News Congratulations to Ciara McKevitt

Congratulations to Ciara McKevitt, who successfully defended her PhD, “Cultivating GRIT in Mathematics Teaching and Learning: An Education Design-Based Research Framework for Resilience, Anxiety and Gamified Learning for Post-Primary Mathematics Classrooms.”

The External Examiner was Associate Professor Sue Johnston-Wilder from the University of Warwick, and the Internal Examiner was Professor Tony Hall from the School of Education. Established Professor Michal Molcho served as Chair of the viva examination.

Caira is a graduate of the University’s BA in Mathematics and Education programme and teaches at Our Lady’s Secondary School, Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan. Her PhD was supervised by Professor Cornelia Connolly.