Catherine O’Reilly
Biographic Data
| ID | 6285057 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Catherine O’Reilly |
| GIVEN NAMES | Catherine |
| FAMILY NAME | O’Reilly |
| SIGNATURE | O’REILLY C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Trinity College Dublin |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8304-0811 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Oral Storytelling and Emergent Critical Thinking in Early Childhood
In a time characterised by widespread misinformation and the increasing sophistication of artificial intelligence, the capacity to think critically has become a foundational educational priority. While critical thinking initiatives have largely focused on adolescents and adults, far less attention has been paid to how such dispositions can be nurtured in early childhood. This paper draws on design-based doctoral research conducted in two preschoo…
The storythinking programme
The Storythinking Programme, focusing on oral storytelling, was designed to investigate critical thinking skills and pedagogical practices to nurture these skills in preschool children. The aim of the study was twofold: (1) to clarify what type of skills preschool children use and (2) to explore those teaching practices that nurture these skills. One of the study’s central claims, examined from a sociocultural lens, is that children from age 3 be…
Environmental change, aquatic conditions, and household food security
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The storythinking programme
The Storythinking Programme, focusing on oral storytelling, was designed to investigate critical thinking skills and pedagogical practices to nurture these skills in preschool children. The aim of the study was twofold: (1) to clarify what type of skills preschool children use and (2) to explore those teaching practices that nurture these skills. One of the study’s central claims, examined from a sociocultural lens, is that children from age 3 be…
Environmental change, aquatic conditions, and household food security
Oral Storytelling and Emergent Critical Thinking in Early Childhood
In a time characterised by widespread misinformation and the increasing sophistication of artificial intelligence, the capacity to think critically has become a foundational educational priority. While critical thinking initiatives have largely focused on adolescents and adults, far less attention has been paid to how such dispositions can be nurtured in early childhood. This paper draws on design-based doctoral research conducted in two preschoo…
Critical thinking (2 works) · Early childhood education (2 works) · Education and Critical Thinking Development (2 works) · Agricultural risk and resilience (1 work) · Agriculture (1 work) · Biology (1 work) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (1 work) · Climate change (1 work) · Developmental psychology (1 work) · Dialogic (1 work)