Bio
Welcome to my e-portfolio.
My career began with a degree in Ceramics from Limerick College of Art and Design followed by community arts work in Limerick city in the early 1990s. I noticed how creative work was so important for engagement with different socioeconomic groups and followed up on this by qualifying as an Art therapist in 1997 at Hertfordshire University.
Creativity is the main focus of my work with social care and early years students at AIT and if students recognise and value creativity in themselves and others after my teaching, my approach has been a success.
I also engage in an edu-semiotic pedagogy that recognises signs and sign systems as learning.
Student feedback:
'I felt my imagination was brought back to life during the module and I was able to express it through Art.'
'it gave me a better insight of the benefits of art for children and young people'
'I believe that my confidence definitely improved as i enjoyed the work that was distributed and because this module was very open so that by doing the same work, all of our activities ended up to be different'
'creativety improved for sure , it brought me out of my comfort zone and allowed me to explore more'