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Dr. Louise Heeran Flynn

Assistant Professor (Education)
      
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Dr. Louise Heeran Flynn

Assistant Professor (Education)

 heeranfl@tcd.ie

 


Dr Louise Heeran Flynn is an Assistant Professor in Teacher Education in the School of Education, Trinity College Dublin where she acts as School Placement Coordinator (SPC) on the Professional Master of Education (PME) initial teacher education (ITE) programme. Louise supports student teachers across their mandatory school placements, leading both the School Placement (Year 1) and Advanced School Placement (Year 2) modules. In the role of SPC, Louise liaises extensively with schools and external stakeholders. She has previously held the role of Registrar for the PME programme in the School. Louise also supervises student theses at PME, M.Ed and doctoral level. Over the past twenty-six years, Louise has held a variety of roles in education, gaining fifteen years' experience in senior management positions, and nineteen years' experience working with post primary student teachers. She is a qualified post primary teacher, having been a post primary English teacher and principal before moving in to third level. She has held roles such as Head of School Placement and Director/Coordinator of the Professional Master of Education across three different initial teacher education institutions in Ireland. Louise sits on a number of national and international advisory boards. Louise's research interests lie in the field of initial teacher education (ITE), its research, policy and practice, viewed through the specific lens of inclusion which underpins all of Louise's work. She has a particular interest in inclusive teaching, learning and assessment practices (such as UDL 3.0, drama in education and digital technologies) and Media and AI Literacy (MAIL).
  Arts in Education   EDUCATION   educational inequality   E-Learning   Inclusive Education   Information technology in education   Initial Teacher Education   Professional education and development   Teacher Education
Heeran Flynn, L., Breaking the Code - Using the (In)CLUDE framework to support the implementation of Universal Design for Learning 3.0 in the classroom through the use of Drama in Education, The International Journal of Universal Design and Universal Design for Learning., 1, (2), 2026, p222 - 241, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  DOI
Heeran Flynn, L., - Opening the Gate to Learning - Using Drama in Education to facilitate the implementation of Universal Design for Learning 3.0 for equity and inclusion in the classroom, Education Sciences Special Issue Cross-Cultural Education: Building Bridges and Breaking Barriers, 2025, Journal Article, SUBMITTED
O'Sullivan, C., Clotworthy, E., Nugent, M., Colleary, S., Keane, E., Piazzoli, E., Gubbins, E., Krakaur, L., Kerin, M., McCormick, S., & Heeran Flynn, L., Arts Alive: A literature review to support curriculum specification development for the area of Arts Education, National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, October, 2023, p1 - 245, Notes: [A literature review commissioned by the NCCA to support curriculum specification development for the area of Arts Education in the new primary school curriculum to be published in 2025.], Report, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  URL
Heeran Flynn, L., Breaking the Code: An Investigation of the use of Drama in Education in the Development of Pupils' Oral Language Skills, Trinity College Dublin, 2013, Thesis, PUBLISHED