Professor James Conroy
- Professor of Religious and Philosophical Education (Educational Leadership & Policy)
telephone:
01413307375
email:
James.Conroy@glasgow.ac.uk
Room 375d, St. Andrews Building, 11 Eldon Street, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G3 6NH
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9311-8056Publications
2024
Anderson, S. and Conroy, J. (2024) The Role of Professional Judgement in Teacher Evaluation in an Era of De-Professionalization. Comparative and International Education Society Conference (CIES 2024), Miami, Florida, USA, 10-14 Mar 2024.
2023
Conroy, J. C. (2023) Paul Hirst as a liminal figure and modernising moralist. Journal of Philosophy of Education, 57(1), pp. 353-368. (doi: 10.1093/jopedu/qhad006)
2022
Peters, M. A. et al. (2022) Reimagining the new pedagogical possibilities for universities post-Covid-19. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 54(6), pp. 717-760. (doi: 10.1080/00131857.2020.1777655)
2021
Conroy, J. C. (2021) Chaos or coherence: future directions for moral education. Journal of Moral Education, 50(1), pp. 1-12. (doi: 10.1080/03057240.2020.1830578)
2020
Davis, R. A. , Conroy, J. C. and Clague, J. (2020) Schools as factories: the limits of a metaphor. Journal of Philosophy of Education, 54(5), pp. 1471-1488. (doi: 10.1111/1467-9752.12525)
Conroy, J. (2020) Caught in the middle: Arendt, childhood and responsibility. Journal of Philosophy of Education, 54(1), pp. 23-42. (doi: 10.1111/1467-9752.12367)
2018
Conroy, J. (2018) Nested identity and religious education: some methodological considerations. In: Schweitzer, F. and Boschki, R. (eds.) Researching Religious Education: Classroom Processes and Outcomes. Series: Berufsorientierte Religionspedagogik (12). Waxmann Verlag: Germany, pp. 23-42. ISBN 9783830987192
2017
Conroy, J. C. and Smith, R. D. (2017) The ethics of research excellence. Journal of Philosophy of Education, 51(4), pp. 693-708. (doi: 10.1111/1467-9752.12249)
Conroy, J. (2017) El Brexit y alteridad: una modesta relexón asistemática. In: Ibanez-Martin, J. A. and Fuentes, J. (eds.) Educación y capacidades: hacia un nuevo enfoque del desarrollo humano. Dykinson: Madrid, pp. 41-52. ISBN 9788491482024
2016
Conroy, J. C. (2016) Religiöse Bildung und religiöse Literacy – eine professionelle Aspiration? Zeitschrift für Pädagogik und Theologie, 68(2), (doi: 10.1515/zpt-2016-0020)
Conroy, J. C. (2016) Religious Education and religious literacy – a professional aspiration? British Journal of Religious Education, 38(2), pp. 163-176. (doi: 10.1080/01416200.2016.1139891)
Franchi, L. , Conroy, J. and McKinney, S. (2016) Religious education. In: Wyse, D., Hayward, L. and Pandya, J.Z. (eds.) The SAGE Handbook of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment. SAGE. ISBN 9781446297025
McKinney, S. J. and Conroy, J. C. (2016) The continued existence of state-funded schools in Scotland. In: Maussen, M., Vermeulen, F., Merry, M. and Bader, V. (eds.) Religious Schools in Europe: Institutional Opportunities and Contemporary Challenges. Routledge: London. ISBN 9781138888487
2015
Conroy, J.C. , Lundie, D. , Davis, R.A. , Baumfield, V., Barnes, L.P., Gallagher, T., Lowden, K. , Bourque, N. and Wenell, K. (2015) Does Religious Education Work? A Multi-dimensional Investigation [New Paperback Edition with Corrections]. Bloomsbury: London. ISBN 9781474234658
Barg, K. and Conroy, J. (2015) Does Character Education Work? - A study of a pedagogical intervention in Scottish secondary schools. In: 3rd Annual Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues Conference, Oriel College, Oxford University, 8-10 Jan 2015,
Conroy, J. (2015) Religious illiteracy in school Religious Education. In: Dinham, A. and Francis, M. (eds.) Religious Literacy in Policy and Practice. Policy Press. ISBN 9781447316657 (doi: 10.1332/policypress/9781447316657.003.0009)
Conroy, J. C. , Davis, R. A. and Enslin, P. (2015) Philosophy as a basis for policy and practice: what confidence can we have in philosophical analysis and argument? In: Smith, R. (ed.) Philosophy of Education II. Series: Major themes in education, 4. Routledge: London. ISBN 9780415830133
Leitch, R. M. and Conroy, J. C. (2015) Masks as methodology and the phenomenological turn: issues of interpretation. In: Smeyers, P., Bridges, D., Burbules, N. C. and Griffiths, M. (eds.) International Handbook of Interpretation in Educational Research. Series: Springer international handbooks of education. Springer: Dordrecht, pp. 1553-1550. ISBN 9789401792813 (doi: 10.1007/978-94-017-9282-0_75)
Lundie, D. and Conroy, J. (2015) ‘Respect Study’ the treatment of religious difference and otherness: an ethnographic investigation in UK schools. Journal of Intercultural Studies, 36(3), pp. 274-290. (doi: 10.1080/07256868.2015.1029886)
McKinney, S. J. and Conroy, J. C. (2015) The continued existence of state-funded Catholic schools in Scotland. Comparative Education, 51(1), pp. 105-117. (doi: 10.1080/03050068.2014.935579)
McLean Davies, L., Dickson, B. , Rickards, F., Dinham, S., Conroy, J. and Davis, R. (2015) Teaching as a clinical profession: translational practices in initial teacher education – an international perspective. Journal of Education for Teaching, 41(5), pp. 514-528. (doi: 10.1080/02607476.2015.1105537)
2014
Conroy, J. , Donaldson, G. and Menter, I. (2014) Work-based learning in teacher education: a Scottish perspective. In: McNamara, O., Murray, J. and Jones, M. (eds.) Work-based Learning in Teacher Education: international practice and policy. Series: Professional learning and development in schools and higher education (10). Springer, pp. 207-219. ISBN 9789400778252 (doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-7826-9_12)
Conroy, J. C. (2014) Religious education at schools in Scotland. In: Rothgangel, M., Jackson, R. and Jäggle, M. (eds.) Religious Education at Schools in Europe: Part 2: Western Europe. Series: Vienna Forum for Theology and the Study of Religions. Vienna University Press: Vienna, pp. 233-260. ISBN 9783847102687
2013
Conroy, J. , Hulme, M. and Menter, I. (2013) Developing a 'clinical' model for teacher education. Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 39(5), pp. 557-573. (doi: 10.1080/02607476.2013.836339)
Conroy, J. C. and Muscatelli, A. (2013) The future of Scottish higher education. In: Bryce, T.G.K., Hulmes, W.M., Gillies, D. and Kennedy, A. (eds.) Scottish Education. 4th Edition. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh, pp. 1034-1044. ISBN 9780748645824
2012
Baumfield, V.M., Conroy, J. , Davis, R. and Lundie, D. (2012) The Delphi method: gathering expert opinion in religious education. British Journal of Religious Education, 34(1), pp. 5-19. (doi: 10.1080/01416200.2011.614740)
Conroy, J. C. , Lundie, D. and Baumfield, V. (2012) Failures of meaning in religious education. Journal of Beliefs and Values, 33(3), pp. 309-323. (doi: 10.1080/13617672.2012.732812)
Lundie, D. and Conroy, J. C. (2012) Seeing and seeing through: forum theatre approaches to ethnographic evidence. Journal of Beliefs and Values, 33(3), pp. 329-342. (doi: 10.1080/13617672.2012.732814)
2011
Conroy, J. (2011) On not abandoning the marriage of theory and practice: a reply to Volker Kraft. European Educational Research Journal, 10(3), pp. 389-392.
Hulme, M., Conroy, J. and Menter, I. (2011) Creativity in Scottish school curriculum and pedagogy. In: Sefton-Green, J., Thomson, P., Jones, K. and Bresler, L. (eds.) Routledge International Handbook of Creative Learning. Series: Routledge international handbooks of education. Routledge: London, UK, pp. 438-447. ISBN 9780415548892
2010
Conroy, J. and Davis, R. (2010) Religious Education. In: The SAGE Handbook of Philosophy of Education. sage: London, pp. 451-467. ISBN 9781847874672
Conroy, J. (2010) Can we teach morality? In: Bailey, R. (ed.) The Philosophy of Education: An introduction. Continuum: London, pp. 60-73. ISBN 9781847060198
Conroy, J. (2010) The state, parenting, and the populist energies of anxiety. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 60(3), pp. 325-340. (doi: 10.1111/j.1741-5446.2010.00361.x)
Conroy, J.C. (2010) Citizenship education and the role of home, school and government. In: Educating Youth for Citizenship: East and West, Beijing, China, 4-6 Jan 2010,
Conroy, J.C. and McKinney, S.J. (2010) Religious and spiritual education. In: Baker, E., McGaw, B. and Peterson, P. (eds.) International Encyclopedia of Education. Elsevier: London, pp. 189-193. ISBN 9780080448947 (doi: 10.1016/B978-0-08-044894-7.00593-5)
Conroy, J. C. (2010) Religious schooling and the formation of character. In: Alexander, H. A. and Agbaria, A. K. (eds.) Commitment, Character, and Citizenship: Religious Education in Liberal Democracy. Series: Routledge research in education. Routledge: London, pp. 84-95. ISBN 9780415879743
2009
Conroy, J. and Gallagher, T. (2009) Debate 2: Should the liberal state support religious schooling? In: Arthur, J. and Davies, I. (eds.) The Routledge Education Studies Textbook. Routledge: London, pp. 81-92. ISBN 978 0 415 47955 4
Conroy, J.C. (2009) The estranged self: recovering some grounds for pluralism. Journal of Moral Education, 38(2), pp. 145-164. (doi: 10.1080/03057240902792678)
Conroy, J.C. , Davis, R.A. and Enslin, P. (2009) Philosophy as a Basis for Policy and Practice: What Confidence Can We Have in Philosophical Analysis and Argument. In: Bridges, D., Smeyers, P. and Smith, R. (eds.) Evidence based policy: What evidence? What basis? Whose policy? Blackwell: Oxford, pp. 157-175. (doi: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=e6mvsA5vYY0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Evidence+based+policy+What+evidence%3F+What+basis%3F+Whose+policy%3F&ei=jrK8Svm3H434Nanr0fIP#v=onepage&q=&f=false)
Conroy, J.C. and Gallagher, T. (2009) Should the Liberal State support religious schooling? In: Arthur, J. and Davies, I. (eds.) The Routledge Education Studies Textbook. Routledge: London, pp. 81-92.
Conroy, J.C. , Hulme, M. and Menter, I. (2009) Primary curriculum futures. In: Alexander, R. (ed.) The Cambridge Primary Review Research Surveys. Routledge: London, UK. ISBN 9780415548694
Conroy, J.C. and Ruyter, D.J. (2009) Contest, contradiction, and security: the moral possibilities of liminal education. Journal of Educational Change, 10(1), pp. 1-12. (doi: 10.1007/s10833-008-9072-z)
2008
Conroy, J., Davis, R. and Enslin, P. (2008) Philosophy as a Basis for Policy and Practice: What Confidence Can We Have in Philosophical Analysis and Argument? Journal of Philosophy of Education, 42(S1), pp. 165-182. (doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9752.2008.00631.x)
Conroy, J. (2008) Philosophy, wisdom and reading great books. In: Hand, M. and Winstanley, C. (eds.) Philosophy in Schools. Series: Continuum studies in research in education. Continuum: London, pp. 145-157. ISBN 9780826497277
Conroy, J. (2008) Sectarianism and Scottish Education. In: Bryce, T. and Humes, W. (eds.) Scottish Education. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh. ISBN 978 0 7486 2593 2
Conroy, J. (2008) Sectarianism in Scottish education. In: Bryce, T. and Humes, W. (eds.) Scottish Education: Beyond Devolution. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh. ISBN 9780748625932
Conroy, J. and Davis, R. (2008) Citizenship, education and the claims of religious literacy. In: Peters, M., Britton, A. and Blee, H. (eds.) Global Citizenship Education: Philosophy, Theory and Pedagogy. Sense: Rotterdam, pp. 187-203. ISBN 9789087903732
Conroy, J. , Hulme, M. and Menter, I. (2008) Primary Curriculum Futures. Project Report. University of Cambridge Faculty of Education, Cambridge, UK.
Conroy, J.C. (2008) Parent education. In: Power, F.C., Nuzzi, R.J., Narvaez, D., Lapsley, D.K. and Hunt, T.C. (eds.) Moral Education: A Handbook (M-Z). Praeger: Westport, CT, USA, pp. 326-328. ISBN 9780313346484
Conroy, J.C. (2008) Parental rights. In: Power, F.C., Nuzzi, R.J., Narvaez, D., Lapsley, D.K. and Hunt, T.C. (eds.) Moral Education: A Handbook (M-Z). Praeger: Westport, CT, USA, pp. 328-330. ISBN 9780313346484
Conroy, J.C. and McKinney, S.J. (2008) On Religious Education. In: Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Philosophy of Education. Blackwell.
Honerod Hoevid, M. and Conroy, J. (2008) Research in teacher education: an introduction. European Educational Research Journal, 7(4), pp. 451-458. (doi: 10.2304/eerj.2008.7.4.451)
2007
Conroy, J. and McGrath, M. (2007) Secularisation and Catholic Education in Scotland. In: Grace, G.R. and O'Keefe, J. (eds.) International Handbook of Catholic Education: Challenges for School Systems in the 21st Century. Springer: Dordrecht, pp. 385-403. ISBN 9781402048043
McKinney, S. and Conroy, J. (2007) Religious education in Scotland. In: Kuyk, E., Jensen, R., Lankshear, D., Loh Mnna, E. and Schreiner, P. (eds.) Religious Education in Europe: Situation and Current Trends in Schools. IKO - Publishing House: Oslo, Norway, pp. 223-229. ISBN 9788271127930
2006
Conroy, J. (2006) Recovering the stranger in religion and education. In: Miedema, S., Bertram-Troost, G. and Avest, I.T. (eds.) Levensbeschouwelijk Leren Samenleven: Opvoeding, Identiteit en Ontmoeting. Series: Religieus pluralisme en multiculturaliteit (7). Meinema: Zoetermeer, The Netherlands, pp. 53-68. ISBN 9789021141213
Conroy, J. (2006) Strangers Meeting in a World of Difference: An Educational Perspective. Catholic Institute of Education: Johannesburg, South Africa. ISBN 1919881433
2005
Conroy, J. (2005) After Auschwitz: medical research and ethical theory. Summons(Spring),
Conroy, J. (2005) Kieran Egan - Getting it Wrong from the Beginning: Our Progressivist Inheritance from Herbert Spencer, John Dewey and Jean Piaget. Theory and Research in Education, 3(3), pp. 371-374. (doi: 10.1177/1477878505057439)[Book Review]
2004
Conroy, J.C. (2004) Betwixt and Between: The Liminal Imagination, Education, and Democracy. Series: Counterpoints (New York, N.Y.), 265. Peter Lang: New York, NY, USA. ISBN 9780820469140
2003
de Ruyter, D. J., Conroy, J. C. , Lappin, M. and McKinney, S. (2003) Ideals of ITE students at the University of Glasgow. Teaching and Teacher Education, 19(8), pp. 771-785. (doi: 10.1016/j.tate.2003.03.003)
Conroy, J. (2003) Religious and moral education in the primary school. In: Bryce, T.G.K. and Humes, W.M. (eds.) Scottish Education: Post-Devolution. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh, pp. 388-392. ISBN 9780748616251
Conroy, J. (2003) What rough beast...? On reading Arendt after the twin towers. In: Peters, M., Lankshear, C. and Olssen, M. (eds.) Critical Theory and the Human Condition: Founders and Praxis. Series: Counterpoints (New York, N.Y.) (168). Peter Lang: New York, NY, USA, pp. 84-100. ISBN 9780820451688
Conroy, J. (2003) 'Yet I Live Here ...'. A reply to Bruce on Catholic education in Scotland. Oxford Review of Education, 29(3), pp. 403-412. (doi: 10.1080/03054980307441)
Conroy, J.C. (2003) Contestation and Liminality in Education for Liberal Democracy. Vrije Universiteit: Amsterdam.
de Ruyter, D., Conroy, J. , McKinney, S. and Lappin, M.F. (2003) From Heaven to Earth: comparison of ideals of ITE students. British Journal of Religious Education, 25(4), pp. 292-307. (doi: 10.1080/0141620030250404)
2002
Conroy, J. (2002) Catholic education in Scotland. In: Hayes, M.A. and Gearon, L. (eds.) Contemporary Catholic Education. Gracewing: Leominster, Herefordshire, UK, pp. 17-35. ISBN 9780852445280
Davis, R. and Conroy, J. (2002) Transgression, transformation and enlightenment: the trickster as poet and teacher. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 34(3), pp. 255-272. (doi: 10.1111/j.1469-5812.2002.tb00303.x)
De Ruyter, D. and Conroy, J. (2002) The formation of identity: the importance of ideals. Oxford Review of Education, 28(4), pp. 509-522. (doi: 10.1080/0305498022000013643)
2001
Conroy, J. (2001) A very Scottish affair - Catholic education and the state. Oxford Review of Education, 27(4), pp. 543-558. (doi: 10.1080/03054980120086239)
Articles
Conroy, J. C. (2023) Paul Hirst as a liminal figure and modernising moralist. Journal of Philosophy of Education, 57(1), pp. 353-368. (doi: 10.1093/jopedu/qhad006)
Peters, M. A. et al. (2022) Reimagining the new pedagogical possibilities for universities post-Covid-19. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 54(6), pp. 717-760. (doi: 10.1080/00131857.2020.1777655)
Conroy, J. C. (2021) Chaos or coherence: future directions for moral education. Journal of Moral Education, 50(1), pp. 1-12. (doi: 10.1080/03057240.2020.1830578)
Davis, R. A. , Conroy, J. C. and Clague, J. (2020) Schools as factories: the limits of a metaphor. Journal of Philosophy of Education, 54(5), pp. 1471-1488. (doi: 10.1111/1467-9752.12525)
Conroy, J. (2020) Caught in the middle: Arendt, childhood and responsibility. Journal of Philosophy of Education, 54(1), pp. 23-42. (doi: 10.1111/1467-9752.12367)
Conroy, J. C. and Smith, R. D. (2017) The ethics of research excellence. Journal of Philosophy of Education, 51(4), pp. 693-708. (doi: 10.1111/1467-9752.12249)
Conroy, J. C. (2016) Religiöse Bildung und religiöse Literacy – eine professionelle Aspiration? Zeitschrift für Pädagogik und Theologie, 68(2), (doi: 10.1515/zpt-2016-0020)
Conroy, J. C. (2016) Religious Education and religious literacy – a professional aspiration? British Journal of Religious Education, 38(2), pp. 163-176. (doi: 10.1080/01416200.2016.1139891)
Lundie, D. and Conroy, J. (2015) ‘Respect Study’ the treatment of religious difference and otherness: an ethnographic investigation in UK schools. Journal of Intercultural Studies, 36(3), pp. 274-290. (doi: 10.1080/07256868.2015.1029886)
McKinney, S. J. and Conroy, J. C. (2015) The continued existence of state-funded Catholic schools in Scotland. Comparative Education, 51(1), pp. 105-117. (doi: 10.1080/03050068.2014.935579)
McLean Davies, L., Dickson, B. , Rickards, F., Dinham, S., Conroy, J. and Davis, R. (2015) Teaching as a clinical profession: translational practices in initial teacher education – an international perspective. Journal of Education for Teaching, 41(5), pp. 514-528. (doi: 10.1080/02607476.2015.1105537)
Conroy, J. , Hulme, M. and Menter, I. (2013) Developing a 'clinical' model for teacher education. Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 39(5), pp. 557-573. (doi: 10.1080/02607476.2013.836339)
Baumfield, V.M., Conroy, J. , Davis, R. and Lundie, D. (2012) The Delphi method: gathering expert opinion in religious education. British Journal of Religious Education, 34(1), pp. 5-19. (doi: 10.1080/01416200.2011.614740)
Conroy, J. C. , Lundie, D. and Baumfield, V. (2012) Failures of meaning in religious education. Journal of Beliefs and Values, 33(3), pp. 309-323. (doi: 10.1080/13617672.2012.732812)
Lundie, D. and Conroy, J. C. (2012) Seeing and seeing through: forum theatre approaches to ethnographic evidence. Journal of Beliefs and Values, 33(3), pp. 329-342. (doi: 10.1080/13617672.2012.732814)
Conroy, J. (2011) On not abandoning the marriage of theory and practice: a reply to Volker Kraft. European Educational Research Journal, 10(3), pp. 389-392.
Conroy, J. (2010) The state, parenting, and the populist energies of anxiety. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 60(3), pp. 325-340. (doi: 10.1111/j.1741-5446.2010.00361.x)
Conroy, J.C. (2009) The estranged self: recovering some grounds for pluralism. Journal of Moral Education, 38(2), pp. 145-164. (doi: 10.1080/03057240902792678)
Conroy, J.C. and Ruyter, D.J. (2009) Contest, contradiction, and security: the moral possibilities of liminal education. Journal of Educational Change, 10(1), pp. 1-12. (doi: 10.1007/s10833-008-9072-z)
Conroy, J., Davis, R. and Enslin, P. (2008) Philosophy as a Basis for Policy and Practice: What Confidence Can We Have in Philosophical Analysis and Argument? Journal of Philosophy of Education, 42(S1), pp. 165-182. (doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9752.2008.00631.x)
Honerod Hoevid, M. and Conroy, J. (2008) Research in teacher education: an introduction. European Educational Research Journal, 7(4), pp. 451-458. (doi: 10.2304/eerj.2008.7.4.451)
Conroy, J. (2005) After Auschwitz: medical research and ethical theory. Summons(Spring),
de Ruyter, D. J., Conroy, J. C. , Lappin, M. and McKinney, S. (2003) Ideals of ITE students at the University of Glasgow. Teaching and Teacher Education, 19(8), pp. 771-785. (doi: 10.1016/j.tate.2003.03.003)
Conroy, J. (2003) 'Yet I Live Here ...'. A reply to Bruce on Catholic education in Scotland. Oxford Review of Education, 29(3), pp. 403-412. (doi: 10.1080/03054980307441)
de Ruyter, D., Conroy, J. , McKinney, S. and Lappin, M.F. (2003) From Heaven to Earth: comparison of ideals of ITE students. British Journal of Religious Education, 25(4), pp. 292-307. (doi: 10.1080/0141620030250404)
Davis, R. and Conroy, J. (2002) Transgression, transformation and enlightenment: the trickster as poet and teacher. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 34(3), pp. 255-272. (doi: 10.1111/j.1469-5812.2002.tb00303.x)
De Ruyter, D. and Conroy, J. (2002) The formation of identity: the importance of ideals. Oxford Review of Education, 28(4), pp. 509-522. (doi: 10.1080/0305498022000013643)
Conroy, J. (2001) A very Scottish affair - Catholic education and the state. Oxford Review of Education, 27(4), pp. 543-558. (doi: 10.1080/03054980120086239)
Books
Conroy, J.C. , Lundie, D. , Davis, R.A. , Baumfield, V., Barnes, L.P., Gallagher, T., Lowden, K. , Bourque, N. and Wenell, K. (2015) Does Religious Education Work? A Multi-dimensional Investigation [New Paperback Edition with Corrections]. Bloomsbury: London. ISBN 9781474234658
Conroy, J. (2006) Strangers Meeting in a World of Difference: An Educational Perspective. Catholic Institute of Education: Johannesburg, South Africa. ISBN 1919881433
Conroy, J.C. (2004) Betwixt and Between: The Liminal Imagination, Education, and Democracy. Series: Counterpoints (New York, N.Y.), 265. Peter Lang: New York, NY, USA. ISBN 9780820469140
Conroy, J.C. (2003) Contestation and Liminality in Education for Liberal Democracy. Vrije Universiteit: Amsterdam.
Book Sections
Conroy, J. (2018) Nested identity and religious education: some methodological considerations. In: Schweitzer, F. and Boschki, R. (eds.) Researching Religious Education: Classroom Processes and Outcomes. Series: Berufsorientierte Religionspedagogik (12). Waxmann Verlag: Germany, pp. 23-42. ISBN 9783830987192
Conroy, J. (2017) El Brexit y alteridad: una modesta relexón asistemática. In: Ibanez-Martin, J. A. and Fuentes, J. (eds.) Educación y capacidades: hacia un nuevo enfoque del desarrollo humano. Dykinson: Madrid, pp. 41-52. ISBN 9788491482024
Franchi, L. , Conroy, J. and McKinney, S. (2016) Religious education. In: Wyse, D., Hayward, L. and Pandya, J.Z. (eds.) The SAGE Handbook of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment. SAGE. ISBN 9781446297025
McKinney, S. J. and Conroy, J. C. (2016) The continued existence of state-funded schools in Scotland. In: Maussen, M., Vermeulen, F., Merry, M. and Bader, V. (eds.) Religious Schools in Europe: Institutional Opportunities and Contemporary Challenges. Routledge: London. ISBN 9781138888487
Conroy, J. (2015) Religious illiteracy in school Religious Education. In: Dinham, A. and Francis, M. (eds.) Religious Literacy in Policy and Practice. Policy Press. ISBN 9781447316657 (doi: 10.1332/policypress/9781447316657.003.0009)
Conroy, J. C. , Davis, R. A. and Enslin, P. (2015) Philosophy as a basis for policy and practice: what confidence can we have in philosophical analysis and argument? In: Smith, R. (ed.) Philosophy of Education II. Series: Major themes in education, 4. Routledge: London. ISBN 9780415830133
Leitch, R. M. and Conroy, J. C. (2015) Masks as methodology and the phenomenological turn: issues of interpretation. In: Smeyers, P., Bridges, D., Burbules, N. C. and Griffiths, M. (eds.) International Handbook of Interpretation in Educational Research. Series: Springer international handbooks of education. Springer: Dordrecht, pp. 1553-1550. ISBN 9789401792813 (doi: 10.1007/978-94-017-9282-0_75)
Conroy, J. , Donaldson, G. and Menter, I. (2014) Work-based learning in teacher education: a Scottish perspective. In: McNamara, O., Murray, J. and Jones, M. (eds.) Work-based Learning in Teacher Education: international practice and policy. Series: Professional learning and development in schools and higher education (10). Springer, pp. 207-219. ISBN 9789400778252 (doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-7826-9_12)
Conroy, J. C. (2014) Religious education at schools in Scotland. In: Rothgangel, M., Jackson, R. and Jäggle, M. (eds.) Religious Education at Schools in Europe: Part 2: Western Europe. Series: Vienna Forum for Theology and the Study of Religions. Vienna University Press: Vienna, pp. 233-260. ISBN 9783847102687
Conroy, J. C. and Muscatelli, A. (2013) The future of Scottish higher education. In: Bryce, T.G.K., Hulmes, W.M., Gillies, D. and Kennedy, A. (eds.) Scottish Education. 4th Edition. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh, pp. 1034-1044. ISBN 9780748645824
Hulme, M., Conroy, J. and Menter, I. (2011) Creativity in Scottish school curriculum and pedagogy. In: Sefton-Green, J., Thomson, P., Jones, K. and Bresler, L. (eds.) Routledge International Handbook of Creative Learning. Series: Routledge international handbooks of education. Routledge: London, UK, pp. 438-447. ISBN 9780415548892
Conroy, J. and Davis, R. (2010) Religious Education. In: The SAGE Handbook of Philosophy of Education. sage: London, pp. 451-467. ISBN 9781847874672
Conroy, J. (2010) Can we teach morality? In: Bailey, R. (ed.) The Philosophy of Education: An introduction. Continuum: London, pp. 60-73. ISBN 9781847060198
Conroy, J.C. and McKinney, S.J. (2010) Religious and spiritual education. In: Baker, E., McGaw, B. and Peterson, P. (eds.) International Encyclopedia of Education. Elsevier: London, pp. 189-193. ISBN 9780080448947 (doi: 10.1016/B978-0-08-044894-7.00593-5)
Conroy, J. C. (2010) Religious schooling and the formation of character. In: Alexander, H. A. and Agbaria, A. K. (eds.) Commitment, Character, and Citizenship: Religious Education in Liberal Democracy. Series: Routledge research in education. Routledge: London, pp. 84-95. ISBN 9780415879743
Conroy, J. and Gallagher, T. (2009) Debate 2: Should the liberal state support religious schooling? In: Arthur, J. and Davies, I. (eds.) The Routledge Education Studies Textbook. Routledge: London, pp. 81-92. ISBN 978 0 415 47955 4
Conroy, J.C. , Davis, R.A. and Enslin, P. (2009) Philosophy as a Basis for Policy and Practice: What Confidence Can We Have in Philosophical Analysis and Argument. In: Bridges, D., Smeyers, P. and Smith, R. (eds.) Evidence based policy: What evidence? What basis? Whose policy? Blackwell: Oxford, pp. 157-175. (doi: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=e6mvsA5vYY0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Evidence+based+policy+What+evidence%3F+What+basis%3F+Whose+policy%3F&ei=jrK8Svm3H434Nanr0fIP#v=onepage&q=&f=false)
Conroy, J.C. and Gallagher, T. (2009) Should the Liberal State support religious schooling? In: Arthur, J. and Davies, I. (eds.) The Routledge Education Studies Textbook. Routledge: London, pp. 81-92.
Conroy, J.C. , Hulme, M. and Menter, I. (2009) Primary curriculum futures. In: Alexander, R. (ed.) The Cambridge Primary Review Research Surveys. Routledge: London, UK. ISBN 9780415548694
Conroy, J. (2008) Philosophy, wisdom and reading great books. In: Hand, M. and Winstanley, C. (eds.) Philosophy in Schools. Series: Continuum studies in research in education. Continuum: London, pp. 145-157. ISBN 9780826497277
Conroy, J. (2008) Sectarianism and Scottish Education. In: Bryce, T. and Humes, W. (eds.) Scottish Education. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh. ISBN 978 0 7486 2593 2
Conroy, J. (2008) Sectarianism in Scottish education. In: Bryce, T. and Humes, W. (eds.) Scottish Education: Beyond Devolution. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh. ISBN 9780748625932
Conroy, J. and Davis, R. (2008) Citizenship, education and the claims of religious literacy. In: Peters, M., Britton, A. and Blee, H. (eds.) Global Citizenship Education: Philosophy, Theory and Pedagogy. Sense: Rotterdam, pp. 187-203. ISBN 9789087903732
Conroy, J.C. (2008) Parent education. In: Power, F.C., Nuzzi, R.J., Narvaez, D., Lapsley, D.K. and Hunt, T.C. (eds.) Moral Education: A Handbook (M-Z). Praeger: Westport, CT, USA, pp. 326-328. ISBN 9780313346484
Conroy, J.C. (2008) Parental rights. In: Power, F.C., Nuzzi, R.J., Narvaez, D., Lapsley, D.K. and Hunt, T.C. (eds.) Moral Education: A Handbook (M-Z). Praeger: Westport, CT, USA, pp. 328-330. ISBN 9780313346484
Conroy, J.C. and McKinney, S.J. (2008) On Religious Education. In: Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Philosophy of Education. Blackwell.
Conroy, J. and McGrath, M. (2007) Secularisation and Catholic Education in Scotland. In: Grace, G.R. and O'Keefe, J. (eds.) International Handbook of Catholic Education: Challenges for School Systems in the 21st Century. Springer: Dordrecht, pp. 385-403. ISBN 9781402048043
McKinney, S. and Conroy, J. (2007) Religious education in Scotland. In: Kuyk, E., Jensen, R., Lankshear, D., Loh Mnna, E. and Schreiner, P. (eds.) Religious Education in Europe: Situation and Current Trends in Schools. IKO - Publishing House: Oslo, Norway, pp. 223-229. ISBN 9788271127930
Conroy, J. (2006) Recovering the stranger in religion and education. In: Miedema, S., Bertram-Troost, G. and Avest, I.T. (eds.) Levensbeschouwelijk Leren Samenleven: Opvoeding, Identiteit en Ontmoeting. Series: Religieus pluralisme en multiculturaliteit (7). Meinema: Zoetermeer, The Netherlands, pp. 53-68. ISBN 9789021141213
Conroy, J. (2003) Religious and moral education in the primary school. In: Bryce, T.G.K. and Humes, W.M. (eds.) Scottish Education: Post-Devolution. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh, pp. 388-392. ISBN 9780748616251
Conroy, J. (2003) What rough beast...? On reading Arendt after the twin towers. In: Peters, M., Lankshear, C. and Olssen, M. (eds.) Critical Theory and the Human Condition: Founders and Praxis. Series: Counterpoints (New York, N.Y.) (168). Peter Lang: New York, NY, USA, pp. 84-100. ISBN 9780820451688
Conroy, J. (2002) Catholic education in Scotland. In: Hayes, M.A. and Gearon, L. (eds.) Contemporary Catholic Education. Gracewing: Leominster, Herefordshire, UK, pp. 17-35. ISBN 9780852445280
Book Reviews
Conroy, J. (2005) Kieran Egan - Getting it Wrong from the Beginning: Our Progressivist Inheritance from Herbert Spencer, John Dewey and Jean Piaget. Theory and Research in Education, 3(3), pp. 371-374. (doi: 10.1177/1477878505057439)[Book Review]
Research Reports or Papers
Conroy, J. , Hulme, M. and Menter, I. (2008) Primary Curriculum Futures. Project Report. University of Cambridge Faculty of Education, Cambridge, UK.
Conference or Workshop Item
Anderson, S. and Conroy, J. (2024) The Role of Professional Judgement in Teacher Evaluation in an Era of De-Professionalization. Comparative and International Education Society Conference (CIES 2024), Miami, Florida, USA, 10-14 Mar 2024.
Conference Proceedings
Barg, K. and Conroy, J. (2015) Does Character Education Work? - A study of a pedagogical intervention in Scottish secondary schools. In: 3rd Annual Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues Conference, Oriel College, Oxford University, 8-10 Jan 2015,
Conroy, J.C. (2010) Citizenship education and the role of home, school and government. In: Educating Youth for Citizenship: East and West, Beijing, China, 4-6 Jan 2010,
Supervision
- Ollier, Benjamin
Recontextualizing the 'good' citizen: The role of mid-level actors in translating citizenship policy - Slater, Marcus Russell
Discovering Medieval monastical rhythm - Ye, Yuanjing
Exploring Chinese undergraduate students’ intercultural comm - Zainudin, Nur Aiman Bin
Critical Sense-Making for Meaningful School Digital Data Use
Research datasets
2020
Ross, K., Perry, M. , Keith, N. , Ajayi, S., Baird, B., Barrett, B. , Basra, S., Bell, I., Boyce, A. , Brinkmann, K., Brown, R., Burnside, N. , Chechia, V., Chisholm, E., Conroy, J. , Currie, A., Duclos, V., Ehret, C., Fallow, L., Ferdous, R. , Ferguson, C., Harper, A., Hush, G., Judge, J., Kadoma, A., Karakasis, P., Kawecka, M., Keenan, C., Kelly, J., Khalilian, K., Kupiainen, R., LeGrand, P., Macdonald, H., Mcarthur, E., McCaffrey, R., Mcghie, K., Mckenzie, R., O'Neill, D., O'Rourke, J., Paul, S., Piatek, N., Prendergast, E., Proudfoot, B., Pullanikkatil, D., Robertson, E., Robinson, J. , Roth, C., Sharp, J., Sleight, R., Stevens-Rosa, P., Stewart, S., Strazdaite, I., Stricevic, M., Vidal-Lourenco, J., Vincent, A., Wills, N., Yang, S. and Zambonini, H. (2020) Future Experiences: Sustainable Development and the Global South. [Data Collection]
