Professor Moyra Boland

  • Professor of Creative Pedagogy (Pedagogy, Praxis & Faith)
  • Dean for Global Engagement (External Relations)

telephone: 01413303057
email: Moyra.Boland@glasgow.ac.uk

R323 Level 3, St Andrew's Building, Glasgow, G3 6NH

Import to contacts

ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1929-0680

Biography

Prior to joining University of Glasgow, Moyra Boland taught drama in both primary and secondary schools in Glasgow. She has worked for Scottish Opera with Opera for youth and has directed a large number of Youth plays. She has also worked in Community Theatre on large-scale projects involving members of the community from 5 years old to 85 years old. She has worked in TV and radio on Youth Programmes and been a regular contributor to Current Affair programmes on the Subject of Teacher Leadership and Teacher quality.

Moyra Boland is a former Deputy Head of the School of Education, responsible for the strategic leadership of the school, deputising for the Head of School, for all the undergraduate provision and the development of international renowned teacher education programmes, community education programmes, leadership and management programmes for teacher and early years programmes.

Her current role is Dean for Global Engagement in Central and South Asia, she is responsible for establish priorities and facilitate decisions that will enhance and support strategic internationalisation initiatives. Supporting and promoting academic business development including the delivery of education, collaborative research, knowledge transfer activities, student experience and recruitment.

Research interests

Interdisciplinary learning, drama in education, School Experience Partnership Model, Leadership, Creativity, Practitioner Enquiry

Use of practitioner enquiry for early phase teacher

Masters level engagement for early phase teacher

Self-esteem and drama in primary children

Teacher Education Reform

Publications

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Number of items: 18.

2023

Sowula, Tim, Boland, Moyra ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1929-0680 and Cader, Ishan (2023) How universities can achieve equitable, accountable and measurable change for sustainability. A Global Sustainable Development report. Documentation. Times Higher Education.

Boland, Moyra ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1929-0680 and Dickson, Beth ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4734-038X (2023) Co-existing sites of teacher education: a university and school partnership in Glasgow. In: Acquaro, Daniela and Bradbury, Ondine Jayne (eds.) International Perspectives on School-University Partnerships: Research, Policy and Practice. Springer, pp. 55-68. ISBN 9789819908066 (doi: 10.1007/978-981-99-0807-3_5)

2020

Boland, Moyra ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1929-0680 and Doherty, Catherine ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1495-1857 (2020) Learning from Practitioner Enquiries. Project Report. Scottish Council of Deans of Education.

Wisely, T. et al. (2020) Developing pedagogies that work for Pre-Service and Early Career Teachers to reduce the Attainment Gap in Literacy, Numeracy and Health and Wellbeing. Research Question 3: What other practice or research might assist us in our purpose? Project Report. Scottish Council of Deans of Education.

2019

Boland, Moyra ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1929-0680 and Doherty, Catherine ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1495-1857 (2019) Report on Research Question 2: Of our current practice, what do we do well and what could we do better? Project Report. University of Glasgow.

2018

Doherty, Catherine ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1495-1857 and Boland, Moyra ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1929-0680 (2018) Scottish Council of the Deans of Education Attainment Challenge Project. Project Report. Scottish Government. (Submitted)

Boland, Moyra ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1929-0680 (2018) Career pathways for Scottish teachers. Teaching Scotland, 76, pp. 46-47.

Boland, Moyra ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1929-0680, Jago, Margaret and Macdonald, Jan (2018) Teaching for creativity and creative teaching. In: Carroll, Mike and McCulloch, Margaret (eds.) Understanding Teaching and Learning in Primary Education. 2nd Edition. SAGE Publications Ltd: London, pp. 236-250. ISBN 9781526421173

Boland, Moyra ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1929-0680 (2018) Career pathways. Teaching Scotland, 75, p. 46.

Boland, Moyra ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1929-0680 (2018) Pedagogies in Teacher Education. Fourth International Forum on Teacher Education, Kazan, Russia, 22-24 May 2018. (Unpublished)

Boland, Moyra ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1929-0680 (2018) Masters, What is the Point? International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement, Singapore, 08-12 Jan 2018. (Unpublished)

2017

Boland, Moyra ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1929-0680 (2017) Muddling Masters. Scottish Educational Research Association Annual Conference: SERA 2017, Ayr, UK, 22-24 Nov 2017. (Unpublished)

2016

Boland, Moyra ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1929-0680 (2016) Murals: Perspectives From Artists and Educators. SERA Conference 2016, Dundee, UK, 27-29 Nov 2016. (Unpublished)

Boland, Moyra ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1929-0680 (2016) Partnerships in Practice. 14th Annual International Conference on International Studies, Athens, Greece, 13-16 Jun 2016. (Unpublished)

2015

McMahon, Margery ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2170-5419, Boland, Moyra ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1929-0680, Finn, Anthony and Chapman, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1861-6415 (2015) Small system, Big Ideas. Is it Working? Scotland Spotlight Session at 2015 International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI) Conference. International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI), Cincinnati, OH, USA, 3-6 Jan 2015.

2014

Boland, Moyra ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1929-0680, Jago, Margaret and Macdonald, Jan (2014) Teaching for creativity and creative teaching. In: Carroll, Mike and McCulloch, Margaret (eds.) Understanding Teaching and Learning in Primary Education. SAGE: London, pp. 206-219. ISBN 9781446254820

2013

Boland, Moyra ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1929-0680 (2013) Partnership Working in Scotland: the Evolution of a New Model of Early Phase Teacher Education. Scottish Educational Research Association Conference 2013, Glasgow, UK, 20-22 Nov 2013. (Unpublished)

2005

Macdonald, J. and Boland, M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1929-0680 (2005) A Celtic experience: using the environment for an expressive arts field study. Drama, 12(2), (doi: http://nationaldrama.org.uk/nd/index.cfm/drama-magazine/)

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Number of items: 18.

Articles

Boland, Moyra ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1929-0680 (2018) Career pathways for Scottish teachers. Teaching Scotland, 76, pp. 46-47.

Boland, Moyra ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1929-0680 (2018) Career pathways. Teaching Scotland, 75, p. 46.

Macdonald, J. and Boland, M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1929-0680 (2005) A Celtic experience: using the environment for an expressive arts field study. Drama, 12(2), (doi: http://nationaldrama.org.uk/nd/index.cfm/drama-magazine/)

Book Sections

Boland, Moyra ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1929-0680 and Dickson, Beth ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4734-038X (2023) Co-existing sites of teacher education: a university and school partnership in Glasgow. In: Acquaro, Daniela and Bradbury, Ondine Jayne (eds.) International Perspectives on School-University Partnerships: Research, Policy and Practice. Springer, pp. 55-68. ISBN 9789819908066 (doi: 10.1007/978-981-99-0807-3_5)

Boland, Moyra ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1929-0680, Jago, Margaret and Macdonald, Jan (2018) Teaching for creativity and creative teaching. In: Carroll, Mike and McCulloch, Margaret (eds.) Understanding Teaching and Learning in Primary Education. 2nd Edition. SAGE Publications Ltd: London, pp. 236-250. ISBN 9781526421173

Boland, Moyra ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1929-0680, Jago, Margaret and Macdonald, Jan (2014) Teaching for creativity and creative teaching. In: Carroll, Mike and McCulloch, Margaret (eds.) Understanding Teaching and Learning in Primary Education. SAGE: London, pp. 206-219. ISBN 9781446254820

Research Reports or Papers

Sowula, Tim, Boland, Moyra ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1929-0680 and Cader, Ishan (2023) How universities can achieve equitable, accountable and measurable change for sustainability. A Global Sustainable Development report. Documentation. Times Higher Education.

Boland, Moyra ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1929-0680 and Doherty, Catherine ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1495-1857 (2020) Learning from Practitioner Enquiries. Project Report. Scottish Council of Deans of Education.

Wisely, T. et al. (2020) Developing pedagogies that work for Pre-Service and Early Career Teachers to reduce the Attainment Gap in Literacy, Numeracy and Health and Wellbeing. Research Question 3: What other practice or research might assist us in our purpose? Project Report. Scottish Council of Deans of Education.

Boland, Moyra ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1929-0680 and Doherty, Catherine ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1495-1857 (2019) Report on Research Question 2: Of our current practice, what do we do well and what could we do better? Project Report. University of Glasgow.

Doherty, Catherine ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1495-1857 and Boland, Moyra ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1929-0680 (2018) Scottish Council of the Deans of Education Attainment Challenge Project. Project Report. Scottish Government. (Submitted)

Conference or Workshop Item

Boland, Moyra ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1929-0680 (2018) Pedagogies in Teacher Education. Fourth International Forum on Teacher Education, Kazan, Russia, 22-24 May 2018. (Unpublished)

Boland, Moyra ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1929-0680 (2018) Masters, What is the Point? International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement, Singapore, 08-12 Jan 2018. (Unpublished)

Boland, Moyra ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1929-0680 (2017) Muddling Masters. Scottish Educational Research Association Annual Conference: SERA 2017, Ayr, UK, 22-24 Nov 2017. (Unpublished)

Boland, Moyra ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1929-0680 (2016) Murals: Perspectives From Artists and Educators. SERA Conference 2016, Dundee, UK, 27-29 Nov 2016. (Unpublished)

Boland, Moyra ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1929-0680 (2016) Partnerships in Practice. 14th Annual International Conference on International Studies, Athens, Greece, 13-16 Jun 2016. (Unpublished)

McMahon, Margery ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2170-5419, Boland, Moyra ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1929-0680, Finn, Anthony and Chapman, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1861-6415 (2015) Small system, Big Ideas. Is it Working? Scotland Spotlight Session at 2015 International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI) Conference. International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI), Cincinnati, OH, USA, 3-6 Jan 2015.

Boland, Moyra ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1929-0680 (2013) Partnership Working in Scotland: the Evolution of a New Model of Early Phase Teacher Education. Scottish Educational Research Association Conference 2013, Glasgow, UK, 20-22 Nov 2013. (Unpublished)

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Teaching

Interdisciplinary learning in Primary and Secondary

Using drama to delivery the primary curriculum

Use of Forum Theatre with teenagers when making critical life decisions

Partnership Model of School Experience for Primary and Secondary

Creativity in the classroom

Practitioner enquiry

Early Years and the use of dramatic play

Additional information

National Early Phase Group

Scottish Government Committee

Higher Education Academy

Independent Body

General Teaching Council of Scotland

Membership as a Teacher

Scottish Teacher Education Council partnership Reference Group

Practicum Management group

National Committee for GTCS, membership by invitation

Western Consortium

National School Placement, membership from role in University of Glasgow, Co-Chair

The Robert Owen Centre for Educational Change

BBC Experts Woman’s Group, area of expertise Educational Management and Leadership

Membership by application and selection to BBC Scotland

Universities Council for the Education of Teachers, Teacher Leadership and Management


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