Dr Rory McDaid
Rory is a research fellow with Growing Up in Ireland and is primarily involved in the qualitative aspect of the study. Rory has a B.A. (Humanities) from St. Patrick’s College, Drumcondra, an MPhil. (International Peace Studies) from Trinity College, Dublin and a Higher Diploma in Education (H.D.E.) from the National University of Ireland, Galway. He completed his Doctorate in Education (Ed.D.). in St. Patrick’s College, Drumcondra. His thesis, entitled ‘Tears, Teachers, Tension and Transformation? Minority language children reflect on the recognition of their first languages in Irish Primary Schools’ examined the feelings, experiences and understandings of a group of Polish and Romanian speaking children with regard to the recognition of their first languages in their primary schools.
Rory has recently return to Ireland, having worked as an Education Trainer/Advisor with World Education in Thailand where he was primarily responsible for the design and delivery of a Teaching Skills Programme for Burmese refugees living in Umpheim Mai Refugee Camp. Prior to this position, Rory worked as a Research Associate in the Special Education Department, St. Patrick’s College, Drumcondra where he participated in two national research projects, and also as a part-time lecturer in the Education Department, in the same institution, where his work focused on Sociology of Education and Teaching and Learning in Minority Ethnic and Minority Language classrooms. While working in St. Patrick’s, he co-organised a major national conference on the issue of minority ethnic and minority language children in Irish schools.
From 2004-2007 Rory worked as an English Language Support Teacher in St Gabriel's N.S., Cowper Street, Dublin 7. Rory has held a voluntary position as Chairperson of the Advisory Group for the Schools Cultural Mediation Programme, a project in the D7 area which provided interpretation, translation and cultural mediation services to the 10 schools in the D7 School Completion Project Area, and has also volunteered with a number of organisations working with children in Belarus. He has served as the President of the Students’ Union in St. Patrick’s College, Drumcondra, and as National Equality Officer with the Union of Students in Ireland.
Phone: 01 8963379
Email: rmcdaid@tcd.ie
Books
O’Duibhir, P. & Mc Daid, R. (Eds). (2010 forthcoming). Culture and identity in contemporary Ireland The sixth Seamus Heaney lectures.
Book Chapters
Mc Daid, R. (2010 forthcoming). A TLC Approach to doing research with minority language children. In M. O’Brien & M. O’Leary (Eds.). Education Policy and Practice in 21st Century Ireland. IPA: Dublin.
Mc Daid, R. (2007). New kids on the block. In P. Downes & A. L. Gilligan (Eds.). Beyond educational disadvantage. IPA: Dublin.
Research Reports
Travers, J. et al (2010 forthcoming). Addressing the Challenges of Inclusion in Irish Schools. DES: Dublin.
Ware, J., Balfe, T., & Butler C., Day, T., Dupont, M., Harten, C., Farrell, A.M., Mc Daid, R., O’Riordan, M., Prunty, A. and Travers, J., (2010 forthcoming). Review of the Role and Operation of Special Schools and Special Classes. NCSE: Dublin.
Other publications
Friend-Pereira, J. C. and Mc Daid, R., (2002). Anti-racism and Multiculturalism Campaign: Activity and resource pack for student co-ordinators. USI: Dublin.
Mc Daid, R. & Cullen, J., (2001). The Disability Handbook. USI: Dublin.
Conference Presentations
February (2009) ‘“Nomenclature”: how to talk about minority language and minority ethnic children”, ELSTA members meeting, Dublin, February 28th.
October (2008) ‘Meeting the Needs of Foreign National Young People in Irish Schools’, Foreign National Young People at Risk Seminar, Dublin, October 3rd.
September (2008) ‘Children Recruiting Teachers’, Human Rights Education For a Sustainable Future: Celebrating 60 years of the UDHR, St. Patrick’s College, Drumcondra, Dublin, September 20th.
March (2008) ‘Tears, Trust and Transformation: Schools’ Cultural Mediation Project’, Research, Ethics and Diversity: interrogating a new Ireland, ESAI Annual Conference, September 8th.
November (2007) ‘Fág ag an doras iad! – Critiquing Monolingual English-only Language Support for Minority Language Children in Ireland ’, LED Conference, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand, November 23.
April (2007) 'Recognising First Languages: moving beyond monolingual, English-only language support, IRAAL Public Seminar, Trinity College, Dublin, April 19th.
March (2007) 'Tapor, Hirva and other Axes!', Compass EAL Seminar, Church of Ireland College of Education, Dublin, March 26th.
March (2007) 'Minority Ethnic and Minority Language Children in Irish Primary Schools: A Practical Vision for a Better Future', Inservice Education Lecture, Coláiste Phádraig, Droim Conrach, BAC 9, March 5th.
March (2007) 'Barbarus hic ego sum quia non intelligor ulli!, RAI, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, March 3rd.
November (2006) 'Exploring the Commercialism in the International Classroom, a paper to the inaugural meeting of the Campaign for Commercial Free Education', INTO, Parnell Square, November 20th.
July (2006) 'An Examination of the Involvement of Children in the Selection Process for Ireland’s First Ombudsman for Children', Investment and Citizenship: Towards a Transdisciplinary Dialogue on Child and Youth Rights in Brock University, St. Catherine’s, Canada, July 18th - 21st.