Staff
| Personal Information | ||
| Name | Loxley, Andrew | |
| College Address | Education, Arts Building |
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| Main Department | Education | |
| College Title | Assistant Professor | |
| loxleya@tcd.ie | ||
| College Tel | +353 1 896 1587 | |
| Web | http://people.tcd.ie/loxleya | |
| Teaching interests and responsibilities | |
| Research Methodology [words, numbers & images] (undergraduate, but mainly postgraduate). Social and education policy (postgraduate) | |
| Professional Qualifications | |
| Qualification | Institution | Class of Degree | Title of Dissertation | Date Conferred |
| PhD | University of Bath | An exploration into the impact of LMS on the policy and provision of SEN | 1999 | |
| BEd (Hons) | Bath Spa University | 2:1 | 1990 |
| Representations |
| Details | Date |
| Board Member of the International Visual Sociology Association | 2005-2008 |
| Administrative Functions | |
| Details | Level | Date From | Date To |
| Director of Teaching and Learning (Postgraduate) | 2005 | 2007 | |
| Director of Research | 2007 | - | |
| Director D.Ed Programme | 2005 | - | |
| Joint Co-ordinator Division of Continuing Professional Development | 2005 | 2008 |
| Membership of Professional Institutions, Associations, Societies |
| Details | Date From | Date To |
| British Sociological Assiciation | ||
| International Visual Sociology Association | ||
| British Educational Research Association | ||
| Sociological Association of Ireland | ||
| Educational Studies Association of Ireland |
| Awards and Honours | |
| Award | Date |
| Times Educational Supplement/NASEN Book of the Year Award: academic book category, highly commended for Thomas, G and Loxley, A. (2001) Deconstructing Special Education and Constructing Inclusion, Open University Press: Buckingham. |
| Description of Research Interests |
| Social inclusion and exclusion; education and social policy with a current interest in higher education; all things methodological but with an emphasis on image based approaches and semiotics. |
| Research Interests | |||
| Adult & Continuing Education | Continuing Professional Development | Educational Administration and Policy | Higher Education |
| Image based methodologies & semiotics | Politics of Education | Politics of the welfare state | Public Education |
| Social Theory | Sociology Education |
| Research Projects | |
| Project title | Where Next? Mapping and Understanding the Post First Degree Destinations of Mature Disadvantaged Students |
| Summary | |
| Funding Agency | Combat Poverty Agency |
| Programme | |
| Type of Project | Empirical study |
| Date from | 2007 |
| Date to | 2008 |
| Person Months | |
| Project title | Evaluation study of the DES 1999-2003 Primary Curriculum Support Programme |
| Summary | |
| Funding Agency | Department of Education and Science, Ireland. |
| Programme | |
| Type of Project | Empirical study |
| Date from | 2003 |
| Date to | 2005 |
| Person Months | |
| Project title | |
| Summary | Investigation of alcohol use by woman who obtain emergency contraception. |
| Funding Agency | Crisis Pregnancy Agency |
| Programme | |
| Type of Project | Empirical study |
| Date from | 2003 |
| Date to | 2004 |
| Person Months | |
| Project title | Feasibility study into the establishment of a second level school |
| Summary | |
| Funding Agency | Educate Together |
| Programme | |
| Type of Project | |
| Date from | 2007 |
| Date to | 2008 |
| Person Months | |
| Project title | Provision for children with disabilities in primary schools |
| Summary | |
| Funding Agency | National Disability Authority |
| Programme | |
| Type of Project | Empirical study |
| Date from | 2004 |
| Date to | 2004 |
| Person Months | |
| Publications |
| Peer Reviewed |
| Loxley, A., Prosser, J., Sikes, P., Hobson, A, Thomas, G. and Tomlinson, P. , An Introduction to Educational Research Methods., Oxford, Oxford University of Press | |
| Loxley, A., Fleming, T., Kenny, A. and Finnegan, F., "There was a panic at the beginning": Disadvantaged Mature Students Experiences in and out of Irish Higher Education, Studies in Higher Education Annual Conference, Newport, Wales, 8-10th December 2009 | |
| Loxley, A. and Seery, A., The Role of the Professional Doctorate in Ireland from the Student Perspective, Studies in Higher Education, 2010 | |
| Shevlin, M., Kenny, M. and Loxley, A. , A time of transition: exploring special educational provision in the Republic of Ireland, Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2008 | |
| Thomas G and Loxley A, Deconstruccion de la educacion especial y construccion de la inclusiva, Madrid, 2007 | |
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