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Richard Coady is an Assistant Head of Department within the Department of Education in the School of Education and Lifelong Learning. His managerial responsibilities are within the SETU Music School, working alongside the academic and administrative staff there in continuing the over forty year tradition of quality music education within SETU (Waterford). Additionally, he is the Programme Leader for the MA in Management in Education course working with future education leaders and managers.
Having completed a BA (Hons) in Music at the former WIT and a Masters in Education degree in TCD, Richard completed his doctoral studies in the Instiute of Education, DCU investigating teachers’ experiences of the National Children’s Choir programme. The research highlighted the impact of teachers’ previous experiences and values on their curriculum, while the study also uncovered the positive and problematic dimensions of participation in education for teachers, learners and policy makers. Richard is also a qualiifed primary school teacher having taught for eight years in a vertical primary school in Drumcondra.
His main research interests include arts education, assessment in education, teacher identity and learning, and fostering inclusion in education.
Research Interests
Research Outputs
(forthcoming), Curriculum Replacement through Participation: Contributions towards a future Irish Music Curriculum (Journal Article)
(2024), Singing for the Many? Conceptualising Participation as a Multi-Dimensional Construct (Paper Presentation), 36th ISME World Conference, Helsinki, Finland.
(2024), Teacher Traditions and Transformations: The centrality of teachers in the National Children's Choir, European Association of Music in Schools Conference, TU Dublin.
(2023), Opportunities and Challenges of Partnership in Primary Music Education (Paper), Society of Music Education of Ireland Conference, Trinity College Dublin.
(2023), Teacher Participation in the National Children’s Choir: Singing for the many? (Paper Presentation), SETU School of Education and Lifelong Learning Doctoral Research Seminar
(2022), Teacher Participation in the National Children's Choir: An Interpretive Study [PhD Thesis], Dublin City University.
(2021), Coady, R. & Nuinseann, M; The Challenges and Opportunities of Teaching Music During Covid-19 (Webinar Series) Teacher Education Series, Tralee Education Centre/Marino Institute of Education.
(2021), Teacher Identity within the National Children’s Choir (Paper Presentation), Society of Music Education of Ireland Conference, TU Dublin
(2021), The Qualitative Researcher (Paper Presentation), Institute of Education Research Conversations Series, DCU
(2021), Habitus, Capital and Context: Teachers’ Experience of the National Children’s Choir (Paper), ATEE: Research in Teacher Education Conference, Loránd University, Budapest.
(2011), How best to assess Junior Certificate Music? [Masters Thesis], Trinity College Dublin.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Doctor of Philosophy , Dublin City University
01 Sept 2018 → 31 Dec 2020
Award Date: 20 Dec 2022
Postgraduate Diploma, Higher Diploma in Education (Primary), Trinity College Dublin
2012 → 2013
Masters Degree, Master of Education , Trinity College Dublin
01 Sept 2011 → 01 Sept 2012
Bachelors Degree, BA in Music
01 Sept 2007 → 30 Jun 2011
Keywords
- M Music
- LB1501 Primary Education
- L Education (General)
- LB2361 Curriculum
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 4 Quality Education
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Teacher Participation in the National Children's Choir: An Interpretive Study
Coady, R., 01 May 2025Research output: Types of Thesis › Doctoral Thesis