51cg

Biography

Teaching:

Programme Director MEd in Health and Wellbeing Education, 51cg - 2023 - 

Programme Director MEd in Guidance, Pastoral Care and Pupil Support, 51cg - 2021-2023

Lecturer (Scholarship), Social Studies, 51cg - 2020-

Teacher of Modern Studies, History and Politics, Aberdeenshire - 2017-2020

Teacher of Modern Studies and History, Moray - 2016-2017

Teacher of Social Studies, Dundee - 2010-2016

Qualifications:

EdD Student - October 2025 onwards

MEd (with Distinction) in Pastoral Care, Guidance and Pupil Support, 51cg - 2019-2022

BA Honours (1st Class) in Professional Education (with History and Politics), University of Stirling - 2006-2010

External Examiner

University of Gloucestershire PGCE History 

Recent Publications 

Further recent publications can be found it the Research tab at the top of this profile. 

Research Overview

My research interests include:

• Health and Wellbeing Education
• Trauma-Informed Practices 
• Adverse Childhood Experiences
• Human Rights
• Teacher Voice 

Past Research

O'Reilly, S., Clayson, M., Frayne, M., & Mynott, J. (2026). 'Giving Feedback Using Boards', in Tan, S., Mynott, J. & Dotger, S. (Eds.). A Practitioner's Guide to Effective Boardwork for Collaborative Thinking: Using Bansho in the Classroom, Routledge,

Shanks, R., & O‘Reilly, S. E. M. (2026). Teaching children’s rights from the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child through school uniform and dress code policies. Human Rights Education Review, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/25355406.2026.2734586

Mynott, J.P. and O'Reilly, S., (2023). Analysing and Facilitating Collaboration in Online Lesson Study. In: R. Huang, N. Helgevold, J. Lang and H. Jiang (eds)., Teacher Professional Learning Through Lesson Study in Virtual and Hybrid Environments. UK: Routledge.  

Holden, M., O'Reilly, S. and Mynott, J.P., (2023). 'Facilitation of Trialogic Spaces: Reflections from Irish and Scottish Online Lesson Studies. Research in Teacher Education, 13(1), pp. 7-12. 

Mynott, J.P. and O'Reilly, S.E.M. (2022). 'Establishing a Lesson Study Collaboration Matrix', International Journal for Lesson and Learning Studies,11(3), pp 174-192.  

Textbooks for Teachers/Students

Cooney, F., Hughes, G., Kelly, P. and O'Reilly, S., (2020) Higher Modern Studies: International Issues. Second Edition. Edinburgh: Hodder Gibson. 

Cooney, F., Hannah, K., McGinty, M.C. and O'Reilly, S., (2019) How to Pass Higher Modern Studies: Second Edition. Edinburgh: Hodder Gibson.

Cooney, F., Hughes, G., Kelly, P. and O'Reilly, S (2015) Higher Modern Studies: International Issues. Edinburgh: Hodder Gibson.  

Cooney, F., McGinty, M.C. and O'Reilly, S., (2015) How to Pass Higher Modern Studies: First Edition. Edinburgh: Hodder Gibson