Kelly, MaryLynam, AoifeBurns, SeanPriestley, LauraFrost, ClionaDunne, KarenGlynn, MariaHayes, RachelÓ Cualáin, ColmLawlor, AideenCunningham, BarryBurke, ClodaghBreslin, Caitriona2022-03-092022-03-09http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13012/34The introduction of a research component to initial teacher education(ITE)by the Teaching Council was a welcome enhancement to the Professional Master of Educationin Primary Education(PMEP) programme at Hibernia College. Here at Hibernia College, we recognise that conducting research in an educational setting is an important aspect of every educator’s professional life in order to improve pedagogy and school practice. Conducting small-scale research in schools can have a profoundly positive impact on student teachers, pupils and the participating school and staff. On our programme, students complete a 10,000-worddissertation,which forms 10 credits of the assessment of the “Advanced School Experience: Using Evidence-Based Research to Inform Professional Practice “module. Student teachers choose a research topic from four different theme areas: (1) Teaching, learning and Assessment,(2) ICT,(3) Psychological and Sociological and (4) Inclusion and Differentiation. The purpose of the research module is to enable students to work independently and demonstrate the ability to plan, implement and evaluate an empirical investigation that integrates concepts, theories, knowledge and skills central to the curriculum on their programme of study. As well as being supported by the Head of Research throughout this module, students are also assigned a research supervisor, whose role is to provide a support framework and critical analysis of their work as it develops. This publication provides an overview of the research of some of our PMEP student teachers from the September 2014 cohort. These students were the first group to complete the research module as part of our programme. For many of our students, this was the first research project they had ever completed, and we are delighted to disseminate their work to highlight excellent examples of student research being undertaken on our PMEP programme.enstudent dissertationsprimary educationresearchstudent teachersBook