DrSinéad Flannery

Behaviourist and constructivist theories frame Sinéad's instructional techniques as she selects strategies which promote critical thinking and knowledge construction based on new and previous knowledge and experience to ensure learners achieve the intended learning outcomes. Her choice of instructional strategy is based on the techniques ability to enhance and benefit student learning. Sinéad is a strong advocate of research led teaching and the promotion of critical thinking abilities and lifelong learning amongst her learners. She aims to ensure students achieve these skills by using constructivist instructional techniques in her lectures, while also incorporating both formative and summative assessment techniques to support learner development of these skills. Sinéad believes in an active, student-centred learning environment where she acts as a facilitator of knowledge exchange creating an accessible, flexible, and inclusive learning environment for all learners. Sinéad's areas of teaching are health, welfare and safety, agricultural education and behavioural science.