Mrs Clare Fodey

  • Lecturer (Pedagogy, Praxis & Faith)

telephone: 01413302443
email: Clare.Fodey@glasgow.ac.uk

R627 Level 6, St Andrews Building, Glasgow, G3 6NH

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Biography

Clare has been teaching at the School of Education since 2007.  

Currently her roles include.

Co-ordinating the Theology / Philosophy / CTF strand on the MEDUC  programme

Course leader and lecturer on Theology and Religious Education courses on UG and PGDE.

- Theology 1 and Theology 1 (UG)

- Applied Catholic Theology (PGDE)

Course Leader and Tutor on CREDL ( Certificate in Religious Education by Distance Learning.

Course Leader and Lecturer on the ATQRE (Additional Teaching Qualification for Religious Education)

Outwith teaching Clare is involved in a variety of student support roles.

- Deputy Chief Advisor for the School of Education

- Advisor of studies for a year group

- University Widening Participation - Clare represents the School of Education and is Course Leader for the Education course on the WP Summer School.

Clare has also been the UG Admissions Officer for the past 5 years and demits office in August.

 

Clare is an alumi of the University of Glasgow, graduating in 1995 with a Bachelor of Divinity (Hons)  and later with a PGDE(Primary) in 2001.   She also has a Masters in Catholic Pastoral and Education Studies from the Maryvale Institute in Birmingham.(2015). Clare is also undertaking a PhD around the area of Music in the Liturgy and children with communication needs.

From 2001 until sept 2018 Clare also taught part time for Glasgow City Council in the Primary school sector. In the last few years in particular her teaching focus was on music and religious education.

Prior to all of the above Clare qualified as an RGN (registered general nurse) and later as an RM (Registered midwide) and worked in a variety of hospitals, hospice and community settings in Glasgow, Stirling, Uist, Liverpool. She also worked for several years as a co-ordinator of a new Primary Health Care programme in the NE of Sierra Leone.

 

Research interests

Research interests

Looking at music in the Catholic Liturgy and young children with communiaction needs. 

Using signs and symbols -  music and religious education.   Children's Sacramental Education. Music in the primary school. 

Career history

Currently Lecturer in Education (Theology & Religious Education) 4 days pw.

2009 - Present:  Part-time University Teacher. University of Glasgow

2007 - Present:  Part-time Credl Tutor/ Co-ordinator. University of Glasgow

2001 - 2018:  Part-time Primary Teacher.  Glasgow City Council

1990 - 2000  VMM Sccotland

Full-time Co-ordinator in Scotland. Recruiting professional volunteers for placement in Africa.

Part-time VMM Team Leader on Summer Residential Training Course.

Engaged in Development Education in schools and parishes with SCIAF and Caring Church Team.

1987 - 1990  St. Joseph's Hospice Liverpool & District Nursing in Perthshire.

1985 - 1987 Co-ordinator of Primary Health care. (Sierra Leone, West Africa)

Working with the Paramount Chief, local Health Workers and the Catholic Mission to establish a Primary Health Care servive for a rural Chiefdom in NE Sierra Leone for the Kuranko and Fulani peoples. Volunteer with the Volunteer Missionary Movement.

1979 - 1985 Nusing and Midwifery. Various Positions

Publications

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2024

McKinney, S. J. , Fodey, C. and Lappin, M. (2024) The life and ministry of Jesus: a model of emotionally intelligent leadership for catholic schools. In: Whittle, S. and Wodon, Q. (eds.) Leadership Matters in Catholic Education. Series: Catholic Education Globally: Challenges and Opportunities, 2. Springer, pp. 47-59. ISBN 9789819712304 (doi: 10.1007/978-981-97-1231-1_5)

McKinney, S. J. and Fodey, C. (2024) Mungo Festival celebrates Glasgow patron. Flourish, 2024(Feb), p. 4.

2023

McKinney, S. , Lappin, M. , Fodey, C. and Hand, C. (2023) The Emotionally Intelligent Leader in a Catholic School: The Example of Jesus as Represented in the Gospels. Network for Researchers in Catholic Education Annual Conference, Limerick, Ireland, 19-20 October 2023.

2020

Jaap, A. S. , Fodey, C. and Wilkinson, M. (2020) Using Active Music Making to Support Responsibility of All. RCS Exchange Talk, 10 February 2020.

2019

Fodey, C. (2019) Coorie in to beat the winter darkness. Scottish Catholic Observer, p. 9.

2018

Fodey, C. (2018) A strange thing happened when we started to sign: an unexpected learning experience for all. In: Franchi, L. (ed.) Catholicism, Culture, Education. L'Harmattan: Paris, pp. 101-107. ISBN 9782343162522

2014

Fodey, C. (2014) Gravissimum Educationis (1965–2015) 50 years on. Scottish Catholic Observer,

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Articles

McKinney, S. J. and Fodey, C. (2024) Mungo Festival celebrates Glasgow patron. Flourish, 2024(Feb), p. 4.

Fodey, C. (2019) Coorie in to beat the winter darkness. Scottish Catholic Observer, p. 9.

Fodey, C. (2014) Gravissimum Educationis (1965–2015) 50 years on. Scottish Catholic Observer,

Book Sections

McKinney, S. J. , Fodey, C. and Lappin, M. (2024) The life and ministry of Jesus: a model of emotionally intelligent leadership for catholic schools. In: Whittle, S. and Wodon, Q. (eds.) Leadership Matters in Catholic Education. Series: Catholic Education Globally: Challenges and Opportunities, 2. Springer, pp. 47-59. ISBN 9789819712304 (doi: 10.1007/978-981-97-1231-1_5)

Fodey, C. (2018) A strange thing happened when we started to sign: an unexpected learning experience for all. In: Franchi, L. (ed.) Catholicism, Culture, Education. L'Harmattan: Paris, pp. 101-107. ISBN 9782343162522

Conference or Workshop Item

McKinney, S. , Lappin, M. , Fodey, C. and Hand, C. (2023) The Emotionally Intelligent Leader in a Catholic School: The Example of Jesus as Represented in the Gospels. Network for Researchers in Catholic Education Annual Conference, Limerick, Ireland, 19-20 October 2023.

Jaap, A. S. , Fodey, C. and Wilkinson, M. (2020) Using Active Music Making to Support Responsibility of All. RCS Exchange Talk, 10 February 2020.

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Supervision

Supervised

- Masters Dissertations in Professional Practice

- BEd Enquiry research at RCS.

Teaching

Clare is a Lecturer in Theology / Religious Education and has the following teaching / leadership roles within the School of Education

  • Course Leader and Lecturer on the MEDUC 1 Theology in Education 1
  • Course Leader and Lecturer on the MEDUC 2 Theology in Education 2 
  • Course Leader and Tutor for CREDL course 1 and 2 (Certificate in Religious Education by Distance Learning)
  • Course Leader and Tutor for the Catholic Teacher Certificate (Online) for MDTechEd and MAPE/PGDE (Dumfries) students.
  • Course Leader and Lecturer on the ATQRE course 

 

Clare also a part time Lecturer at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and supports the BEdMusic programme in particular with fourth year Enquiry Research supervision.

 

Additional information

Academic and professional body membership

General Teaching Council of Scotland