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Gene Mehigan is Principal Lecturer at Coláiste Mhuire, Marino Institute of Education, with leadership responsibilities for Literacy and Continuing Professional Development. As Head of the English Department his lecturing responsibilities include the teaching of English methods to undergraduate and post graduate students. His research interests are in the teaching of reading, education provision in disadvantaged settings and in teacher education. Much of his early research into the teaching of reading was carried out while teaching in Darndale Junior School. More recently his research has focused on the impact of the English Language curriculum on teaching reading in the early years in primary school. Prior to joining the staff at Marino he worked as coordinator of the Common In-service Remedial Course in Church of Ireland College Rathmines and with the Primary Curriculum Support Programme. Currently a member of the national executive of the Reading Association of Ireland he is also a past president of the Association of Remedial Teachers of Ireland (ARTI). In recent years he has worked with the World Bank as a consultant on the development of a sector wide approach for the reform of literacy education in The Gambia, closer to home has served as a member of the Project Team on Child Literacy and Social Inclusion for the National Economic and Social Forum.