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Anne Marie Kavanagh

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SPC M 301
T:Ext. 9252

E:AnneMarie.Kavanagh@dcu.ie

Spc M 301

T:Ext. 9252

E:AnneMarie.Kavanagh@dcu.ie

Assistant Professor In Ethical and Intercultural Education

Moville 31
DCU School of Human Development
St. Patrick's Campus
Drumcondra
Dublin 9

E:annemarie.kavanagh@dcu.ie

Anne Marie Kavanagh (PhD) is Assistant Professor in Ethical and Intercultural Education in the School of Human Development, DCU Institute of Education. She teaches and researches in the areas of ethical education, social justice education, intercultural education, climate justice education and human rights education.

She is currently PI on an ETBI funded project which is developing an e-Learning module for primary and post-primary teachers on supporting social and cultural diversity in Irish schools. She is also the DCU representative on the Advisory Committee for the Framework for the Recognition of Qualification to Teach Ethical, Multi-Belief and Values Education being led by Educate Together and ETBI.

She is a member of the steering committee of the DCU Centre for Human Rights and Citizenship Education (CHRCE) and a member of the DCU Anti-Bullying Centre. In 2021, her first co-edited book (with Prof Fionnuala Waldron & Dr Benjamin Mallon) 'Teaching for Social Justice and Sustainable Development Across the Primary Curriculum' was published by Routledge. This volume supports educators in integrating meaningful education for social justice and sustainability across a wide range of curricular subjects at primary level.

Anne Marie was awarded the INTO Vere Foster Medal in 2004 for obtaining the highest marks in Teaching Practice and the Curriculum Areas of Education over the three-year BEd programme in St. Patrick's College. In 2006, she was awarded the Kellogg's Scholarship and completed an MEd in Education (St. Patrick's College). In 2009, she received the Michael Jordan Fellowship in Education and completed her PhD at DCU under the supervision of Professor Fionnuala Waldron and Dr Audrey Bryan. In 2015, she was voted Lecturer of the Year by the students of St. Patrick's College.

Anne Marie welcomes contact from anyone interested in the areas of ethics and ethical education, social justice education, critical multicultural education and human rights education.

Book

	Year	Publication
	2024	Allen, A., Kavanagh, A. M. & Ní Cassaithe, C. (2024) Beyond a single story: Changing narratives for a changing world. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing. [Link]
	2021	Kavanagh, A.M.; Waldron, F.; Mallon, B. (2021) Teaching for social justice and sustainable development across the primary curriculum. [Link] [DOI]

Book Chapter

	Year	Publication
	2024	Kavanagh, A. M. & Ní Cassaithe, C. (2024) 'Seeing the world through alternative yes: Using indigenous stories and knowledge to teach about socio-ecological issues' In: Beyond a single story: Changing narratives for a changing world. Charlotte NC : Information Age Publishing.
	2024	Allen, A., Kavanagh, A. M. & Ní Cassaithe, C. (2024) 'Disrupting single narratives through the power of story' In: Beyond a single story: Changing narratives for a changing world. Charlotte NC : Information Age Publishing.
	2023	Kavanagh, A. M. (2023) 'A planet in crisis: Using Indigenous knowledge systems and stories to decolonise human rights education' In: Pushing the boundaries of human rights education: Concepts, challenges and contexts. Maidenhead : Routledge.
	2021	Kavanagh, A.M. & McGuirk, N. (2021) 'Beginning conversations about difference, race, ethnicity and racism through ethical education' In: Teaching for Social Justice and Sustainable Development Across the Primary Curriculum. Abingdon : Routledge.
	2021	Kavanagh, A.M. (2021) 'A whole school approach to social justice education' In: Teaching for Social Justice and Sustainable Development Across the Primary Curriculum. Abingdon : Routledge.
	2017	Kavanagh, A.M. (2017) 'Proposed New ERB and Ethics Curriculum Who Is It For? Who Will Avail of It?' In: Ireland’s Yearbook of Education, Mapping the Past, Forging the Future, 2017-2018. Kerry : Education Matters.
	2014	Kavanagh, A.M. (2014) 'Ethical Education & Education About Religions and Beliefs (ERB)' In: Education Matters Yearbook 8 Review of 2014 Guide to 2015. Galway : Education Matters.
	2010	Ruane, B., Kavanagh, A.M., Waldron, F., Dillon, S., Maunsell, C., O’Reilly, M., Prunty, A. & Pike, S. (2010) ''Bringing Alive the Spirit of Human Rights’: Irish Teachers’ Understanding of and Dispositions Towards Human Rights and Human Rights Education' In: Human Rights education: Reflections on theory and practice. Dublin : Liffey Press.

Peer Reviewed Journal

	Year	Publication
	2022	Kavanagh, A. M., & Ní Cassaithe, C. (2022) 'Unsilencing the histories of Ireland’s indigenous minority'. Public History Weekly, 10 (2). [Link] [DOI]
	2021	Kavanagh, Anne Marie; Dupont, Maeve (2021) 'Making the invisible visible: managing tensions around including Traveller culture and history in the curriculum at primary and post-primary levels'. Irish Educational Studies, 40 (3). [DOI]
	2015	Kavanagh, A.M. & Collins, B. (2015) 'Circle Time as an Inclusive Learning Space: Exploring Student Teachers’ Prior School Experiences'. AISHE-J: THE ALL IRELAND JOURNAL OF TEACHING AND LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION, 7 (2):1811-1815.
	2010	Ruane, B., Dillon, S., & Kavanagh, A.M. (2010) 'Young children’s engagement with issues of global justice'. Trocaire Development Review, 22 (1):85-100.

Other Journal

	Year	Publication
	2024	Ní Cassaithe, C. & Kavanagh, A. M. (2024) 'Using Indigenous and traditional stories to teach for climate and ecological action' Primary History, . [Link]

Discussion Paper

	Year	Publication
	2022	Kavanagh, A.M. (2022) The attempted destruction of a collective identity: The case of Irish Travellers. DP https://shuddhashar.com/tag/anne-marie-kavanagh/

Conference Publication

	Year	Publication
	2023	Kavanagh, A.M. (2023) Unmute Yourself! Communication and Education in Response to Crises . In: Seline Keating, Barry Morrissey, Margaret Nohilly and Catherine Maunsell eds. *The imperative of unmuting Traveller voices in on- and off-line social (media) spaces* https://sphenetwork.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2021-Conference-Proceedings.pdf
	2021	Kavanagh, A.M. (2021) SPHE Network Conference: Diversities: Interpretations through the Context of SPHE . In: . Keating, B. Collins, M. Nohilly, O’Sullivan, C. & Morrissey, B eds. *SPHE: An Effective Curricular Space for Promoting Respect for Diversities and Challenging Racism?* [Link]
	2018	Kavanagh, A.M. (2018) SPHE Network Conference: Citizenship Education: 100 Years On *Actualising Human Rights Education through the Formal and Hidden Curriculum*
	2018	Nohilly, M., Collins, B., Kavanagh, A.M., Keating, S., O’Mahony, F., & O’Sullivan, C. (Eds) (2018) SPHE Network Conference: Citizenship Education: 100 Years On *Citizenship Education: 100 Years On*
	2016	Collins, B. & Kavanagh, A.M. (2016) SPHE Network Conference: Understanding Well-being in Changing Times: The Role of SPHE *Circle Time and the Promotion of Well-Being: A Double Edged Sword* Dublin: Centre for Human Rights and Citizenship Education & SPHE Network,
	2016	Collins, B., Moynihan, S., Kavanagh, A.M., O’Beirne, A & Keating, S. (Eds.) (2016) SPHE Network Conference: Understanding Well-being in Changing Times: The Role of SPHE *Understanding Well-being in Changing Times: The Role of SPHE* Dublin: Centre for Human Rights and Citizenship Education & SPHE Network,
	2014	Kavanagh, A.M. (2014) SPHE Network Conference: The Future of SPHE: Problems & Possibilities . In: O’Sullivan, C., Moynihan, S., Collins, B., Hayes, G. & Titley A eds. *The Role of SPHE in Promoting Democratic Practice in Schools* SPHE Network & The DICE Project,

Blog

	Year	Publication
	2024	Kavanagh, A. M. (2024) Will changes in our individual environmental behaviour save us from a climate apocalypse?. BLOG [Link]
	2022	Kavanagh, A.M. (2022) The war in Ukraine: A teacher’s guide to talking about it in the primary classroom. BLOG [Link]
	2022	Kavanagh, A.M. (2022) Traveller children and youth’s rights matter (too): Together we need to validate and make visible Traveller cultural identity, languages and values in education. BLOG [Link]

Published Report

	Year	Publication
	2013	Collins, B. & Kavanagh, A.M. (2013) Student Teachers’ Experiences of Circle Time: Implications for Practice. The DICE Project, .
	2011	Waldron, F., Kavanagh, A.M., Kavanagh, R., Maunsell, C., Oberman, R., O'Reilly, M., Pike, S., Prunty, A., & Ruane, B. (2011) Teachers, Human Rights and Human Rights Education: Knowledge, perspectives and practices of primary school teachers in Ireland. A report by the Centre for Human Rights and Citizenship Education. St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra, .
	2010	Ruane, B., Kavanagh, A.M., Waldron, F., Dillon, S., Maunsell, C., & Prunty, A. (2010) Young children’s engagement with issues of global justice. A report by the Centre for Human Rights and Citizenship Education. St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra and Trocaire, .

Conference Contribution

	Year	Publication
	2023	Kavanagh, A. M. & Ni Cassaithe, C. (2023) College & University Faculty Assembly of the National Council for the Social Studies 2023 Annual Co Sharing the planet: Child education in an era of crisis Nashville, TN, .
	2023	Kavanagh, A. M. (2023) SPHE Network Conference: Being, Becoming and Beyond: SPHE in Children and Young People’s Lives Being & becoming comfortable with addressing difference in the classroom Marino Institute of Education, Dublin, 18/11/2023-.
	2023	Kavanagh, A.M. (2023) Using indigenous stories and knowledge systems to imagine a more sustainable futures ANGEL UNESCO Conference UNESCO HQ Paris, .
	2023	Kavanagh, A.M. (2023) Seeing the world through alternative eyes HEIRNET Conference Karlstad University & Globala Gymnasiet, Stockholm, .
	2022	Kavanagh, A.M.,; NíCassaithe, C. (2022) Irish Travellers / Mincéirs & the State, 1922-2022: The Struggle for Equality Using Mincéir knowledge systems to think differently about the natural environment Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway, .
	2022	Kavanagh, A.M.; NíCassaithe, C. (2022) Social Science Education Consortium Conference: Moving Beyond a Single Story Unsilencing our storied past: Using Irish indigenous stories and knowledge in primary education DCU Institute of Education, Dublin, .
	2022	Machowska-Kosciak, M., Kavanagh, A.M. & Barry, M. (2022) ATEE Spring Conference: teacher Education and Practice: Foresight and Hindsight Towards culturally responsive education: Listening to ethnic minority young people in Ireland Marino Institute of Education, Dublin, .
	2022	Kavanagh, A.M. (2022) Dean of Teaching & Learning Seminar Series 2021-2022. Maynooth University, Kildare Masterclass 2022: Teaching for Social Justice and Sustainable Development Across the Primary Curriculum Dean of Teaching & Learning Seminar Series 2021-2022. Maynooth University, Kildare, .
	2022	Kavanagh, A.M. (2022) Educate Together Principals' Conference, Galway Bay Hotel, Galway Making Meaning through Exploratory Talk, Reflection & Mutuality: Unpacking a Conceptual Enquiry Approach to Belief Systems Educate Together Principals' Conference, Galway Bay Hotel, Galway, .
	2021	Kavanagh, A.M. (2021) SPHE Network Conference, Unmute Yourself! Communication and Education in Response to Crises A willingness to listen, learn and become an ally: The imperative of unmuting Traveller voices in primary and post-primary classrooms SPHE Network Conference, Unmute Yourself! Communication and Education in Response to Crises, .
	2021	Kavanagh, A.M. (2021) 45th Annual ATEE Conference: “(Re)imagining and Remaking Teaching Education”. 9th-11th September, 20 Decolonising Human Rights Education: Whiteness, White Privilege, Coloniality and Teacher Education 45th Annual ATEE Conference: “(Re)imagining and Remaking Teaching Education”. 9th-11th September, 2021, University of Warsaw (online), .
	2021	Kavanagh, A.M., & Dupont, M. (2021) The 9th European Conference on Education (ECE2021) Resistance to Systemic and Institutional Racism: Traveller Activism and Resilience During COVID-19 Times Online from UCL, Institute of Education, London, UK, 15/07/2021-17/07/2021.
	2021	Kavanagh, A.M., Waldron, F., Mallon, B. & ÓBreacháin, A. (2021) Development Education Research Centre (DERC), UCL Institute of Education ocial justice and sustainable development education at primary level Development Education Research Centre (DERC), UCL Institute of Education, .
	2020	Dupont, M. & Kavanagh, A.M. (2020) Policy in Ireland and Europe as it stands on Roma education and inclusion issues Policy in Ireland with respect to education and inclusion. The case of the Irish Traveller Community National Anti-Bullying Research and Resource Centre, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland, .
	2019	Kavanagh, A.M. (2019) 44th Annual Conference of the Association of Teacher Education in Europe (ATEE) The pernicious challenge of racism: How can initial teacher education programmes promote transformative practice? Bath Spa University, Bath, United Kingdom, .
	2019	Kavanagh, A.M. (2019) Beyond the Single Story: Intercultural Education Conference A critical case study analysis of one Irish primary school’s intercultural practice DCU IOE, .
	2019	Kavanagh, A.M. (2019) World Anti-Bullying Forum A case study analysis of the (mis)recognition of racism in three Irish primary schools Dublin City University, 04/06/2019-06/06/2019.
	2019	Kavanagh, A.M. & Dupont, M. (2019) Beyond the Single Story: Intercultural Education Conference Making the invisible visible: Unpacking tensions in including Traveller culture and history in the Primary Curriculum DCU IOE, .
	2018	Kavanagh, A.M. (2018) Diversities: Interpretations in the Context of SPHE SPHE: An effective curricular space for promoting respect for diversities and challenging racisms? Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, .
	2017	Kavanagh, A.M. (2017) European Conference on Education 2017: Educating for Change Fostering Changemakers through Human Rights Education Jury's Inn Brighton Waterfront, Brighton, United Kingdom, .
	2016	Kavanagh, A.M. (2016) Citizenship Education 100 Years On: An SPHE Network Conference Empowering schools, empowering pupils: Embedding Human Rights Education in the formal and hidden curriculum Maynooth University, Kildare, .
	2016	Kavanagh, A.M. (2016) Citizenship Education 100 Years On: An SPHE Network Conference Conference Organisation Sub-Committee Maynooth University, Kildare, .
	2016	Kavanagh, A.M. & McGuirk, N. (2016) Ethical Education Symposium Teaching Beliefs and Values in the Primary School DCU Institute of Education, Dublin, .
	2015	Kavanagh, A.M. (2015) Educational Studies Association of Ireland (ESAI) Conference Uneasy bedfellows? Ethics, ERB and Religious Instruction in Irish Primary Schools Kildare, .
	2015	Kavanagh, A.M. (2015) Educate Together Conference: Understanding Ethical Education in a Modern Irish Republic: Cherishing all children of the nation equally? Enacting a Holistic Approach: Teaching About, For and Through Ethics Alexander Hotel, Dublin, .
	2015	Kavanagh, A.M. (2015) Centre for Education for Racial Equality in Scotland (CERES) Conference Pushing Boundaries: Agentive Opportunities for Challenging Racism in Primary Schools University of Edinburgh, Scotland, .
	2014	Kavanagh, A.M. (2014) A Child’s World International Conference Moving beyond education about children’s rights – what can schools do to facilitate the authentic realisation of pupils’ participation rights? University of Aberystwyth, Wales, .
	2014	Kavanagh, A.M. with Collins, B. (2014) SPHE Network Conference Circle Time and the Promotion of Well-Being: A Double-Edged Sword? St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra, .
	2014	Kavanagh, A.M. (2014) Educational Studies Association of Ireland (ESAI) Conference Constrained Agency”: A critical insight into how principals and teachers enact agency and effect change in primary schools in order to create more equitable and inclusive school cultures Athlone, .
	2014	Kavanagh, A.M. (2014) Understanding Well-being in Changing Times: The Role of SPHE Conference Organisation Sub-Committee St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra, .
	2013	Kavanagh, A.M. with Collins, B. (2013) International Conference on Engaging Pedagogy (ICEP) Employing Student Voice to Enhance Inclusive Learning IT Sligo,Sligo, .
	2013	Kavanagh, A.M. (2013) American Education Research Association (AERA) Conference A Human Rights Informed Approach - Working Towards the Democratisation of Organisational and Pedagogical Relations: A Critical Case Study Analysis San Francisco, California, .
	2012	Kavanagh, A.M. (2012) The Future of SPHE: Problems & Possibilities Conference Organisation Sub-Committee Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, .
	2012	Kavanagh, A.M. (2012) SPHE Network Conference The Role of SPHE in Promoting Democratic Practice in Schools Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, .
	2012	Kavanagh, A.M. (2012) Citizenship, History, Democracy and Education Conference Human Rights-Informed Democratic Practice: A Case Study International Centre for Education and Democratic Citizenship, Birbeck, University of London, .
	2012	Kavanagh, A.M. (2012) Postgraduate Conference in Humanities and Education Rushgreen E.T.N.S. – A Model of Liberal or Critical Multicultural Education? St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra, .
	2011	Kavanagh, A.M. (2011) DICE Conference Critical Multicultural Education in Action at Rushgreen E.T.N.S St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra, .
	2011	Kavanagh, A.M. (2011) Postgraduate Conference in Humanities and Education Emerging Models of Intercultural Education in Three Irish Primary Schools St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra, .

Thesis

	Year	Publication
	2013	Kavanagh, A.M. (2013) Emerging models of intercultural education in Irish primary schools: A critical case study analysis. THES
	2008	Kavanagh, A.M. (2008) An Appealing Outside and A Healthy Inside: An Analysis of the Factors that Motivate Irish Parents when Purchasing Food for their Children’s School Lunches. THES

Professional Associations

Association	Function	From / To
Centre for Human Rights and Citizenship Education	Member	-
SPHE Network	Secretary	-
National Council for the Social Studies	Member	-
DCU Anti-Bullying Centre	Member	-

Honors and Awards

Date	Title	Awarding Body
01/01/2015	Lecturer of the Year	Students' Union, St. Patrick's College
01/01/2006	Kellogg’s Scholarship 2006-2008	DCU
01/01/2009	Michael Jordan Fellowship in Education 2009-2012	DCU
01/01/2004	Vere Foster Medal Winner	INTO

Committees

	Committee	Function	From / To
	SPHE Network		-

Media

	Title	Year	Type	Authors
	Packing in the Claims?	2008	Newspaper article (Print)	Thompson, S.
	Reading Between the Lines of the Nutritional Information	2008	Newspaper article (Print)	Thompson, S.

Research Interests

Anne Marie is interested in the areas of social justice education, ethical education, intercultural education, climate justice education and human rights education.

Research Projects

Title	Role	Description	Start date	End date
Developing an e-Learning Module: How to Respond Effectively to Cultural and Social Diversity within the School Community (primary and post-primary)	PI	Dr Anne Marie Kavanagh is designing an e-Learning module on responding effectively to cultural and social diversity. Dr Jones Irwin will act as Senior Reviewer.	11/09/2023	31/05/2024
Ethical and Inclusive Education for Ethical Education and the Voice of Third Country National Children - embedding interculturalism in rapidly developing areas through Educate Together Schools	Researcher		01/07/2014	27/02/2015
Student Teachers’ Experience of DE/ICE through Circle Time in primary/post-primary schools	Researcher		01/02/2012	01/02/2013

Current Postgraduate Students

Student Name	Degree	Supervision
Green ,Maggie	Doctor of Education	Supervisor
Burke ,Patricia	PhD-track	Supervisor
Ni Thiarnaigh ,Richeal	PhD-track	Supervisor

Modules Coordinated

Term	Title	Subject
2022	Description of 2021_ED4010	ED4010
2022	Philosophy, Ethics	ED3048
2022		AP703