2024

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. Project Report. University of Cambridge Faculty of Education, Cambridge, UK.

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

Conroy, J. , Hulme, M. and Menter, I. (2008) Primary Curriculum Futures. Project Report. University of Cambridge Faculty of Education, Cambridge, UK.

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,