Information for Advisory Panels
As part of TPJ, a number of advisory groups will be established to contribute to the project in an advisory capacity. These consultative groups will enable various stakeholders to share their knowledge and experiences vis-à-vis teachers’ education and professional journeys in order to inform the design and development of the TPJ. The role of these panels include providing stakeholder insight as the basis for informing study design implementation, advising on communications channels to support study participation and dissemination, and sense-checking emerging findings and discuss potential implications for policy and practice.
These advisory groups are as follows
- The Teacher Advisory Panel will involve teachers who have graduated from initial teacher education between 2018 and 2026 and advise the TPJ Study on various aspects of the study 2024-2030.
- The Stakeholder Advisory Panel will involve a range of teacher education stakeholders spanning teacher unions, school management bodies and national agencies and bodies and advise the TPJ Study on various aspects of the study 2024-2030.
- The Internal Advisory Panel will consist of academics and researchers in the partner organisations and will provide advice on project development and report draft review/feedback.
- The International Expert Advisory Panel will consist of academics who will provide advice and insights from similar research internationally.
Research Design
TPJ study is an accelerated longitudinal mixed-methods study focused on understanding the dynamics of teacher learning and development from the final year of initial teacher education (ITE) through the first nine years of teachers’ work within classrooms and schools in the context of the wider education system at primary, post primary and further education (FE) sectors in Ireland.
Ethics & Data Protection
The Teachers’ Professional Journeys study Research ethics approval is being undertaken via the UL Education and Health Sciences Research Ethics Committee. The study is compliant with the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that protects the personal data of student-teachers, teachers and school principals and other research participants that are involved in the study. The joint data controllers for TPJ are the Teaching Council and the Department of Education. The data processors in the study are UL, ESRI, and MIC.
Funders & Stakeholders
Funders
The Teachers’ Professional Journeys study is jointly funded by the Teaching Council and the Department of Education on behalf of the Government of Ireland.
