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Accepting PhD Students
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Physics Education, Science Education
Research activity per year
2021- 2024 : OTTER - Outdoor Science Education for a Sustainable Future SwafS-24-2020: Science education outside the classroom
Principal Investigators: Dr Orla McCormack and Dr Regina Kelly
Brief Description: The overall objective of the OTTER project is to enhance the understanding of Education Outside the Classroom (EOC) methods and pedagogies and how they can help improve the acquisition of scientific knowledge and transferable skills in students, specifically in the field of environmental sustainability and the reduction of plastic waste. It aims to increase interest in scientific topics among young people, while also contributing to the range of innovative educational projects and the increase of scientific citizenship within the EU.
Funding: HORIZON 2020 SwafS-24-2020, Science education outside the classroom (€272,531)
2019: Planning Inquiry Science Lessons: Unpacking science concepts and teaching strategies required for inquiry-based science education
Project Team: Dr Regina Kelly (PI), Dr Deirdre O Neill, Dr John O Reilly University of Limerick, and Dr Margaret Marshman affiliated with the University of Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.
Brief Description: a collaborative project that will compare how Irish Science pre-service teachers and Australian Science pre-service teachers design inquiry lessons.
Funding: Irish Research Council under the New Foundations Scheme 2019, Strand 2: Knowledge exchange for impact 2019
Title: Institute of Physics National Survey of Science Teachers and Post Primary School Principal
Project Team: Dr Regina Kelly (PI), Dr Eilish McLoughlin and Deirdre O Neill.
Funding: Institute of Physics
2018- 2020 : A Global Approach to the Gender Gap in Mathematical, Computing, and Natural Sciences: How to Measure It, How to Reduce It
Irish Project Team: Dr Regina Kelly and Prof Merrilyn Goos (PI)
Brief Description: Dr Regina Kelly completed Work Package 3, developing a database of good practices that promotes gender diversity in mathematics and science at primary, secondary and tertiary education under the guidance of Prof Merrilyn Goos.
Funding: International Council for Science (300,000 euro).
2018 : STEMChAT Women as catalysts for change in STEM education
Project Team: Sila Kaya, Tracey O Connell, Nichola Keegan, Dr Regina Kelly and Prof Merrilyn Goos.
Brief Description: Outreach initiative to address the serious under-representation of women in the STEM workforce in Ireland by creating new, engaging approaches to providing career information for school students and parents.
Funding: €35,880 Discover Program Call of Science Foundation Ireland
2016-2018 : WiSTEM2D Program Project
Team: (2016) Dr Regina Kelly and Dr Oliver McGarr.
Project team (2017) Dr Regina Kelly, Dr Oliver McGarr and Prof Merrilyn Goos in partnership with Johnson and Johnson.
Brief Description: The project aims to develop high impact strategies for increasing the number of women enrolling in and graduating from STEM2D programs, degrees and graduate level research. Funding: Johnson and Johnson ($100,000 per year).
2016-2017 : STeP into Science Project: Engaging Students, Teachers and Parents in Debates
Project Team: Dr Regina Kelly (Team Lead), Dr Grainne Walshe, Liam Guilfoyle and Prof Sibel Erduran in partnership with Junior Cycle for Teachers (JCT). Brief Description: The STeP into Science project aimed to facilitate the teaching and learning of the Irish lower second-level curricular objectives on nature of science, through engaging teachers, students, and guardians in school debate events on socio-scientific issues.
Funding: Science Foundation Ireland (€15,000)
2015 : Investigating the development of 21st Century Skills in an Interdisciplinary Science Module
Brief Description: This project aimed to assess if higher education develops professional life skills that lead to successful science careers.
Project Team: Dr Regina Kelly, Eilish McLoughlin and Odilla Finlayson Funded by CASTeL
2009-2014: Addressing Student Motivation in Physics: An investigation into the key motivational factors that influence participant performance and attitudes to physics in a first year introductory physics module Project
Team: Dr Regina Kelly, Dr Leah Wallace (Limerick Institute of Technology) and Dr George McClelland (University of Limerick).
Funding: SIF II and Limerick Institute of Technology (€62,644)
Undergraduate/ Postgraduate Lecturer
Undergraduate/ Postgraduate Tutor
TP4014 School Placement 1 University of Limerick
TP4017 School Placement 2 University of Limerick
EN4033 Planning for Learning University of Limerick
Introductory Physics Concepts Limerick Institute of Technology
Laboratory Teacher
Introductory Physics Concepts Limerick Institute of Technology Laboratory
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Science Education Project Officer, University of Limerick
16 Jan 2018 → …
Academic Supervisor, Hibernia College
1 Sep 2016 → …
Postdoctoral Researcher (Science Education), Dublin City University
2 Feb 2015 → …
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Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Kelly, R. (Member)
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Kelly, R. (Member)
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Kelly, R. (Member)
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Kelly, R. (Member)
Activity: Membership › Membership of council
Kelly, R. (Member)
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