Shapes the Research Process.
O'Keeffe, S. (2018) The Interview and Social Relations: Exploring How Gender Shapes the Research Process. London: Case [DOI] [Details] |
Honours and Awards
Year | Title | Awarding Body | |
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2017 | John Coolahan Research Support Framework | Teaching Council of Ireland | |
2022 | John Coolahan Research Support Bursary | Teaching Council | |
2015 | MIC Postgraduate Award | University of Limerick (Mary Immaculate College) |
Professional Associations
Association | Function | From / To | |
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Sociological Association of Ireland (SAI) | Member | / | |
International Sociological Association | Member | 01-JUN-20 / 31-DEC-23 | |
American Educational Research Association (AERA) | Member | / | |
The Educational Studies Association of Ireland (ESAI) | Member | / |
Committees
Committee | Function | From / To | |
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Research and Ethics Committee | Member | 2018 / 2020 | |
Departmental Doctoral Programme Committee | Committee member | / | |
Faculty of Social Science Ethics Committee | Nominee for the Froebel Department of Primary and Early Childhood Education | 2019 / 2021 |
Employment
Employer | Position | From / To | |
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Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick | Part-time lecturer | 03-OCT-16 / 28-SEP-18 | |
National University of Ireland Maynooth | / |
Education
Year | Institution | Qualification | Subject | |
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2017 | University of Cambridge: Institute of Continuing Education (ICE) | Certificate of Participation | An introduction to international development: understanding contemporary issues and themes | |
2016 | Mary Immaculate College | |||
2021 | Greater Good Science Center, UC Berkeley | Certification of participation | The Science of Happiness |
Languages
Language | Reading | Writing | Speaking | |
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Irish-Gaeilge | Functional | Functional | Functional | |
English | Fluent | Fluent | Fluent |
Outreach Activities
Description | |
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This project, Leadership Clusters Initiative for Schools, is an initiative of the Department of Education and Skills and is being co-ordinated by the Centre for School Leadership (CSL). My role is to build the school's networks and to support their initiatives. |
Other Activities
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Reviewer of academic education journals |
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Education Board Member |
Teaching Interests
Recent Postgraduates
Graduation | Student Name | University | Degree | Thesis | |
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2020 | Sarah Kavanagh | Maynooth University | Supporting Social Emotional Development in the Primary School Setting | ||
2019 | Aoife Hession | Maynooth University | How can the sharing of learning intentions through the use of the WALT improve student engagement? | ||
2019 | Lucy Brannock | Maynooth University | Creating Positive Opportunities in the Classroom. |
Internal Collaborators
Name | Institute | Country | |
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Patricia Kennon | IRELAND |