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Dr. Áine Cregan
Dr. Áine Cregan was a Fullbright Scholar in the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where she completed a doctoral program in Reading, Language and Learning Disabilities in 1989. She is a Senior Lecturer in English in the Faculty of Education. She was a consultant to the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) primary committee on English in the Revised Primary Curriculum, a member of the National Economic and Social Forum (NESF) committee |
on Child Literacy and Social Inclusion, and currently she is involved with the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment as an advisor on an Early Years and Primary Language Committee. Her research interests are in the areas of Oral Language development and Educational Disadvantage. She has recently secured funding awards from the Combat Poverty Agency and the Department of Education and Skills in Ireland to complete research on the challenges of oral language development in contexts designated as disadvantaged in Irish primary schools.
This research has led to the development of three reports:
2007 Cregan, A. From Difference to Disadvantage: ‘Talking Posh’. Sociolinguistic Perspectives on the Context of Schooling in Ireland. Research Working Paper Series, Combat Poverty Agency.
2008 Cregan, A. Sociolinguistic Perspectives on the Context of Schooling in Ireland: Parent Perspective. Research Working Paper Series, Combat Poverty Agency.
2010 Cregan, A. From Policy to Practice: The Oral Language Challenge for Teachers. Dublin: Department of Education and Skills.