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Kennelly, Dr Ita

Assistant Professor in Education & Programme Director, P-TECH

ita.kennelly@ncirl.ie

Key Responsibilities at NCI

Programme Director, Certificate in P-TECH & Certificate in Educational Practice for P-TECH
Curriculum Development/Academic Lead P-TECH Curriculum
Assistant Professor and Module Leader – Educational Practice for Diversity & inclusion and Contemporary and Enduring Questions in Education (PGDip in Educational Practice for Further Education), Academic Foundations & Scholarship and Managing your Learning & Academic Practice (B.A. in Early Childhood Care),
Research Supervisor – M.A in Educational Practice & B.A. in Early Childhood Care and Education
Placement Tutor - PGDip in Educational Practice for Further Education

Education

Doctor of Education, University of Sheffield
M.A in Higher Education, Technological University Dublin
Postgrad Cert in Education & Training, Griffith College Dublin
Postgrad. Dip. Management Studies, University of London (Birkbeck)
B.A. (Hons) French and Italian, Trinity College, Dublin.

Academic Experience

A range of lecturing and academic development roles in NCI, TU Dublin and UCD. Additional experience in programme and project management in Education.

Research Interests

Academic Writing, Research Supervision, Supporting students’ academic development, Reflective Practice, Critical Thinking, Teacher and Student Resilience.

Book

Kennelly, Ita and Oke, Meera (2024) Academic Skills in Early Childhood Education and Care: Self-Inquiry, Learning and Writing for Students and Practitioners. Springer Texts in Education . Springer, Cham. ISBN 978-3-031-59570-7

Book Chapter

Donnelly, Roisin and Kennelly, Ita (2024) A Framework-based Cross-institutional CPD for Academic Staff in Gen-AI Literacy, Critical Inquiry, and Authentic Assessment. In: Effective Practices in AI Literacy Education: Case Studies and Reflections. Emerald, Leeds, pp. 51-59. ISBN 978-1-83608-853-0

Papers in Refereed Journals

Donnelly, Roisin, Kennelly, Ita and McAvinia, Claire (2022) A multimodal framework for supporting academic writers’ perspectives, practice and performance. Teaching in Higher Education, 29 (4). pp. 936-952. ISSN 1470-1294
Kennelly, Ita (2018) New takes on voice: Exploring metaphors and perspectives on voice in academic writing. ICEP conference proceedings.
Kennelly, Ita (2017) Writing with purpose(s): A discussion on the different conceptions of academic writing in contemporary higher education. Irish Journal of Academic Practice.

Conference Papers

Kennelly, Ita (2024) A curriculum design approach to supporting learning and progression pathways. In: QQI Special Pre-Conference Workshop Event, Dublin.
Kennelly, Ita, Casey, Leo, Conaty, Y. and Sweeny, R. (2024) Innovation, commitment & capability: A partnership approach to creating new pathways for post primary students in Ireland. In: International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI). ICSEI, Trinity College Dublin.
Kennelly, Ita (2023) A new pathway for learning: The P-TECH initiative in Ireland. In: OECD International Online Knowledge Exchange Conference. OECD.
Kennelly, Ita (2022) Embracing the evolution of teaching identity through reflection beyond COVID-19. In: ILTA EdTech Conference. ILTA, Cork, Ireland.
Kennelly, Ita (2022) A new pathway for learning: The P-TECH initiative in Ireland. In: QQI 10th Anniversary Conference. QQI, Dublin, Ireland.
Kennelly, Ita (2019) Moving modalities: An exploration on how demarcating the modes of reader, writer and reviewer can enhance academic writing pedagogy. In: Education Research & Enterprise Conference, University of Brighton.
Kennelly, Ita (2018) New takes on voice: Exploring metaphors and perspectives on voice in academic writing. In: International Conference on Engaging Pedagogy (ICEP).