| Classroom observation: A guide to the effective observation of teaching and learning M O'Leary Routledge, 2020 | 427 | 2020 |
| Surveillance, performativity and normalised practice: the use and impact of graded lesson observations in Further Education colleges M O’Leary Journal of further and higher education 37 (5), 694-714, 2013 | 110 | 2013 |
| Exploring the role of lesson observation in the English education system: a review of methods, models and meanings M O’Leary Professional development in education 38 (5), 791-810, 2012 | 90 | 2012 |
| New public management in an age of austerity: Knowledge and experience in further education R Smith, M O'Leary Journal of educational administration and history 45 (3), 244-266, 2013 | 88 | 2013 |
| The state of professional practice and policy in the English further education system: a view from below D Gleeson, J Hughes, M O’Leary, R Smith Professionalism in Post-Compulsory Education and Training, 89-106, 2020 | 69 | 2020 |
| Reimagining teaching excellence: why collaboration, rather than competition, holds the key to improving teaching and learning in higher education M O’Leary, P Wood Educational Review 71 (1), 122-139, 2019 | 58 | 2019 |
| Reclaiming lesson observation M O’Leary Routledge 10, 9781315621838, 2016 | 57 | 2016 |
| Reconceptualising teaching and learning in higher education: Challenging neoliberal narratives of teaching excellence through collaborative observation M O’Leary, V Cui Teaching in Higher Education, 2020 | 50 | 2020 |
| Breathing new life into the observation of teaching and learning in higher education: Moving from the performative to the informative M O’Leary, S Savage Professional Development in Education 46 (1), 145-159, 2020 | 49 | 2020 |
| Performance over professional learning and the complexity puzzle: lesson observation in England’s further education sector M O’Leary, P Wood Professional development in education 43 (4), 573-591, 2017 | 40 | 2017 |
| Can inspectors really improve the quality of teaching in the PCE sector? Classroom observations under the microscope M O’Leary Research in Post‐Compulsory Education 11 (2), 191-198, 2006 | 40 | 2006 |
| Expansive and restrictive approaches to professionalism in FE colleges: the observation of teaching and learning as a case in point M O’Leary Professionalism in Post-Compulsory Education and Training, 140-156, 2020 | 38 | 2020 |
| Developing a national framework for the effective use of lesson observation in further education M O'Leary University and College Union, 2014 | 35 | 2014 |
| Teaching excellence in higher education: Challenges, changes and the teaching excellence framework A French, M O'Leary Emerald Group Publishing, 2017 | 34 | 2017 |
| Understanding, recognising and rewarding teaching quality in higher education: an exploration of the impact and implications of the Teaching Excellence Framework M O'Leary, V Cui, A French University and College Union, 2019 | 31 | 2019 |
| Raising the stakes: classroom observation in the further education sector in England M O’Leary, V Brooks Professional Development in Education 40 (4), 530-545, 2014 | 30 | 2014 |
| Peer observation as a springboard for teacher learning M O’Leary, D Price Reclaiming lesson observation, 114-123, 2016 | 27 | 2016 |
| A missed opportunity? How the UK’s teaching excellence framework fails to capture the voice of university staff V Cui, A French, M O’Leary Studies in Higher Education 46 (9), 1756-1770, 2021 | 25 | 2021 |
| Earthquakes, cancer and cultures of fear: qualifying as a Skills for Life teacher in an uncertain economic climate M O'Leary, R Smith Oxford review of education 38 (4), 437-454, 2012 | 25 | 2012 |
| The impact of austerity in Further Education: cross-cultural perspectives from England and Ireland M O’Leary, J Rami International and comparative education, 74-86, 2017 | 24 | 2017 |
Phil WoodBishop Grosseteste UniversityVerified email at bishopg.ac.uk
