Dr. John Kubiak

teaching & Learning Officer
Education
Trinity College Dublin
Ireland

Biography

Dr John Kubiak lectures at the School of Education, TCD and is based in the Trinity Centre for People with Intellectual Disabilities. He is acting co-ordinator of the course entitled Arts, Science and Inclusive Applied Practice (ASIAP), an inclusive tertiary education programme for people with intellectual disabilities. John's doctoral research - which was conducted with the input of co-researchers with intellectual disabilities - has led to the development of a model of how people with intellectual disabilities experience learning while in tertiary education. John teaches on a variety of courses for the ASIAP, and supervises at post-graduate level on the School's M.Ed. and PME programmes. In 2012 John was a recipient of the prestigious Provost Teaching Award. In 2013, he was awarded a Post-doctorate research position and bursary with TCD's School of Education and is a member of the research group Inclusion in Education and Society

Research Intrest

Inclusion; inclusive research; Learning theory; Phenomenography

List of Publications
Kubiak, J., Using voice as a research approach , Inter University Symposium Journal, School of Education, Trinity College Dublin, 1, 2014, p11 - 18
Kubiak, J. , Researching Inclusively with College Students with Intellectual Disabilities , International Journal of Learner Diversity and Identities , 22, (3), 2015, p37 - 50
Kubiak, J. , How students with intellectual disablities experience learning in college, ESAI 40th Annual Conference , Maynooth University, 9th-11th April 2015
Experiencing Learning: Students with Intellectual Disabilities in Higher Education in Ireland in, editor(s)Rhonda G. Craven; Alex Morin; Philip Parker; Danielle Tracey , International Advances in Education: Global Initiatives for Equity and Social Justice , USA, Information Age Press, 2015, pp139 - 162
Kubiak, J. , Using Concept Mapping as a Learning Tool for College Students with an Intellectual Disability, The International Journal of Learning in Higher Education , 23, (2), 2016, p7 - 21
Facilitating collaborative reflection: researching with college students with intellectual disabilities in, editor(s)Adele Flood and Kathryn Coleman , Reflective Practice in Learning and Teaching, USA, Common Ground Publishing, 2016, pp270 - 296