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Anne Fitzpatrick

Anne FitzpatrickB.Soc. Sc., M.Soc. Sc., C.Q.S.W., Dip. Montessori

Lecturer in Early Childhood Education

Teaching areas

Professional Practice in the Early Years; Child Protection; Working with Families in Early Years Services; supervision of professional practice placements and research projects. (BA Early Childhood Education).

Perspectives on Family and Community; Contemporary Issues in Early education (MA Child, Family and Community Studies).

Professional experience

Eleven years experience in a variety of child and family services both as a social worker and as an early years practitioner.

Current research interests

Partnership between early years practitioners and families in early years services.

Professional development of early years practitioners.

Research supervision

Projects completed:

“Diversity Education of Early Years Students in the Dublin Institute of Technology” Miranda Cooke, M.Phil. (2001).

“Parents as Partners in Early Years Services in Ireland : An Exploratory Study” Shirley Martin, M.Phil. (2003).

Current projects:

“Practitioners’ Understandings of Parent Involvement in Early Years Services: An Exploratory Study”         

Maria McDermott, M.Phil. candidate (submitted March 2010)

“Training to Work in Partnership with Parents in Early Years Services”

Tara Lehane, M. Phil. candidate (due for completion in 2010)

Additional activities

External Examiner of BA Early Childhood Care and Education, Cork Institute of Technology (2006-09)

Member of Programmatic Review Panel of the School of Business and Humanities, Carlow Institute of Technology (2006)

Member of HETAC Validation Panel of BA Early Childhood Care and Education, Cork Institute of Technology (2005).

External Examiner of BA Early Childhood Care and Education, Institute of Technology Carlow (2008-10)

Member of the Consultative Committee of the Centre for Early Childhood Development and Education (CECDE) (2004-08).

Community Involvement

Member of St. Mary’s Nursery Executive Board, St. Vincent’s Trust, Dublin (2002-present).

Co-ordinated a “Students Learning with Communities” project to produce a book to celebrate 21 years of Home-Start ( Ireland ) in Blanchardstown.

 “Tea and Friends - Home-Start Blanchardstown-Celebrating 21 Years of Service” (2009).

Awards

Boston College two-week fellowship on the Very Early Childhood Education Program, USA (2006).

Fulbright scholarship (four months) in USA , 1983.

Council of Europe study trips to Sweden (1986) and Denmark (1992).

Contact

Tel: +353 1 402 4203

E-mail: anne.fitzpatrick@dit.ie