Dr. John Walsh

Asst. Prof.
Higher Education
Trinity College Dublin
Ireland

Biography

Dr. John Walsh is a lecturer with the School of Education, specialising in higher education studies. He is co-ordinator of the Diploma/M.Ed strand in Teaching and Learning (Higher Education), which offers a third-level teaching qualification. Dr. Walsh is a member of the Cultures, Academic Values and Education research group. He was previously employed as a contract researcher with the Centre for Contemporary Irish History. John Walsh has lectured with the School of Education, the Department of History (TCD), Marino Institute of Education and CICE Rathmines. John Walsh was awarded a Ph.D in history of education in 2006. He also holds an M. Litt in the history of the Catholic Church.

Research Intrest

My research interests include higher education in Ireland; educational policy in a national and international context; the interaction between church and state in education and history of education in contemporary Ireland. My current interests include the impact of the Hunt report and the influence of international agencies on national educational policies.

List of Publications
The politics of educational expansion in, editor(s)Gary Murphy and Brian Girvin , The Lemass Era: Politics and Society in the Ireland of Seán Lemass, Dublin, UCD Press, 2005, pp146 - 165, [John Walsh]
John Walsh, Have the snakes come back?: The family and the defence of Catholic educational structures in Ireland (1957-1975), The History of the Family: An International Quarterly. Special Issue. Ireland: Church, State and Society 1900-1975, 13, (4), 2008, p416 - 425
Eamon de Valera, 1921-75 in, editor(s)Tom Dunne, John Coolahan, Maurice Manning, Gearóid O Tuathaigh , The National University of Ireland 1908-2008: Centenary Essays, Dublin, UCD Press, 2008, pp135 - 145
John Walsh, The Politics of Expansion: the transformation of educational policy in the Republic of Ireland, 1957-72
John Walsh, A quiet revolution - international influence, domestic elites and the transformation of higher technical education in Ireland 1959-72
Loxley, Andrew, Seery, Aidan, Walsh, John, Investment in Education and the tests of time, Irish Educational Studies, 33, (2), 2014, p173 - 191
john Walsh, The Hunt Report and higher education policy in the Republic of Ireland: an international solution to an Irish problem? , Studies in Higher Education, ID: 881350 DOI:10.10, (April 2014 (online)), 2014
rish Educational Studies, 33, 2, (2014), 119 - 222p, Walsh, J., McCoy, S., Seery, A., Conway, P., [eds.], Special issue
The Transformation of Higher Education in Ireland, 1945-80 in, editor(s)A. Loxley, A. Seery and J. Walsh, , Higher education in Ireland: practices, policies and possibilities, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, pp5 - 32
A Contemporary History of Irish Higher Education, 1980-2011 in, editor(s)A. Loxley, A. Seery and J. Walsh , Higher education in Ireland: practices, policies and possibilities,, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, pp33 - 54, [John Walsh]
Andrew Loxley, Aidan Seery and John Walsh (eds), Higher education in Ireland: practices, policies and possibilities, eds A. Loxley, A. Seery and J. Walsh, 1st, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, 1 - 256pp
Creating a Modern Educational System? International Influence, Domestic Elites and the transformation of the Irish Educational Sector, 1950-75 in, editor(s)Brendan Walsh , Essays in the History of Irish Education, London, Palgrave Macmillan , 2016, ppp.235 - p.266, [John Walsh]