by Deirdre McGillicuddy (Author)
Inviting readers on a journey of self-reflection, Educaring from the Heart offers an approach to education which places care, empathy, and compassion at the core of the educator's role.
Author Biography
Deirdre McGillicuddy is an Assistant Professor in Education at UCD School of Education, University College Dublin, Ireland. She is a Froebel trained primary school teacher and has 25 years' experience working in education and contributing to programmes preparing educators to work in early years settings, primary and secondary schools. Deirdre employs wellbeing practices at the heart of her own teaching/pedagogy for which she was awarded a UCD Teaching and Learning award (2020) and was a finalist in the ACEEU Triple E European Awards as Fast Forward Entrepreneurship Educator of the Year (2022).