Colleges of Education Research Consortium Conference 2008 Froebel College of Education, Blackrock     Theme: Transitions in Education   Programme 9.30 Coffee and registration in the ground-floor atrium of St. Thomas’ building 10.00 Auditorium (503): Welcome to the conference by Marie McLoughlin, President of Froebel College of Education Introduction and overview of CERC by Dr Patricia Kennon, Froebel College of Education 10.15 Keynote address from Lucy Fallon-Byrne (National Centre for Partnership Performance) Learning in a knowledge society: Challenges and opportunities 11.15 Tea and coffee in the College canteen 11.45 Panel 1 in room 610: Chair: Gene Mehigan (Coláiste Mhuire, Marino) a) Mary Burke (St Patrick’s College of Education) Sink or swim? A transition phase which can make or break the new professional and, ultimately, the profession. b) Mary O’Kane (Dublin Institute of Technology) The transition from preschool to formal schooling in Ireland c) Lisa Coady & Sarah Grimson (Trinity College, Dublin) Accessing students’ transitions to third level   Panel 2 in room 514: Chair: Dr Jim Deegan (Mary Immaculate College) a) Finian O’Shea (The Church of Ireland College of Education) and Siobhan Cahillane-McGovern (St Patrick’s College of Education) Student teachers’ literacy lives: STeLL  project Phase 3 b) Dr Emer Smyth (Economic and Social Research Institute) The experiences of Junior Certificate students c) Carmel Lillis (Leadership Development for Schools) Improving my capacity as school leader through critical reflective practice 13.00 Lunch in the College canteen 14.00 Auditorium (503): Keynote address from Dr Paul Conway (University College Cork) Learning and developing across the teaching life cycle 15.00 Panel 1 in room 610: Chair: Brian Tubbert (Froebel College of Education) a) Dr Mark Morgan (St Patrick’s College of Education) Fostering teachers’ resilience: results from the Induction Project b) Clare Quigley Transitions from Senior Infants to 1st class c) Triona Cunnane (Talbot SNS, Clondalkin) Change and the challenge for teachers in intercultural education   Panel 2 in room 514: Chair: Dr Patricia Kennon (Froebel College of Education) a) Helen O’Sullivan (Trinity College, Dublin), Joan-Marie Healy and Siobhán Donnelly New beginnings in professional learning: from private and personal to public and collaborative b) Dr Michael O’Leary (St Patrick’s College of Education) Student teachers’ lives and transitions 16.15 Review of conference by Dr Jim Deegan and close of conference in the Auditorium (503)