All Stories

  1. Do school inspections do what they say they do?

    Article • Frontiers in Education, September 2023, Frontiers

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  2. Quality assuring an ethical education curriculum for schools in Ireland

    Article • SN Social Sciences, March 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  3. Teacher leadership in school self-evaluation: an approach to professional development

    Article • Irish Educational Studies, October 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  4. Deconstructing the challenges and opportunities for blended learning in the post emergency learning era

    Article • Irish Educational Studies, January 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  5. Student voice and the school hierarchy: the disconnect between senior leaders and teachers

    Article • Oxford Review of Education, December 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  6. Middle leaders as policy translators: prime actors in the enactment of policy

    Article • Journal of Education Policy, December 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  7. Drivers for student and parent voice in school self-evaluation activities

    Article • Studies In Educational Evaluation, December 2021, Elsevier

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  8. Evaluation in Education and Guidance: Contributions from TEEM 21

    Article • October 2021, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  9. For improvement, accountability, or the economy? Reflecting on the purpose(s) of school self-evaluation in Ireland

    Article • Journal of Educational Administration & History, October 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  10. Student voice and classroom practice: how students are consulted in contexts without traditions of student voice

    Article • Pedagogy Culture and Society, October 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  11. Challenges and opportunities for culturally responsive leadership in schools: Evidence from Four European countries

    Article • Policy Futures in Education, September 2021, SAGE Publications

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  12. Researching how student voice plays out in relation to classroom practice in Irish post-primary schools: a heuristic device

    Article • Irish Educational Studies, August 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  13. Students as co-researchers in a school self-evaluation process

    Article • Improving Schools, August 2021, SAGE Publications

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  14. Global messages from the edge of Europe the cause and effect of leadership and planning strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic

    Article • Irish Educational Studies, April 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  15. Enacting school self-evaluation: the policy actors in Irish schools

    Article • International Studies in Sociology of Education, February 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  16. Educational networks: a key driving force for school development in a time of crisis and change

    Article • SHS Web of Conferences, January 2021, EDP Sciences

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  17. Operating educational networks in Northern Ireland: the EQI shaped professional learning network

    Article • SHS Web of Conferences, January 2021, EDP Sciences

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  18. School self-evaluation an international or country specific imperative for school improvement?

    Article • International Journal of Educational Research Open, January 2021, Elsevier

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  19. The Rise and Fall and Rise of Academic Selection: The Case of Northern Ireland

    Article • Irish Studies in International Affairs, January 2021, Project Muse

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  20. Quality assurance in Irish schools: Inspection and school self-evaluation

    Article • Administration, December 2020, De Gruyter

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  21. Challenges in Evaluation in Education and Guidance: A Perspective from 2020

    Article • October 2020, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  22. Policy and practice: including parents and students in school self-evaluation

    Article • Irish Educational Studies, September 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  23. Teachers responding to cultural diversity: case studies on assessment practices, challenges and experiences in secondary schools in Austria, Ireland, Norway and Turkey

    Article • Educational Assessment Evaluation and Accountability, July 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  24. Aiding culturally responsive assessment in schools in a globalising world

    Article • Educational Assessment Evaluation and Accountability, February 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  25. Learning by doing: evaluating the key features of a professional development intervention for teachers in data-use, as part of whole school self-evaluation process

    Article • Professional Development in Education, January 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  26. Polycentric inspection: A catalyst for sparking positive interactions in educational networks

    Article • Evaluation, December 2019, SAGE Publications

    De Martin V Brown, Prof Joe O'Hara

  27. Parent and student voice in evaluation and planning in schools

    Article • Improving Schools, December 2019, SAGE Publications

    De Martin V Brown, Prof Joe O'Hara

  28. The potential, limitations and evaluation of education networks in a monocentric system

    Article • Revista de Investigación Educativa, December 2019, Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Murcia

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  29. Evaluation in education and Guidance

    Article • October 2019, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  30. All aboard or still at check-in? Teacher educators’ use of digital technologies: Lessons from a small island

    Article • Education and Information Technologies, July 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Stephen Roulston, Prof Joe O'Hara

  31. Assessment with and for Migration Background Students-Cases from Europe

    Article • Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, January 2019, Ani Publishing and Consulting Company

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  32. Challenges and supports towards the integration of ePortfolios in education. Lessons to be learned from Ireland

    Article • Heliyon, November 2018, Elsevier

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  33. Evaluation in education and Guidance

    Article • October 2018, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  34. It’s good to talk! Reflective Discussion Forums to support and develop Reflective Practice among Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Practitioners in Ireland.

    Article • Irish Journal of Paramedicine, October 2018, Irish College of Paramedics

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  35. Reflections on Reflective Practice among Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Practitioners in Ireland.

    Article • Irish Journal of Paramedicine, October 2018, Irish College of Paramedics

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  36. Even better than the real thing? Using video assisted structured reflection in Simulated Clinical Scenarios and Real-Life Clinical Experiences in the Flipped Classroom.

    Article • Irish Journal of Paramedicine, October 2018, Irish College of Paramedics

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  37. An investigation of intellectual skills implicit in the Leaving Certificate written examinations

    Article • Irish Educational Studies, June 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Joe O'Hara, Denise Burns

  38. Adopting and adapting: school leaders in the age of data-informed decision making

    Article • Educational Assessment Evaluation and Accountability, May 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  39. Evaluating the impact of distributed culturally responsive leadership in a disadvantaged rural primary school in Ireland

    Article • Educational Management Administration & Leadership, November 2017, SAGE Publications

    De Martin V Brown, Prof Joe O'Hara

  40. The unintended consequences of school inspection: the prevalence of inspection side-effects in Austria, the Czech Republic, England, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Switzerland

    Article • Oxford Review of Education, September 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  41. Evaluation and decentralised governance: Examples of inspections in polycentric education systems

    Article • Journal of Educational Change, April 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  42. External specialist support for school self-evaluation: Testing a model of support in Irish post-primary schools

    Article • Evaluation, January 2017, SAGE Publications

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  43. Inspectors and the Process of Self-Evaluation in Ireland

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  44. Exploring the Changing Face of School Inspections

    Article • Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, November 2016, Ani Publishing and Consulting Company

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  45. Quality and the rise of value-added in education: The case of Ireland

    Article • Policy Futures in Education, August 2016, SAGE Publications

    De Martin V Brown, Prof Joe O'Hara

  46. The degree to which students and teachers are involved in second-level school processes and participation in decision-making: an Irish Case Study

    Article • Irish Educational Studies, March 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  47. Teacher Accountability in Education: The Irish Experiment

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  48. Wirkungen und Nebenwirkungen europäischer Inspektionssysteme

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  49. From inspection to quality: Ways in which school inspection influences change in schools

    Article • Studies In Educational Evaluation, December 2015, Elsevier

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  50. Re-Thinking Assessment: Self- and Peer-Assessment as Drivers of Self-Direction in Learning

    Article • Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, September 2015, Ani Publishing and Consulting Company

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  51. Supporting the consistent implementation of self-evaluation in Irish post-primary schools

    Article • Educational Assessment Evaluation and Accountability, April 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  52. Changing school board governance in primary education through school inspections

    Article • Educational Management Administration & Leadership, January 2015, SAGE Publications

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  53. Critical facilitators: External supports for self-evaluation and improvement in schools

    Article • Studies In Educational Evaluation, December 2014, Elsevier

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  54. Ten Years A-Talking! Reflecting on the Role of the EERA Council from the Perspective of National Educational Research Associations

    Article • European Educational Research Journal, January 2014, SAGE Publications

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  55. From looking at our schools (LAOS) to whole school evaluation -management, leadership and learning (WSE-MLL): the evolution of inspection in irish schools over the past decade

    Article • Educational Assessment Evaluation and Accountability, February 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  56. Reluctant leaders: Why are some capable leaders not interested in the principalship?

    Article • International Journal of Management in Education, January 2011, Inderscience Publishers

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  57. Evaluation of Adult Education and Training Programs

    Article • January 2010, Elsevier

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  58. The importance of the concept of self-evaluation in the changing landscape of education policy

    Article • Studies In Educational Evaluation, September 2008, Elsevier

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  59. Workable Compromise or Pointless Exercise?

    Article • Educational Management Administration & Leadership, October 2006, SAGE Publications

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  60. Trusting the Teacher: Evaluating Educational Innovation

    Article • Evaluation, October 2004, SAGE Publications

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  61. Whole-School Evaluation and Development Planning

    Article • Educational Management & Administration, April 2002, SAGE Publications

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  62. Process and Product Issues in the Evaluation of School Development Planning

    Article • Evaluation, January 2001, SAGE Publications

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  63. A positive approach to discipline: An assessment

    Article • Irish Educational Studies, March 2000, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  64. Evaluation: Business or Vocation?

    Article • Evaluation, October 1999, SAGE Publications

    Prof Joe O'Hara

  65. The pedagogical challenges of constructivist theory and empowerment in learning and information technology

    Article • Irish Educational Studies, March 1998, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Joe O'Hara