Biography

Richard Egan is an Assistant Professor in Education and a member of the post-primary programme team in Hibernia College with responsibility for the three school placement modules. He is also the Academic Integrity Champion on the post-primary programme.

Richard has 20 years’ classroom experience as a teacher of History and Modern Foreign Languages (MFLs) and has been involved in teacher education since 2007 in areas such as:

· Student councils

· History

· MFL support as an associate with the Professional Development Service for Teachers (PDST)

He worked as a Junior Cycle (JC) Civic, Social and Political Education (CSPE) advising examiner with the State Examinations Commission (SEC) for many years.

Before joining Hibernia College full-time, he was a tutor with the adjunct faculty and worked in the areas of school placement and teaching methodologies on the post-primary programme.

Richard holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts in 20th-Century Irish History from University College Dublin (UCD) and a Higher Diploma in Education in History and Spanish from Maynooth University (MU). He also completed the Postgraduate Diploma in Innovative Teaching and Learning in MU in 2015 and the Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Leadership and Management as part of the Future Leaders programme in MU in 2020. His group research project focused on the effect of restorative practices on reducing negative behaviour in primary and post-primary schools.