Gerry Mac Ruairc

Gerry Mac Ruairc was a primary school teacher for many years. He was also a member of the Inspectorate of the Department of Education and Science of Ireland for a number of years. He moved in 2005 to University College Dublin to take up a position as lecturer in education with specific responsibility for developing the work of the school in the area of school leadership and management. Since his appointment to the staff in the School of Education in UCD he has initiated and been centrally involved in a number of research awards to the School of Education, primarily in the areas of educational leadership and educational disadvantage. He is deeply committed to attempting to provide a better insight into the reproduced patterns of inequality that persist in the education system, and in doing this he has been recently researching on PISA issues and the impact of this model of testing on students. His most recent publication on PISA is: “Dip, dip sky blue, who's it? NOT YOU: Children's experiences of standardised testing: A socio-cultural analysis” (Irish Educational Studies, 28: 47-66).

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