Tony Sweeney

Froebel Department of Primary and Early Childhood Education, ALL Institute
Gaeilge agus fáilte
Associate Professor
Biography
Tony qualified as a primary teacher from St. Patrick's College Drumcondra, and taught in St. Colmcille's NS, Knocklyon for many years. He was seconded to the PCSP and delivered in-service training in Physical Education nationally, before working as a cuiditheoir in PE & SPHE. Tony completed an M.Ed in Inclusive Physical Education in 2008 and has worked as a part-time lecturer in St. Patrick's College and Coláiste Mhuire, Marino before taking a full-time role in Froebel College of Education, Blackrock in 2008. He lectures in Physical Education and Digital Learning at the Froebel Department of Primary and Early Childhood Education, Maynooth University, and co ordinates the Curriculum, Methodology and Assessment modules for B.Ed and PMEd courses.
Current research projects:
VOTE-PE: Value Orientations of Teacher Educators in Physical Education: investigating beliefs, curricula, and programming in two jurisdictions
EPPEN Stakeholder Project
The Voice PE project - Including children's voice in decision making
‘Primary School Physical Education and School Sport: the roles and responsibilities of External Coaches' - Proposed project
Current research projects:
VOTE-PE: Value Orientations of Teacher Educators in Physical Education: investigating beliefs, curricula, and programming in two jurisdictions
EPPEN Stakeholder Project
The Voice PE project - Including children's voice in decision making
‘Primary School Physical Education and School Sport: the roles and responsibilities of External Coaches' - Proposed project
Book Chapter
Year | Publication | |
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2020 | Sweeney, T., Bowles, R., & Coulter, M. (2020) 'Shared Learning, Different Contexts: Understanding Teaching for Meaning in Pre-Service Physical Education Teacher Education' In: Textiles and Tapestries: Self-Study for Envisioning New Ways of Knowing. Online, BYU : EdTech Books. [Link] |
Peer Reviewed Journal
Year | Publication | |
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2018 | Dunn J.;Sweeney T. (2018) 'Writing and iPads in the early years: Perspectives from within the classroom'. British Journal of Educational Technology, . [DOI] [Full-Text] |
Conference Publication
Conference Contribution
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