CERC Related Projects Teachers' Lives 1 (Mark Morgan, Karl Kitching & Michael O'Leary) This project has involved three phases to date. Phase 1: Diary (qualitative) reports on weekly job satisfaction and dissatisfaction, as well as quantitative measures of teacher self-efficacy, self-esteem and commitment to teaching. 3 weeks; 17 teachers between 2nd and 5th year teaching (summer term, 2005). Phase 2: Repeat of Phase 1 with 39 teachers, in the five weeks leading to Christmas 2005. Phase 3: Interviews with 4 teachers who completed the phase two diaries on emotion work and job satisfaction; May 2007; further interviews to be conducted in November/December 2007 with 10 other teachers.     Teachers' Lives 2 (Jim Deegan) A project about to begin entitled Bridging Teacherand Teacher Education for Diversity Across Schools, Colleges and Communities. This project is rooted in the conviction that teaching and teacher education are interrelated and irreducible phenomena (Cochran-Smith, 1995) and that ‘good teaching’ requires knowledge of both subject-matter and students (and the “contextual fabric in which they meet,” Larkin and Sleeter, 1995, p. 7).  The project goes beyond existing projects on diversity in scale and scope through a systemic investigation of race, culture and language diversity across the teaching and teacher education continuum. It will provide data on how existing provision, pedagogies and resources are meeting the challenges of diversity and yield meaningful and useful seminal findings relevant to policy and planning for initial, induction and in-career phases across schools, colleges and communities.     Student Teachers' Literacy Lives (Finian O'Shea & Siobhan McGovern) This cross continental study attempts to document the literacy histories and practices of student teachers in specific locations in Ireland the UK and in the USA. The project began in 2003with quantitative data being collected by way of questionnaire. Over the intervening years this data has been added to using one-on-one and group interviews.   Student Teacher Learning (Regina Murphy) Monthly data gathering (indepth interviews/focus group) with 12 B.Ed students in St Patrick’s College September 2005 until May 2008.     Characteristics of Teacher Educators (Gene Mehigan and Sean Delaney) Survey of all those involved in teacher education in Church of Ireland College of Education, Dublin; Coláiste Mhuire, Marino, Dublin; Froebel College of Education, Dublin; Mary Immaculate College, Limerick; and St Patrick’s College, Dublin.     Teachers’ Lives: Career choice, expectations and experiences. (Michael O'Leary, Mark Morgan,Karl Kitching) Survey of First Year B.Ed St Patrick’s College 2005; Survey of Second Year B.Ed St Patrick’s College 2006 Survey of First Year B.Ed St Patrick’s College 2006; Survey of Second Year B.Ed St Patrick’s College 2007 Survey of Third Year B.Ed St Patrick’s College 2008; Survey of Third Year B.Ed St Patrick’s College 2009     National survey investigating teachers' interest and suggestions vis-a-vis a professional journal of teaching. (John O’Flynn) A pilot project is currently underway in schools. The roll out the full survey will be organised for early 2008.