Fiona King
@fiona-king.bsky.social
Associate Professor Dublin City University, Institute of Education; Former Chair of PDiE Journal.
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Professional Learning Research and Practice Assembly@plassembly.bsky.social · 4mo ago🌱 Our community continues to grow: 381 followers and 78 supporters! 🔗 If you can't be with us in Dublin next month, you can still be a part of this: lnkd.in/dvFEpU26 #PLAssembly2026 #ProfessionalSolidarity #GrassrootsResearch #DCU #TeacherEducation #GlobalCommunity
📢 Call for Abstracts! We’re inviting the entire professional learning community - from career academics to practitioners and emerging researchers -to share their work at our upcoming event on 5-6 June. 📅 Deadline: 5th May, 5pm 🔗 tinyurl.com/4dvvj62f #PLRPA2026 #ProfessionalLearning
There's a unique energy in a room full of people in your field. Kathleen Foley and Siobhan Weekes discuss why academic events are key for emerging researchers in professional learning;not just for the theory, but for finding your tribe and seeing your work through a new lens. tinyurl.com/4w5vd9v7
📢 Join us in DCU Institute of Education on June 5th and 6th for our two-day assembly devoted to discussing and sharing research on professional learning. 📢 👉 Click here for more information: tinyurl.com/4w5vd9v7 🚀 Follow us for updates! #PLRPA2026 #ProfessionalLearning #ProfessionalDevelopment
Really looking forward to this event. Fabulous keynotes! Check it out! #PLAssenbly2026 #professionallearning More information here: sites.google.com/dcu.ie/profe...
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Professional Learning Research and Practice Assembly@plassembly.bsky.social · 5mo ago📢 Join us in DCU Institute of Education on June 5th and 6th for our two-day assembly devoted to discussing and sharing research on professional learning. 📢 👉 Click here for more information: tinyurl.com/4w5vd9v7 🚀 Follow us for updates! #PLRPA2026 #ProfessionalLearning #ProfessionalDevelopment
@pdiejournal.bsky.social is the SSCI rated academic journal of the International Professional Development Association. It has a current Impact Factor of 2.1. More information about @ipda-prof-learn.bsky.social @ ipda.org.uk
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The next LfPL Symposium will take place in 2026. Sign up and submit your proposals @ipda-prof-learn.bsky.social @lastingercenter.bsky.social
@pdiejournal.bsky.social editors Professor Laura Desimone, Professor Ken Jones and Dr Fiona King catching up at @aeraedresearch.bsky.social 2025
@fiona-king.bsky.social, Chair of the Editorial Board & @kenjonespdie.bsky.social represented @pdiejournal.bsky.social at @aeraedresearch.bsky.social 2025, meeting up with @pdiejournal.bsky.social & @ipda-prof-learn.bsky.social colleagues from around the globe & running a Meet the Editors Session
Become a member of @ipda-prof-learn.bsky.social and receive the SSCI rated @pdiejournal.bsky.social and our sister journal PRACTICE as part of the membership package. Sign up @ bit.ly/2Lje7hg
1 day to go until the first @ipdaireland.bsky.social Emerging and Early Career Researcher Event. More information and registration details 👇
International Professional Development Association@ipda-prof-learn.bsky.social · 2y agoJoin @ipdaireland.bsky.social on 20 March 2025 for their first Emerging and Early Career Researcher Event. Register here: ipda.org.uk/20-march-202...
From research across Wales, Scotland & Ireland, new paper with Fiona King, Romina Madrid, Michelle Jones & Alma Harris explores system leadership. Free downloads 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @alm30.bsky.social @fiona-king.bsky.social @dublincityuni.bsky.social @dcuresearch.bsky.social
System leadership: implications and considerations for school leaders
Published in School Leadership & Management: Formerly School Organisation (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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@pdiejournal.bsky.social is the SSCI rated academic journal of the International Professional Development Association. It has a current Impact Factor of 2.1. More information about @ipda-prof-learn.bsky.social @ ipda.org.uk
📣 Emerging and early career researchers - join the International Professional Development Association Ireland online event on 20th March, 5pm, hosted by @niamhhickey.bsky.social Register 👇🏻 ipda.org.uk/20-march-202... @fiona-king.bsky.social @pdiejournal.bsky.social @ipda-prof-learn.bsky.social
20 March 2025: IPDA Ireland Emerging and Early Career Researcher Event
IPDA Ireland is pleased to announce that we will be hosting our first Emerging and Early Career Researcher Event in March 2025. Date: 20th of March 2025Time: 17.00 – 18.30Host: Dr Niamh HickeyVenue...
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Wonderful to see so many of our EdD students at this launch. Well done @aoifebren.bsky.social on a great evening.
Alan Gorman@alangorman.bsky.social · 2y agoOur EdD students & staff last night joined Professor Mel Ainscow’s keynote at DCU Centre for Inclusive Pedagogy launch. Thought provoking insights into inclusion in education @dcuioe.bsky.social @dublincityuni.bsky.social @aoifebren.bsky.social @fiona-king.bsky.social @inclusivepedagogy.bsky.social
ECER 2025, Belgrade. Learn about the Keynote Speakers (https://buff.ly/4gfs4uf) and find the Call for Proposals and how to submit to #ECER2025 (https://buff.ly/4gfOHhA). Submission deadline: 31 January
New paper at @pdiejournal.bsky.social In this paper, we discussed the informal learning experienced by school leaders in Brazil during the pandemic. This period provided an opportunity for principals to experience new ways of learning about and resolving issues of equity within their schools.
Experiencing is different to knowing: recognising the importance of principals’ informal professional learning in Brazil
Looking at opportunities for learning during moments of chaos and disequilibrium can lead to the understanding of contingency as a resource for learning. Internationally, the pandemic enabled new w...
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I am very excited about the launch of the DCU Centre for Inclusive Pedagogy on Monday, 27th January, @6pm - keynote by the eminent Prof Mel Ainscow. Please join us! Register here: tinyurl.com/ycy6d85n @dcuioe.bsky.social @dcuresearch.bsky.social Further details below:
Just published online - Relational coherence in middle leading for school-based professional development by Christine Edwards-Groves, Peter Grootenboer, Sharon Tindall-Ford & Catherine Attard. More information @ bit.ly/4a5VhW8
Relational coherence in middle leading for school-based professional development
Middle leadership is recognised as being critical in and for school-based professional development. Increasingly over the last decade, the nature, role, and practices of middle leaders in leading c...
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Call for Papers for a Special Issue on: Professional Development and Learning of Teachers Teaching Out-of-Field (OOF) In the first instance, we require a structured abstract of 500 words by 04/04/25 More information @ think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
Professional development and learning of teachers teaching out-of-field (OOF)
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