Profile of Dr. John Lalor
Dr. John Lalor is a lecturer and research coordinator in the School of Education Studies at Dublin City University. John is Chair of the BSc in Education and Training and teaches at undergraduate level in the areas of Values, Identity and Intercultural Learning, Citizenship Education, Curriculum Evaluation and Research, Curriculum Design and Implementation, Research Methods and Teaching Practice. At post-graduate level his work involves the teaching and supervision of Masters students on the MSc in Education and Training, Leadership strand.
Recent research activity focussed on two thematic areas through EU funded research projects: Access and Inclusion in Education in national and European contexts Includ-Ed and Curriculum Assessment in Vocational Education settings Credivoc. John conducted his PhD studies in the area of Education in Culturally Diverse settings and is a member of the DCU Migration and Interculturalism Initiative. He has organised a number of national and international conferences, workshops and seminars in the area of Intercultural and Inclusive Education in DCU.
Other research activities include Citizenship & Identity in European contexts through the CiCe Network. John is a member of CiCe and is the DCU Institutional Coordinator for the CiCe Network. The 13th Annual CiCe conference was held in DCU in June 2011. Other research work focusses on Curriculum Development and Implementation, Curriculum Evaluation and Assessment in Vocational Training contexts, Social Disadvantage and Pluralism and Diversity.
He is a recipient of DCU's Teaching & Learning Award in 2005 & 2007. John has also conducted research for The Arts Council of Ireland and Dublin City Council Arts Office into Community Music practice in informal contexts. John has been involved in the design and provision of education courses for people with disabilities. John's background is in the Arts where he has acted at various times at consultancy, management, practitioner and research levels.
