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Diplomas / Degrees

PhD (Education/Literacy), University College Cork, National University of Ireland (2009)
M.Ed. (Literacy), St. Patrick's College, Dublin (Dublin City University) (2004)
B.Ed., St. Patrick's College, Dublin (Dublin City University) (2000)

Recent Courses

Assessing & Addressing Literacy Needs I
Child Literacies: Literature, Culture And The Arts
The Reading-Writing Connections

Teaching Specializations / Interests

The teaching of writing in elementary schools
Comprehension strategy instruction
Early childhood literacy
Literacy development in diverse settings
Phonics instruction in elementary schools

Research Interests

Writing development in young children.
Reading comprehension strategy instruction in content areas.
Teacher professional development.

Recent Articles

Concannon-Gibney, Tara. (2006, 9). ‘Teaching Reading Comprehension Strategies in the Primary School’. Proceedings of R.A.I. 2006 Annual Conference

Conference Presentations and Papers

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Concannon-Gibney, Tara (29 September 2009). ‘Reading Comprehension Strategies’. Reading Association of Ireland Annual Conference, St. Patrick’s College, Dublin, Ireland

Concannon-Gibney, Tara (29 September 2009). ‘The Implementation of the Writing Process in Primary School Classrooms’. Reading Association of Ireland Annual Conference, St. Patrick’s College, Dublin

Concannon-Gibney, Tara (27 September 2009). ‘Genre Study in the Writing Workshop: Ideas for Mini-lessons’ . Reading Association of Ireland Annual Conference, Church of Ireland College of Education, Dublin

Concannon-Gibney, T (04 July 2009). ‘Becoming Literate: The EAL Learner in the Infant Classroom’ . Annual Conference, United Kingdom Literacy Association, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Concannon-Gibney, T (25 September 2008). ‘The EAL learner in the Infant Classroom: Strategies for Developing Literacy Skills’. Annual Conference, Reading Association of Ireland , Dublin

Other Scholarly / Artistic Work

Master's Thesis Supervision:
O' Rourke, M. (2008).The Implementation of the Writing Workshop in Junior Infants: Examining Emergent Writers' Development and Perception.

Joyce, C. (2007). The Implementation of Comprehension Strategy Instruction During Interactive Read-Aloud in a Junior Infant Classroom.

Honors and Accomplishments

Recipient of ‘The President’s Scholarship’ for doctoral studies at University College, Cork.

Professional Activities

President of the executive committee of the Reading Association of Ireland (2008/2009)
Member of the United Kingdom Literacy Association (2004-2009)
Member of the International Reading Association
Member of the National Reading Conference
Member of American Educational Research Association
Member of the National Assessment of English Reading (NAER, 2009) ‘Reading Expert Group’ in an advisory capacity
and as a researcher and composer of test items for NAER 2009.