Dr Colette Murphy
BSc, MSc(Ed), MEd, PhD, ILTM
Senior Lecturer
Room 103
69/71 University Street
School of Education
Queen's University Belfast
Tel +44 (0)28 9097 5953
Fax +44 (0)28 9097 5066
Email c.a.murphy@qub.ac.uk
Teaching
PGCE Science / Biology
PGCE Learning Theory
Master’s modules / part modules: Issues in Science Education; Cognitive Psychology; Evaluation of ICT in Learning and Teaching
Research/Scholarship
Research/Scholarship Interests
Vygotsky: life and work; coteaching and cogenerative dialogue; science education. Please contact me if interested in PhD research in these areas.
Research/Scholarship Projects
Improving Primary Science (several projects 2002-2008): AstraZeneca Science Teaching Trust (£250,000)
Primary Horizons: (2005) Wellcome Trust (£45,000)
Student Teachers’ Perceptions and Experiences of History, Geography and Science: An All-Ireland Survey (2005-2008): SCoTENS (£25,000)
Some Recent Journal Publications
Murphy, C., Carlisle, K and Beggs, J (2008, December) Can they go it alone? Addressing criticisms of coteaching. Cultural Studies in Science Education
Scantlebury, K. and Murphy, C. (2008, December) Maria Edgeworth: Nineteenth century Irish female pioneer of science education. Irish Educational Studies
Murphy, C and Carlisle, K (2008) Situating relational ontology and transformative activist stance within the ‘everyday’ practice of coteaching and cogenerative dialogue. Cultural Studies in Science Education, 3: 493-506
Murphy, C., Neil, P. and Beggs, J (2007) Primary science teacher confidence revisited: 10 years on. Educational Research 49 (4): 415-430
Murphy, C., and Kilfeather, P., and Murphy, C (2007) An exploration of issues surrounding teaching the nature of science to pre-service primary school teachers. Irish Educational Studies, Vol 26, No 1: 27-38
Waldron, F., Pike, S., Varley, J., Greenwood, R., Murphy, C and Murphy, C (2007) Student teachers’ prior experiences of history, geography and science: Initial findings of an all-Ireland survey. Irish Educational Studies, Vol 26, No 2: 177-194
Greenwood, J.G., Greenwood, J.D., McCullagh, J.F., Beggs, J. and Murphy, C. (2007) A survey of sidedness in Northern Irish schoolchildren: the interaction of sex, age and task. Laterality, 12 (1) 1-18
Murphy, C, Ambusaidi, A and Beggs, J (2006) Middle East meets West: comparing children’s attitudes to science, International Journal of Science Education 28 (4) 405-422
Murphy, C and Beggs, J (2006) Co-teaching as an Approach to Enhance Science Learning and Teaching in Primary Schools. The Science Education Review, 5(2) 63.1 – 63.10
Murphy, C & Beggs, J (2006) Addressing Ethical Dilemmas in Implementing Coteaching Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research [On-line Journal], 7(4), Art. 20. Available at: http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/4-06/06-4-20-e.htm PDF
Kerr, K., Beggs, J. and Murphy, C (2006) Comparing children’s and student teachers’ ideas about science concepts. Irish Educational Studies, 25 (3) 289-302
Hickey, I, Murphy, C. Beggs, J. Carlisle, K (2005) Murder in the Classroom Primary Science Review 90, 6-8
Murphy, C., Beggs, J. and Carlisle, K. (2004) Students as ‘catalysts’ in the classroom: the impact of co-teaching between science student teachers and primary classroom teachers on children’s enjoyment and learning of science. International Journal of Science Education . 26 (8) pp. 1023-1035
Galanouli, D, Murphy, C. and Gardner, J. (2004) Teachers' perceptions of the effectiveness of ICT-competence training. Computers and Education 43 63-79
Equality Awareness in Teacher Education and Training in Northern Ireland / Summary Report / March 2004
Murphy, C and Beggs J (2003) Primary pupils’ and teachers’ use of computers at home and school. British Journal of Educational Technology 34, 1, 79-85
Murphy, C and Beggs, J (2003) Children’s perceptions of school science. School Science Review 84 (308) 109-116
Murphy, C and Beggs, J (2002) Ten years of compulsory science: a study of children’s attitudes. Irish Educational Studies 21(2) 13-24
Murphy, C., Beggs, J., Hickey, I., O’Meara, J. and Sweeney, J. (2001) National Curriculum: Compulsory school science – is it improving scientific literacy? Educational Research 43, 2 , 189-199
Murphy, C and Greenwood, L (1998) Effective Integration of Communication and Information Technology in Teacher Education. Journal of Information Technology in Teacher Education, 7 (3) 413-429
New Methodologies for preparing science and maths teachers / Colette Murphy, Queen’s University and Jim Beggs, St Mary’s College, Belfast
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Visit in Taiwan 2006 Feb.13-14
Visit in Taiwan 2006 Feb.13-14科學師資專業知能發展國際學術研討會(花蓮場次) 【國際學者專題演講】
主講人：Masakazu Goto （National Institute for Educational Policy Research, Japan） 講 題：A Science Teacher's Journey to Research and Teachers' Education
主講人：Stephen M. Ritchie （Queensland University of Technology Australia） 講 題：Transitional Encounters for Pre-service Science Teachers
主講人：Colette Murphy （Queen’s University Belfast） 講 題：Computer-Conferencing In Coteaching
主講人：Kenneth Tobin （The Graduate Center of CUNY）講 題：Uses Of Co-Generative Dialogue To Create Socially And Culturally Adaptive Classrooms And Distributed Responsibility For Teaching And Learning
2007 科學教師之路-由實習輔導到專業成長 / 郭重吉主編；C. Murphy、五島政一、王美芬等著（譯） / 出版日期：2007/05/22 / ISBN：9789861910246 / 頁數：392 / 心理出版社
第三部分 展望與規劃
第十二章 視訊會議在共同教學上的應用Colette Murphy著／古智雄譯／郭重吉、譚寧君審稿
