Dr Aileen Ireland

Lecturer Professional Educ & Leadership

Education Stirling,

Dr Aileen Ireland

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About me

Dr Aileen Ireland is an academic with expertise in professional education and lifelong learning across multiple disciplines. She has a particular interest in the mobilisation of knowledge in the assemblage of research, practice, and education. Her research adopts a critical posthumanist approach to explore the more-than-human practices of professional educators and their use of technologies, enrolling posthuman and sociomaterial methodologies to understand the more-than-human ways in which education practices shift and shape the world. Her research interests also include the use of digital technologies in education practices, storytelling methodologies, and arts-based participatory co-design projects.

Dr Ireland also has a strong interest in promoting social and racial justice through the decolonisation of education practices. Her research has been recognised by the British Educational Research Association, and she is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Research projects (2)

A Visual Study of Professional Learning in Closing the Poverty-Related Attainment Gap
PI: Dr Maureen Michael
Funded by: The Carnegie Trust
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English as a school subject: learning effective practices from low level primary English language teachers
PI: Dr Aileen Ireland
Funded by: The British Council
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Outputs (20)

Article

Understanding resilience capitals, agency and habitus in household experiences of water scarcity, floods and fire in marginalized settlements in the Cape Flats, South Africa

Ncube S, Wilson A, Petersen L, Black G, Abrams A, Carden K, Dick L, Dickie J, Gibson L, Hamilton-Smith N, Ireland A, Lamb G, Mpofu-Mketwa T, Piper L & Swanson D (2023) Understanding resilience capitals, agency and habitus in household experiences of water scarcity, floods and fire in marginalized settlements in the Cape Flats, South Africa. Social Sciences & Humanities Open, 8 (1), Art. No.: 100710. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2023.100710

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Accessing and engaging women from socio-economically disadvantaged areas: A participatory approach to the design of a public health intervention for delivery in a Bingo club

Evans J, Ryde G, Jepson R, Gray C, Shepherd A, Mackison D, McMurdo MET, Ireland A & Williams B (2016) Accessing and engaging women from socio-economically disadvantaged areas: A participatory approach to the design of a public health intervention for delivery in a Bingo club. BMC Public Health, 16, Art. No.: 345. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-3013-1

Conference Abstract

Shoulder-to-Shoulder Support: Using Walking Interviews To Understand the Significance of a Peer-led Walking Group Intervention for Breast Cancer Survivors

Ireland A, Finnegan-John J, Scanlon K, Knight C, Taylor-Sturdy L, Hubbard G & Kyle R (2015) Shoulder-to-Shoulder Support: Using Walking Interviews To Understand the Significance of a Peer-led Walking Group Intervention for Breast Cancer Survivors. 2015 World Congress of Psycho-Oncology, Washington, DC, 28/07/2015 - 01/08/2015. Psycho-Oncology, 24 (Supplement S2), pp. 290-291. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pon.3874/abstract;jsessionid=ABFE4FD182F1FEB2E0E980E73CF19A77.f01t01; https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.3874

Article

Experiences of recruiting to a pilot trial of Cardiac Rehabilitation In patients with Bowel cancer (CRIB) with an embedded process evaluation: Lessons learned to improve recruitment

Hubbard G, Campbell A, Davies Z, Munro J, Ireland A, Leslie S, Watson A & Treweek S (2015) Experiences of recruiting to a pilot trial of Cardiac Rehabilitation In patients with Bowel cancer (CRIB) with an embedded process evaluation: Lessons learned to improve recruitment. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 1 (1), Art. No.: 15. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-015-0009-z

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