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Dr Barbara McDade
General Information
Teaching Responsibilities
Undergraduate Courses
- Peacebuilding, Education and Social Justice
- Introduction to Education Studies
- Biblical Studies
- Philosophy of Religion and Ethics
- Christian Theology
Postgraduate Courses
- Young People, Community and Culture
External Interests / Community Service / Membership of Professional Bodies
- Board Member New Irish Arts
- Harvard Leadership Institute for Faith in Education, Design Team
- Member of ATE – Association of Teacher Educators, United States of America
- Member of NAFSA
Research Interests
- Emerging Generations
- Student Experience
- Study Abroad and Intercultural Learning
- Teaching and Christian Vocation
- Integration of Faith and Learning
- Educational Underachievement
Background
- Dean of Student Engagement and Leadership, Gordon College, MA.
- Director Youth and Children’s Department, Presbyterian Church in Ireland
- Chair Youth Link NI: Inter-church Youth Agency
- Secondary school teacher
Research & Scholarship
Journal Articles
- McMullen, J.D., Jones, S., Campbell, R., McLaughlin, J., McDade, B., O’Lynn, P., and Glen, C. (2020) ‘‘Sitting on a wobbly chair’: mental health and wellbeing among newcomer pupils in Northern Irish schools’, Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties, DOI: 10.1080/01629778.2020.1763095
Research Reports
- Purdy, N., Finn, P., McDade, B., Harris, J. and Winter, F. (2021) Loyalist and Republican Perspectives on Educational Underachievement in Northern Ireland. Belfast: Centre for Research in Educational Underachievement, Stranmillis University College.
Research Projects
- 2019-2022 Templeton Foundation Grant: Forgiveness Education in Schools
- 2019 YMCA Lisburn, MAP Mentoring Small Scale Study.
- 2018 Education Authority Children and Young Peoples’ Services – ‘The Mental Health Needs of Newcomer Children and Young People and the Role of the Youth Service’.
- 2018 Chinese Welfare Association, Classroom + Project – ‘Celebrating Diversity in the Classroom.
- 2017 Education Authority Review of Learning Together Programme – Youth Work in Schools.
- 2017 Uganda Student Teacher Project
Conference proceedings and papers
- McDade, B. (2019) ‘Teachers as Tsaddiqim’, Kuyers Christian Teaching and Learning Conference. Calvin University, 2-6 March. Grand Rapids: Kuyers Institute.
- McDade, B. (2019) ‘A Theology of Work and Youth Ministry, International Association for the Study of Youth Ministry Conference. Durham University, 2-6 March. Durham: St. John’s College, England.
- McDade, B. (2019) ‘Study Abroad and Intercultural Learning’, Association of Teacher Educators Annual Conference. Atlanta, 12-15 February.
