Dr Eileen C. Winter
Director of Academic Programmes
Institute of Child Education and Psychology Europe
Eileen has a wealth of experience in Inclusion and Special Educational Needs in N. Ireland, Ireland and Canada. She has many years experience in a range of roles within mainstream and special education.
Eileen’s main research focus is in special and additional needs and inclusion. She has recently completed a number of major funded research projects and she has a long standing record of collaborative research.
Recent publications
Winter, E.C., Walsh, S., McCabe, M., Wideman, R. (2010). Reflection in teacher education:The road to effective teaching. International Journal of Whole Schooling. (tba).
Rose, R., Shevlin, M., Winter, E, & O’Raw, P. (2010) Special and inclusive education in the Republic of Ireland: reviewing the literature from 2000 to 2009. European Journal of Special Needs Education, 25 (4), 357–371.
Gray, C., & Winter, E.C. (2010). Hearing Voices: Participatory research with pre-school children with and without disabilities.
The European Early Childhood Education Research Journal. (tba)
McGhie Richmond, D., & Winter, E.C. (2010). Considerations for effective collaborative practice: A reflection on the use of case studies in on-line teacher education learning spaces. In F. Pozzi, & D. Persico, (Eds.). Techniques for fostering collaboration in online learning communities: Theoretical and practical perspectives.
(Ch. 8).Hershey, Pennsylvania: IGI Global.
Gray, C., & Winter, E.C. (2010). Ethics, Participatory Research & Children with a Disability. In D.Harcourt, B. Perry & T.Waller (Eds). Young children’s perspectives: Ethics, theory and research. London: Routledge.
McCabe, M., Walsh, S., Wideman, R., & Winter, E. C. (2009). The ‘R’ Word in Teacher Education: Understanding the Teaching and Learning of Critical Reflective Practice. International Electronic Journal for Leadership in Learning, 13 (7)
