Ruth Ferris
Biographic Data
| ID | 5906197 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ruth Ferris |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ruth |
| FAMILY NAME | Ferris |
| SIGNATURE | FERRIS R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University College Dublin |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2037-3715 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Communities of practice as ‘brave spaces’
This small-scale qualitative study explores the establishment and operation of communities of practice (CoPs) by six women teachers in schools in the areas of New Delhi, Chennai and Jehlum in India. The findings emerge from a larger research project on the professional development needs of women teachers in schools in India. Using the framework of ‘brave spaces’ the article examines the development of CoPs for the purpose of professional developm…
Digital poverty in a country that is digitally powerful
This paper examines leadership challenges in managing digital power and digital poverty, in the delivery of schooling during the Covid-19 emergency lockdown in India. The article suggests that although India is considered a global leader in digital technology, its primary and secondary school system suffers from digital poverty with associated tensions for school leadership.The paper explores the nature of teaching and learning in a selection of …
Passing the baton”
This article examines the historical backdrop to the involvement of teaching Sisters in convent schooling for girls in India and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, since the late nineteenth century. It then explores how, as a consequence of a range of social changes, leadership in convent schools has changed in both countries, across the twentieth century. The Irish Sisters who founded and established these schools commenced “passing the baton” of…
Professional learning and development needs of women teachers in the Republic of Pakistan
This article, emerging from a wider study on the professional development needs of women teachers working in Catholic convent schools in the Republic of Pakistan, explores the perspectives and experiences of school leaders and Principals who developed professional development programmes. This area, which has been under-researched in the professional development literature, addresses the complexities and contradictions that the glocalisation of pr…
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Professional learning and development needs of women teachers in the Republic of Pakistan
This article, emerging from a wider study on the professional development needs of women teachers working in Catholic convent schools in the Republic of Pakistan, explores the perspectives and experiences of school leaders and Principals who developed professional development programmes. This area, which has been under-researched in the professional development literature, addresses the complexities and contradictions that the glocalisation of pr…
Digital poverty in a country that is digitally powerful
This paper examines leadership challenges in managing digital power and digital poverty, in the delivery of schooling during the Covid-19 emergency lockdown in India. The article suggests that although India is considered a global leader in digital technology, its primary and secondary school system suffers from digital poverty with associated tensions for school leadership.The paper explores the nature of teaching and learning in a selection of …
Passing the baton”
This article examines the historical backdrop to the involvement of teaching Sisters in convent schooling for girls in India and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, since the late nineteenth century. It then explores how, as a consequence of a range of social changes, leadership in convent schools has changed in both countries, across the twentieth century. The Irish Sisters who founded and established these schools commenced “passing the baton” of…
Communities of practice as ‘brave spaces’
This small-scale qualitative study explores the establishment and operation of communities of practice (CoPs) by six women teachers in schools in the areas of New Delhi, Chennai and Jehlum in India. The findings emerge from a larger research project on the professional development needs of women teachers in schools in India. Using the framework of ‘brave spaces’ the article examines the development of CoPs for the purpose of professional developm…
Sociology (4 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Pedagogy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Religious Education and Schools (2 works) · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (2 works) · 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak (1 work) · Adult and Continuing Education Topics (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work) · Biology (1 work)