Louise Lehane

Louise Lehane is a Lecturer in Education at St Angela's College in Sligo, Ireland. She is a qualified science teacher and completed both her undergraduate studies and her PhD in the University of Limerick, Ireland. She now specializes in teaching general and science-specific pedagogics. Her main research interests include Nature of Science, teacher PCK development, curriculum policy and change, the sociology of education, development education through a science teaching lens and self-efficacy development through the use of professional learning communities. She worked on the Chain Reaction project from 2013-2016.

Publications

Comparative Perspectives on Inquiry-Based Science Education
Comparative Perspectives on Inquiry-Based Science Education
Stuart Bevins, Louise Lehane, Josephine Booth. © 2019. 298 pages.
The core practice of professional scientists is inquiry, often referred to as research. If educators are to prepare students for a role in the professional scientific and...
Chain Reaction: The Irish Context
Chain Reaction: The Irish Context
John O'Reilly, Liam Guilfoyle, Louise Lehane. © 2019. 23 pages.
This chapter presents a case study of the experience of the Irish Chain Reaction (CR) team, which took place during a time of significant curriculum change in the lower secondary...
Reflections on Inquiry
Reflections on Inquiry
Stuart Bevins, Louise Lehane, Josephine Booth. © 2019. 14 pages.
This chapter provides concluding comments and reflections on the Chain Reaction project as well as inquiry approaches in general. The authors also include three reflective...