International Reading Association Award

Dr Bernadette Dwyer, Education Department, St Patrick's College was one of nine distinguished finalists honoured at the International Reading Association (IRA) 2011 Outstanding Dissertation of the Year Award ceremony. She is pictured here at the award ceremony, in Orlando, Florida, with Dr Patricia Edwards, President of IRA.

Prior to the award ceremony, Bernadette presented a well received poster session on her doctoral thesis entitled ‘Scaffolding Internet reading: A study of a disadvantaged school community in Ireland’. Bernadette’s doctoral thesis focussed on the development of an integrated inquiry-based curriculum which included cross curricular units that linked literacy, science, and the Internet. The study was conducted in a DEIS Band 1 school over a two year period with 3rd to 6th class struggling readers as they searched for information online. Bernadette completed her doctoral studies under the supervision of Professor Colin Harrison at the University of Nottingham, U.K.

 

 

 

Last Updated: Friday June 03 2011