Dr Jerome Devitt has been teaching at The King’s Hospital boarding school since 2004 and at the Institute of Education, Leeson Street, since 2018. As one of the pilot teachers of the new subject, Jerome has been emersed in “Politics & Society” since its inauguration in 2016 through his work as the first Chairperson of the Politics & Society Teachers’ Association of Ireland and as an organiser of and contributor to numerous CPD events for teachers.
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He graduated with a BA in Drama and English from Trinity College Dublin in 2001 before earning his Higher Diploma in Education in 2005 and his MA in Military History in 2009. His Doctoral Dissertation, was awarded in 2018 and examined the Sociology of Counter-Insurgency and State Power in 19th Century Ireland.