Matt O’Leary

763 total citations
30 papers, 410 citations indexed

About

Matt O’Leary is a scholar working on Education, Political Science and International Relations and Human Factors and Ergonomics. According to data from OpenAlex, Matt O’Leary has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 410 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Education, 9 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 8 papers in Human Factors and Ergonomics. Recurrent topics in Matt O’Leary's work include Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (15 papers), Innovative Education and Learning Practices (8 papers) and Evaluation of Teaching Practices (8 papers). Matt O’Leary is often cited by papers focused on Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (15 papers), Innovative Education and Learning Practices (8 papers) and Evaluation of Teaching Practices (8 papers). Matt O’Leary collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Vietnam and Spain. Matt O’Leary's co-authors include Rob Smith, Philip A. Wood, Denis Gleeson, Julie Hughes, Phil Wood, Mariona Corcelles, David Durán Gisbert and Lee Roberts and has published in prestigious journals such as Studies in Higher Education, Teaching in Higher Education and Oxford Review of Education.

In The Last Decade

Matt O’Leary

28 papers receiving 374 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Matt O’Leary United Kingdom 13 357 95 71 67 34 30 410
Giedre Kligyte Australia 12 180 0.5× 36 0.4× 48 0.7× 37 0.6× 41 1.2× 25 296
Eli Ottesen Norway 10 287 0.8× 56 0.6× 22 0.3× 70 1.0× 72 2.1× 23 348
Susanne Köpsén Sweden 9 339 0.9× 191 2.0× 70 1.0× 85 1.3× 21 0.6× 27 412
Jane McNicholl United Kingdom 14 367 1.0× 82 0.9× 53 0.7× 81 1.2× 76 2.2× 22 409
Henning Salling Olesen Denmark 9 146 0.4× 76 0.8× 39 0.5× 72 1.1× 16 0.5× 68 297
Jocelyn L. N. Wong Hong Kong 10 289 0.8× 45 0.5× 27 0.4× 31 0.5× 78 2.3× 21 335
Ian Abbott United Kingdom 9 362 1.0× 21 0.2× 54 0.8× 31 0.5× 60 1.8× 45 441
Peter Erlandson Sweden 8 174 0.5× 29 0.3× 41 0.6× 51 0.8× 29 0.9× 25 282
Sarah Gravett South Africa 13 326 0.9× 40 0.4× 26 0.4× 40 0.6× 71 2.1× 37 419
Emily J. Klein United States 12 402 1.1× 50 0.5× 18 0.3× 89 1.3× 79 2.3× 33 487

Countries citing papers authored by Matt O’Leary

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Fields of papers citing papers by Matt O’Leary

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matt O’Leary

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Corcelles, Mariona, et al.. (2025). A systematic review of reciprocal peer observation in higher education. Professional Development in Education. 1–18.
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O’Leary, Matt, et al.. (2023). Sorting or supporting teachers? An exploration of the imbalanced role of classroom observation in the development and assessment of Vietnamese secondary schoolteachers. BCU Open Access Repository (Birmingham City University). 5(3). 220–236. 2 indexed citations
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O’Leary, Matt, et al.. (2023). The role of classroom observation in the development and assessment of schoolteachers in Vietnam: a review of national policy and research. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education. 51(4). 395–407. 6 indexed citations
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O’Leary, Matt. (2022). Rethinking teachers’ professional learning through unseen observation. Professional Development in Education. 50(6). 1162–1175. 6 indexed citations
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O’Leary, Matt, et al.. (2020). Learning about learning and teaching: developing classroom consciousness and reimagining collaboration between students and staff. BCU Open Access Repository (Birmingham City University). 2(2). 128–144. 2 indexed citations
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O’Leary, Matt. (2020). Classroom Observation. 30 indexed citations
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O’Leary, Matt, et al.. (2019). A missed opportunity? How the UK’s teaching excellence framework fails to capture the voice of university staff. Studies in Higher Education. 46(9). 1756–1770. 11 indexed citations
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O’Leary, Matt, et al.. (2017). Teaching Excellence in Higher Education. 8 indexed citations
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O’Leary, Matt, et al.. (2017). Teaching Excellence in Higher Education: Challenges, Changes and the Teaching Excellence Framework. 4 indexed citations
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O’Leary, Matt & Phil Wood. (2016). Performance over professional learning and the complexity puzzle: lesson observation in England’s further education sector. Professional Development in Education. 43(4). 573–591. 10 indexed citations
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Gleeson, Denis, Julie Hughes, Matt O’Leary, & Rob Smith. (2015). The state of professional practice and policy in the English further education system: a view from below. Research in Post-Compulsory Education. 20(1). 78–95. 22 indexed citations
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O’Leary, Matt. (2013). Expansive and restrictive approaches to professionalism in FE colleges: the observation of teaching and learning as a case in point. Research in Post-Compulsory Education. 18(4). 348–364. 12 indexed citations
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O’Leary, Matt. (2013). Classroom Observation - A guide to the effective observation of teaching and learning. BCU Open Access Repository (Birmingham City University). 57 indexed citations
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O’Leary, Matt, et al.. (2013). Raising the stakes: classroom observation in the further education sector in England. Professional Development in Education. 40(4). 530–545. 14 indexed citations
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O’Leary, Matt. (2013). Classroom Observation. 12 indexed citations
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O’Leary, Matt. (2012). Exploring the role of lesson observation in the English education system: a review of methods, models and meanings. Professional Development in Education. 38(5). 791–810. 35 indexed citations
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O’Leary, Matt & Rob Smith. (2012). Earthquakes, cancer and cultures of fear: qualifying as a Skills for Life teacher in an uncertain economic climate. Oxford Review of Education. 38(4). 437–454. 9 indexed citations
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O’Leary, Matt. (2012). Surveillance, performativity and normalised practice: the use and impact of graded lesson observations in Further Education colleges. Journal of Further and Higher Education. 37(5). 694–714. 39 indexed citations
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O’Leary, Matt. (2006). Can inspectors really improve the quality of teaching in the PCE sector? Classroom observations under the microscope. Research in Post-Compulsory Education. 11(2). 191–198. 16 indexed citations

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