2024

Anderson, S. , Conroy, J. , Ozsezer-Kurnuc, S., Jain, P. and Davies, A. (2024) Reliability and Consistency in Judging New Teacher Practices – Why Does It Matter? [Research Reports or Papers]

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. [Research Reports or Papers]

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

Anderson, S. , Conroy, J. , Ozsezer-Kurnuc, S., Jain, P. and Davies, A. (2024) Reliability and Consistency in Judging New Teacher Practices – Why Does It Matter? [Research Reports or Papers]

Conroy, J. , Hulme, M. and Menter, I. (2008) Primary Curriculum Futures. [Research Reports or Papers]

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,