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Join us at University College Dublin on 4th June for the first All-Island Educational Neuroscience (AIEN) Research Day aimed at researchers, teachers, policy makers and parents which will explore the role of educational neuroscience in the classroom. Researchers at University College Dublin and Queen’s University Belfast will be co-hosting the All-island Educational Neuroscience Research Day where researchers and practitioners will present research findings, share ideas and form new collaborations. There will be key talks from international experts in this field as well as a panel event. Findings from our current project on mind-wandering in the classroom will also be discussed. See schedule below!

The AIEN project is proud to be a collective endeavour, featuring contributions from researchers from the Schools of Psychology and Schools of Education at University College Dublin (UCD) and Queen's University Belfast (QUB) (Olivia Wynne, Maisie Flynn, Assoc Prof Michelle Downes, Dr. Joyce Senior, Prof Teresa McCormack, Dr. Agnieszka Graham, Dr. John McMullen). Our collaborative network extends to dedicated policy makers and practitioners (Patricia Davison, Educational Authority Northern Ireland; Thomas Maloney, Teaching Council Ireland; Máirín Ní Chéileachair; Irish National Teachers Organisation) as well as parent and teacher representatives (Celine Mackessy and Joelle Hendrick), each bringing valuable perspectives to the table.

We are planning to showcase digital posters of current research at our event, if you would like to share your own research on the day please email Olivia at olivia.wynne1@ucdconnect.ie

This event is funded by an Irish Research Council New Foundations Grant in partnership with
the Department of the Taoiseach as part of the Shared Island initiative.

Reserve your free ticket here! 

Schedule

9.30-10.00 Registration

10.00-10.15 Assoc Prof Michelle Downes, University College Dublin: Welcome and Introduction to AIEN

10.15-10.45 Prof Joni Holmes, University of East Anglia: Challenges of the diagnostic framework for identifying and supporting children’s classroom needs.

10.45-11.00 Dr Lisa Keenan, Dublin City University: The need for meaningful consultations with autistic pupils to inform educational policy and practice

11.00-11.30 Coffee Break

11.30-12.00 Dr Joe Bathelt, University of Amsterdam: Diversity in the Classroom: Using Cognitive Neuroscience to Understand What Makes Each Child Unique

12.00-12.15 Dr Flavia H. Santos, University College Dublin: Educational Neuroscience in Games for Mathematics: Insights from ENIGMA Project

12.15- 12.45 Dr Agnieszka Graham, Queen’s University Belfast: Educating Wandering Minds

12.45-13.00 Maisie Flynn and Olivia Wynne: Parent and teacher perspectives on mind-wandering during school tasks in the first formal years of learning

13.00-14.00 Networking Lunch

14.00-14.30 Prof Victoria Simms, Ulster University: Building mathematical brains: What counts for early mathematical learning?

14.30-15.30 Panel session: The role of educational neuroscience in the classroom (featuring Dr Joyce Senior (Chair), University College Dublin with Máirín Ní Chéileachair INTO Director of Education, Research & Learning, Dr Joe Bathelt, University of Amsterdam and parent and teacher representatives) *Final Line Up TBC

15.30-15.45 Close and Thank yous