PhD researcher

Email: B00123193@mytudublin.ie

Michaela has completed a B.Ed (Hons) in Early Childhood Teaching and Learning and a M.Ed from Maynooth University. Michaela's M.Ed dissertation examined the development of forest schools in Ireland . Michaela is an experienced early childhood professional and has worked in both Ireland and Germany, with a particular emphasis on teaching and learning in the natural environment. Michaela is also an experienced educator and has delivered nature pedagogy workshops for early childhood staff, lectured on the Early Childhood Care and Education degree programme at TU Dublin and currently working in the primary school sector 

Michaela’s research will chart, for the first time, the current practice of outdoor education in Irish primary schools. Specifically, the attitudes and opinions of primary school teachers as to the efficacy, the challenges and the best means of providing outdoor education in Irish primary education will be examined. In light of current environmental challenges, the need for research of this kind, cannot be underestimated. 

Michaela can be contacted at: B00123193@mytudublin.ie