Professor Kathy Hall - Deputy Chair of the Convention on Education

Kathy Hall is Emeritus Professor of Education in UCC. She has had various roles in education including teacher, principal, lecturer and professor. She has researched and published on many aspects of education and contributed to national policy initiatives in Ireland and the UK. Examples of such research include initial and ongoing professional development of student teachers and practitioners for and within the profession (Teaching Council of Ireland) and teacher education for inclusion (National Council for Special Education). Sociocultural ideas, such as inclusion, identity and agency have framed her own academic and professional practice as a teacher, mentor and leader.