Dr Judith Harford B.A., H.Dip.Ed., M.A. PhD
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Biography:
Judith Harford BA, MA, HDipEd, PhD Dr Judith Harford is Director of the Professional Diploma in Education (PDE) at the School of Education, University College Dublin. She has published internationally in the areas of teacher education, history of women's education and education policy. She is Co-Ordinator of the Teacher Education Policy in Europe Network and a Link Convenor of the Teacher Education Research Network of the European Educational Research Association (EERA). She is a peer reviewer for a number of international journals and is on the editorial board of the New Hibernia Review. She is Consulting Editor to the Australian Journal of Teacher Education and series editor for Peter Lang:Oxford ('Re-Thinking Education' Series). She was recently a Visiting Research Associate at the Faculty of Policy and Society, Institute of Education, University of London. External examining work includes The University of Western Australia, The University of East London and the University of Limerick, Ireland. |
Research Interests
| My area of research is education, with a particular emphasis on teacher education research and history of education. My work in these areas has led to an extensive publication record and a number of research grants, from organisations including: The World Bank (Joint Principal Applicant, EUR 438,000) The Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (Principal Applicant, EUR 45,029) The European Educational Research Association (Principal Applicant, EUR 5,000) I am a member of the newly formed Committee for Inter-Disciplinary and International Collaboration at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology established in 2012 in order to facilitate the creation and support of European research projects in Horizon 2020 and related funding streams. I am also Co-Ordinator of the Teacher Education Policy in Europe Network (TEPE) and Link Convenor of the Teacher Education Research Network of the European Educational Research Association. I have acted as consultant to the University of Aveiro, Portugal on the introduction of a national programme of teacher induction and serve on the Irish State Department of Education and Skills management group on teacher induction. I am series editor to the Peter Lang 'Re-Thinking Education' series. I have acted as extern examiner to universities in Ireland, England, Scotland and Australia. In addition, I have co-authored several commissioned reports and reviewed for leading international publishing houses in my field, namely:
I am Consulting Editor to the Australian Journal of Teacher Education and on the editorial board of the New Hibernia Review. I review for the following international journals:
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Books
| Harford, J., Sacilotto-Vasylenko, M. and Vizek Vidović, V. ; (2012) Research-Based Teacher Education Reform: Special Issue of Reflecting Education. London: Institute of Education. [Details] |
| Harford, J. Hudson, B., Niemi, H.; (2012) Quality Assurance and Teacher Education Policy: International Challenges and Expectations. Oxford: Peter Lang. [Details] |
| Harford, J. and Rush, C. (ed); (2010) Have Women Made a Difference? Women in Irish Universities, 1850-2010. Oxford: Peter Lang. [Details] |
| Harford, J. ; (2008) The Opening of University Education to Women in Ireland. Dublin and Portland OR: Irish Academic Press. [Details] |
Book Chapters
| Judith Harford; (2013) 'Gender, Subjectivity and Lived Experience in Higher Education in Ireland, 1850-1910' In: Lisa Panayotidis and Paul Stortz (eds) International Perspectives on Women in Higher Education: Co-Education, Community and Culture, 1880-1950. London: Routledge. [Details] |
| Hannele Niemi, Judith Harford, Brian Hudson; (2012) 'From Quality Assurance to Quality Culture' In: Quality Assurance and Teacher Education Policy: International Challenges and Expectations. Oxford: Peter Lang. [Details] |
| Judith Harford and Gerry MacRuairc; (2012) 'Shifting Models of School Evaluation in the Republic of Ireland' In: Quality Assurance and European Teacher Education Policy. Oxford: Peter Lang. [Details] |
| MacRuairc, G. and Harford, J.; (2011) 'Teacher Leadership: Awakening the Sleeping Giant' In: Brian Hudson and Meinert Meyer (eds). Beyond Fragmentation: Didactics, Learning and Teaching. Opladen, Germany and Farmington Hills, USA: Verlag Barbara Budrich. [Details] |
| Harford, Judith; (2011) 'An Experiment in the Development of Social Networks for Women' In: Joyce Goodman and Jane Martin (eds) Women and Education: Major Themes in Education. London: Routledge. [Details] |
| Harford, J and Rush, C; (2010) 'Introduction' In: Have Women Made a Difference? Women in Irish Universities, 1850-2010. Oxford: Peter Lang. [Details] | |||||||||
| Harford, J.; (2010) 'Women and the Irish University Question' In: Judith Harford and Claire Rush (eds). Have Women Made a Difference? Women in Irish Universities, 1850-2010. Oxford: Peter Lang. [Details] | |||||||||
| Harford, J.; (2009) ''Words Importing the Masculine Includes Females: Women at University College Dublin in the First Decade'' In: Sheelagh Drudy (eds). Education in Ireland: Challenge and Change. Dublin: Gill and McMillan. [Details] | |||||||||
| Harford, J.; (2008) 'Ireland' In: T. O'Donoghue and C. Whitehead (eds). Teacher Education in the English-Speaking World: Past, Present and Future. USA: Information Age Publishing. [Details] | |||||||||
| Harford, J. and Raftery, D.; (2007) 'The Education of Girls within the National System' In: D. Raftery and S.M. Parkes (eds). Female Education in Ireland, 1700-1900. Dublin and Portland OR: Irish Academic Press. [Details] | |||||||||
| Parkes, S. M. and Harford, J.; (2007) 'Women and Higher Education in Ireland' In: D. Raftery and S.M. Parkes (eds). Female Education in Ireland, 1700-1900. Dublin and Portland OR: Irish Academic Press. [Details] | |||||||||
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Peer Reviewed Journals
| O'Donoghue, T and Harford, J; (2012) 'Contesting the Limond Thesis on British Influence in Irish Education'. Comparative Education, . [Details] |
| O'Donoghue, T. and Harford, J.; (2011) 'A Comparative History of Church-State Relations in Irish Education'. Comparative Education Review, . [Details] |
| Harford, J and O Donoghue, T; (2011) 'Continuity and change in the perspectives of women religious in Ireland on themselves both as religious and as teachers in the years immediately prior to, and following the Second Vatican Council (1962-65)'. Paedagogica Historica, 47 (3). [Details] |
| Aitken, R. and Harford, J.; (2010) 'Induction needs of a group of teachers at different career stages in a school in the Republic of Ireland: Challenges and expectations'. Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Teaching and Studies, xxx :1-7. [Details] |
| Harford, J. (2010) 'Teacher education policy in Ireland and the challenges of the 21st century'. European Journal of Teacher Education, 33 (4):349-360. [Details] |
| Redmond, J. and Harford, J.; (2010) 'One man one job: The marriage ban and the employment of women teachers in Irish primary schools'. Paedagogica Historica, 46 (5):639-654. [Details] | |||||||||
| O'Donoghue, T. and Harford, J.; (2010) 'Troubling some Generalisations on Teacher Education in the English-Speaking World: The Case of the Republic of Ireland'. South Africa Journal of Education, 30 (1):91-104. [Details] | |||||||||
| Harford, J., MacRuairc., G and McCartan, D.; (2010) 'Lights, Camera, Reflection: Using Peer Video to Promote Dialogue among Student Teachers'. Teacher Development, 14 (1):57-68. [Details] | |||||||||
| Raftery, D., Harford, J., Parkes, S.; (2010) 'Mapping the Terrain of Female Education in Ireland, 1830-1910'. Gender and Education, 22 (5):565-578. [Details] | |||||||||
| O'Donoghue, T. and Harford, J.; (2009) 'A contemporary overview on secondary school teacher education in the Irish Republic'. The New Educational Review, 3/4 . [Details] | |||||||||
| Harford, J.; (2009) 'The Emergence of a National Policy on Teacher Education in Ireland'. Journal of Educational Administration & History, 41 (1). [Details] | |||||||||
| Harford, J.; (2008) 'The Admission of Women to the National University of Ireland'. Education Research and Perspectives, . [Details] | |||||||||
| MacRuairc, G. and Harford, J.; (2008) 'Researching the Contested Place of Reflective Practice in the Emerging Culture of Performativity in Schools: Views from the Republic of Ireland'. European Educational Research Journal, 7 (4). [Details] | |||||||||
| Harford, J and MacRuairc, G.; (2008) 'Engaging Student Teachers in Meaningful Reflective Practice'. Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Teaching and Studies, . [Details] | |||||||||
| Fealy, G. and Harford, J.,; (2007) ''Nervous Energy and Administrative Ability': The Early 'Lady' Principals and 'Lady' Superintendents in Ireland'. Journal of Educational Administration & History, 39 (3). [Details] | |||||||||
| Harford, J., ; (2007) 'An Experiment in the Development of Social Networks for Women: Women's Colleges in Ireland in the Nineteenth Century'. Paedagogica Historica, 43 (3). [Details] | |||||||||
| Raftery, D., Harford, J., Valiulis, M. and Redmond, J. ; (2007) ''What's Coming Up in the Exam?' A survey of teachers and the delivery of a gender-balanced curriculum'. Irish Educational Studies, 26 (1). [Details] | |||||||||
| D. Raftery, With M. Valiulis, J. Redmond & J. Harford; (2006) 'Imperfect tools: the role of textbooks in providing a gender balanced curriculum'. International Journal of Learning, 12 . [Details] | |||||||||
| Harford, J.,; (2005) 'The Movement for the Higher Education of Women in Ireland: Gender Equality or Denominational Rivalry?'. History of Education, 34 (5):473-492. [Details] | |||||||||
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Published Reports
| Killeavey, M., Murphy, R., Harford, J., Ni Aingleis, B., Walsh, B. and O'Diomasaigh, S.; (2006) National Pilot Project on Teacher Induction. Stationery Office, Dublin. [Details] |
| Raftery, D., Valiulis, M., Harford, J., Redmond, J., and Creegan, C.; (2004) Gender Perspectives on the Delivery and Assessment of Junior Cycle History. Gender Equality Unit, Dublin. [Details] |
| Devine, D., Fahy, D., McGillacuddy, D., MacRuairc, G. and Harford, J.; (2010) Report on the Use of the ISTOF (International System of Teacher Observation and Feedback) Protocol in Irish Schools: Challenges, Issues and Teacher Effect. School of Education, Dublin. [Details] |
Honours and Awards
| Year: 2008. Title: Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences Award: A Historical Analysis of the Experiences of being a Female Teaching Religious Working in Catholic Schools in Ireland, 1950-2008 |
| Year: 2007. Title: UCD SEED Funding Award : Teacher Education Policy in Ireland: Examining Early Models |
| Year: 2007. Title: UCD SEED Funding Award. Fostering Reflective Practice through Classroom Video Analysis. |
| Year: 2006. Title: SCoTENS Award (Standing Conference on Teachers North and South). Developing Reflective Skills in Student Teachers |
| Year: 2006. Title: UCD SEED Funding Award. Women at University College Dublin: The First Decade |
| Year: 2003. Title: Dr. Mary L. Thornton research award |
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Associations
| Association: European Educational Research Association, Function/Role: Link Convenor Teacher Education Research Network |
| Association: Teacher Education Policy Europe Network, Function/Role: Co-Ordinator |
| Association: Educational Studies Association of Ireland (ESAI), Function/Role: Member |
| Association: History of Education Society (UK), Function/Role: Member |
Conference Contributions
| Judith Harford; (2009) Teacher Induction and the Knowledge Society: Perspectives from the Republic of Ireland. [Keynote Address], Teacher Induction in Portugal, University of Aveiro, Portugal , 23-OCT-09 - 25-OCT-09. |
| Judith Harford and Tom O'Donoghue; (2009) 'Troubling Some Generalisations on Teacher Education Policy in Europe: The Case of the Republic of Ireland'. [International Refereed Conference], European Conference on Educational Research, Vienna , 28-SEP-09 - 30-SEP-09. |
| Gerry MacRuairc, Judith Harford, Dermot MacCartan; (2008) 'Situating the competency framework within the discourse on reflective practice: views of students and teachers in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. [National Refereed Conference Paper], Educational Studies Association of Ireland annual conference, Galway , 20-MAR-08 - 22-MAR-08. |
| Gerry MacRuairc and Judith Harford; (2008) Professional Development in Teacher Education: What Does the Research Tell Us?. [Invited Lecture], European Educational Research Conference, Goteburg , 10-SEP-08 - 12-SEP-08. |
| Gerry MacRuairc and Judith Harford; (2008) The Role of Reflective Practice in a Growing Culture of New Managerialism and Performativity in Schools: Views from the Republic of Ireland. [International Refereed Conference], European Conference on Educational Research, Goteburg , 10-SEP-08 - 12-SEP-08. |
| Judith Harford and Gerry MacRuairc; (2007) From Teaching to Learning: The Potential of the Supervision Process to Enhance Reflection. [International Refereed Conference], European Conference on Educational Research, Ghent , 19-SEP-07 - 21-SEP-07. | |||||||||
| Judith Harford; (2007) Words Importing the Masculine Includes Females: Women at University College Dublin in the First Decade. [International Refereed Conference], European Conference on Educational Research, Ghent , 19-SEP-07 - 21-SEP-07. | |||||||||
| Raftery, D., Harford, J., and Parkes, S; (2007) Educating Irish Girls: Issues of Class and Denomination, 1800'1900. [International Refereed Conference], Gender and Education annual conference, * , 01-MAR-07. | |||||||||
| Fealy, G. and Harford, J. ; (2006) Nervous Energy and Administrative Ability': The Early 'Lady' Principals and 'Lady' Superintendents in Ireland. [National Refereed Conference Paper], History of Education annual conference, * , 01-NOV-06. | |||||||||
| Harford, J. ; (2007) Women at University College Dublin: The First Decade. [National Refereed Conference Paper], Institute of Irish Studies, Gender Initiative and School of History and Anthropology, Queen's University Belfast conference celebrating centenary of the admission of women to the National University of Ireland, Queen¿s University Belfast , 01-APR-07. | |||||||||
| Raftery, D., Valiulis, M. Harford, J. and Redmond, J.; (2005) The Power of Gender and the Difficulty with Difference. [International Refereed Conference], Gender and Education Society annual conference, * , 01-MAR-05. | |||||||||
| Harford, J.,; (2005) Women Religious and the Movement for Higher Education: A Missing Piece in the Historical Narrative. [International Refereed Conference], Educational Studies Association of Ireland annual conference, * , 01-APR-05. | |||||||||
| Raftery, D., Valiulis, M. Harford, J. and Redmond, J.; (2005) What's Coming Up in the Exam?' A National Study of Teachers and the Delivery of a Gender-Balanced Curriculum. [National Refereed Conference Paper], Educational Studies Association of Ireland annual conference, * , 01-APR-05. | |||||||||
| Killeavy, M., Murphy, R., Morgan, M., Drudy, S., Harford, J., Walsh, B., and Ni Aingleis, B; (2005) Aspects of Democracy Developed in the Mentor-Mentee Relationship in the National Teacher Induction Pilot Project. [International Refereed Conference], American Educational Research Association annual conference, * , 01-APR-05. | |||||||||
| Raftery, D., Valiulis, M., Harford, J. and Redmond, J.; (2005) Who is Sidelined in History?: Schooling and the Curriculum of a Gendered Curriculum. [National Refereed Conference Paper], Gender and Memory conference, University of Limerick , 01-JUN-05. | |||||||||
| Raftery, D. and Harford, J.; (2005) 'Remembering Women Religious: The Work of Nuns in Teaching in Ireland, 1800-1950. [National Refereed Conference Paper], Gender and Memory Conference, University of Limerick , 01-JUN-05. | |||||||||
| Raftery, D., Valiulis, M., Harford, J. and Redmond, J.; (2005) Writing Women out of History/Writing Women into History. [International Refereed Conference], Gendering Education in the Archives Conference, Bedford Centre for the History of Women, Royal Holloway, University of London , 01-JUN-05. | |||||||||
| Raftery, D. and Harford, J.; (2005) Excisions, Decisions: Records of Women Religious in Teaching in Ireland, 1800-2005. [International Refereed Conference], Gendering Education in the Archives Conference, Bedford Centre for the History of Women, Royal Holloway, University of London , 01-JUN-05. | |||||||||
| Raftery, D., Valiulis, M., Harford, J. and Redmond, J.,; (2005) A Gender-Balanced Curriculum: The Challenge for Teacher Educators. [International Refereed Conference], Twelfth International Learning Conference, University of Granada , 01-JUL-05. | |||||||||
| Harford, J.,; (2004) Women and Agency in Higher Education: The Role of Margaret Byers and Victoria College Belfast. [National Refereed Conference Paper], Educational Studies Association of Ireland annual conference, * , 01-APR-04. | |||||||||
| Harford, J., Dolan, R., and Swan, V.; (2004) Mentoring in an Irish Context. [National Refereed Conference Paper], Educational Studies Association of Ireland conference, * , 01-JAN-04. | |||||||||
| Killeavy, M., Harford, J. Walsh, B, and Drudy, S.,; (2004) Lesson Planning for Beginning Teachers: Action Research Based Models. [National Refereed Conference Paper], Educational Studies Association of Ireland annual conference, * , 01-APR-04. | |||||||||
| Killeavy, M., Harford, J. Walsh, B. and Drudy, S.; (2004) The Induction Needs of Post-Primary Schools in Ireland. [International Refereed Conference], American Educational Research Association annual conference, * , 01-APR-04. | |||||||||
| Raftery D., Valiulis, M., Harford, J. and Redmond, J.; (2004) Gender Perspectives in the Delivery and Assessment of Junior Cycle History. [Oral Presentation], Presentation to the History Teacher's Association of Ireland annual conference, * , 01-SEP-04. | |||||||||
| Raftery D., Valiulis, M. Harford, J. and Redmond, J.; (2004) Towards an Inclusive History Curriculum: A National Study of Gender Perspectives in Content, Delivery and Assessment in Ireland. [International Refereed Conference], European Educational Research Association annual conference, * , 01-SEP-04. | |||||||||
| Killeavy, M., Harford, J., Walsh, B., and Drudy, S.; (2004) The Induction Needs of Newly Qualified Teachers in Post-Primary Schools in Ireland: Perceptions of Principal Teachers. [International Refereed Conference], European Educational Research Association annual conference, * , 01-SEP-04. | |||||||||
| Killeavy, M., Harford, J., Walsh, B., and Drudy, S.; (2004) The Perceived Needs and Concerns of Newly Qualified Teachers in Irish Post-Primary Schools. [International Refereed Conference], Association of Teacher Educators in Europe annual conference, * , 01-OCT-04. | |||||||||
| Harford, J.; (2004) The Movement for the Higher Education of Women in Ireland: Gender Equality or Denominational Rivalry?. [International Refereed Conference], History of Education Society annual conference, * , 01-NOV-04. | |||||||||
| Harford, J.; (2003) Women and the Campaign for Higher Education: The Denominational Subtext. [National Refereed Conference Paper], New Research in Irish Feminism conference, * , 01-MAR-03. | |||||||||
| Harford, J.; (2003) An Experiment in the Development of Social Networks in Higher Education. [International Refereed Conference], British Society for Victorian Studies annual conference, * , 01-SEP-03. | |||||||||
| Harford, J; (2005) Paper given on women's colleges in Irleand in the nineteenth century ('A College of One's Own: Women's Colleges in Ireland in the Nineteenth Century') to be published by Paedogogica Historica, International Journal of the History of Eduation (Taylor and Francis), vol 43, no 3, 2007. [International Refereed Conference], European Educational Research Assocation Annual Conference, Dublin , 07-SEP-05 - 10-SEP-05. | |||||||||
| Raftery, D., Harford, J., Valiulis and Redmond; (2005) Paper title: 'Promoting Gender Awareness among Practising Teachers: Issues in Continuous Professional Development'. [International Refereed Conference], European Educational Research Assocation Annual Conference, Dublin , 07-SEP-05 - 10-SEP-05. | |||||||||
| Harford, J; (2005) Paper title: 'Standard Deviations? Interrogating the Education and Practice of Student Teachers'. [International Refereed Conference], Assocation of Teacher Educators in Europe Annual Conference, Amsterdam , 22-OCT-05 - 26-OCT-05. | |||||||||
| Harford, J; (2005) Paper title 'Mary Hayden and the Anomaly of the Woman Academic in Early Twentieth-Century Irish Society'. [International Refereed Conference], Histroy of Education Society Annual Conference, London , 03-NOV-05 - 05-NOV-05. | |||||||||
| (Joint paper with Dr. Deirdre Raftery); (2003) The Provision of Pauper Schooling in Late Eighteenth Century Ireland: Image and Reality. [N/A], British Society for Eighteenth Century Studies Annual Conference, St Hughs College, Oxford, January 2003,, Oxford , 01-JAN-03. | |||||||||
| *; (2003) The Higher Education of Women in Ireland in the Nineteenth Century: Gender Equality or Denominational Rivalry?. [N/A], New Research in Irish Feminism, Centre for Gender Studies, Trinity College Dublin, April 2003,, Trinity College Dublin , 01-APR-03. | |||||||||
| *; (2003) The Induction of Post-Primary Teachers in the Republic of Ireland. [N/A], Educational Studies Association of Ireland Annual Conference, Queens University, Belfast, April 2003,, Belfast , 01-APR-03. | |||||||||
| (Joint paper with Dr. Deirdre Raftery).; (2003) Reading for Maids or Maidens? English Women Writers in Irish Textbooks in the Eighteenth Century. [N/A], University of Southampton and Chawton House Library, Womens Writing in Britain, 1660-1830, July 2003,, Southampton , 01-JUL-03. | |||||||||
| (Joint paper with Prof. Sheelagh Drudy and Dr. Maureen Killeavy).; (2003) A National Survey of the Needs of NQTs in Post-Primary Schools in Ireland. [N/A], European Conference of Educational Research, University of Hamburg, 17-20 September, 2003,, Hamburg , 17-SEP-03 - 20-SEP-03. | |||||||||
| *; (2003) The Development of Social Networks for Women: Womens Colleges in Ireland in the Nineteenth Century. [N/A], Annual Conference of the British Association for Victorian Studies, Age of Social Experiments, 1800-1900, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, 4-6 September 2003,, Aberystwyth , 04-SEP-03 - 06-SEP-03. | |||||||||
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Committees
| Committee : Member of organising committee for European Educational Research Association annual conference 2005 |
| Committee : Member of organising committee for Gender and Education annual conference, 2007 |
| Committee : Teaching and Learning Committee, College of Human Sciences |
Internal Collaborators
| Dr Gerry MacRuairc and Professor Ciaran Sugrue, School of Education, University College Dublin, teacher education research Dr Maria Meehan, Professor Peter Duffy, Professor Joe Carthy, School of Mathematical Science, Science and Computer Science, University College Dublin Professor Kathleen Lynch, School of Social Justice, University College Dublin Professor Gerard Fealy, School of Nursing, University College Dublin |
External Collaborators
| Professor Tom O¿Donoghue, University of Western Australia Professor Hannele Niemi, University of Helsinki, Finland Professor Brian Hudson, University of Sussex, UK Dr Teresa Moran, University of Dundee, Scotland Dr Bjorn Astrand, University of Umea, Sweden Professor Pavel Zgaga, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, Dr Marina Sacilotto-Vasylenko, University of Paris Ouest, Nanterre, France |