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Fionnuala Waldron

Professor Emerita DCU and Cregan Professor of Education, Fionnuala Waldron is Co-Director of the Centre for Human Rights and Citizenship Education. From 2009 - 2016 Fionnuala was Head of Education and Dean of Education in St Patrick's College, Drumcondra. She was appointed leader of the Education Workstream which was set up to establish the DCU Institute of Education in 2013. From 2015 to 2016, Fionnuala was Interim Executive Dean of the DCU IoE. In 2014, Fionnuala was awarded a Cregan Professorship.

Fionnuala began her career in education as a primary teacher before becoming a teacher educator with a specialisation in history education in 1999. Since then, her research interests have grown to include teacher education (policy and practice), human rights and citizenship education and global citizenship education. In 2005, Fionnuala established the Centre for Human Rights and Citizenship Education in collaboration with colleagues in St Patrick's College and with Amnesty (Ireland). In 2012, she initiated a doctoral strand in teacher education as part of the Doctorate in Education (EdD) in St Patrick’s College. She went on to establish the CREATE research programme in teacher education and is a founding member of the CREATE21 Research Centre. In addition to her work in history education and human rights education, Fionnuala chairs the Write to Read Literacy Project.

Other Journal

	Year	Publication
	2017	Brian Ruane; Fionnuala Waldron (2017) 'Citizenship and Human Rights Education: the State has a duty to deliver' 2017-2018 :180-183. Link
	2015	Waldron, F. (2015) 'Commemorating 1916 in Irish Primary Schools: Looking back and looking forward' :127-129.
	2013	Waldron, F. (2013) 'A watershed year: change and transformation in primary initial teacher education in Ireland' .
	2013	Waldron, F. (2013) 'The power to end history? Defining the past through history textbooks' 39 :54-59.
	2013	McCully, A. and Waldron, F. (2013) 'A question of identity? Purpose, policy and practice in the teaching of history in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland' 11 (2) :138-151.
	2008	Waldron, F. (2008) 'An arrow shot through time: Children’s fiction, historical picture books and the development of empathy. ' 24 (Summer 2008) . Link
	2007	Keogh, D., Ruane, B., & Waldron, F. (2007) 'Is slavery history? Slavery in historic and contemporary societies' 34 .

Commissioned Report

	Year	Publication
	2011	Kavanagh, R., Murphy, C., Oberman, R., Ruane, B., & Waldron, F. (2011) An Evaluation of SEAI's Education Programmes. COMMREP

Review Articles

	Year	Publication
	2003	Waldron, F. (2003) Maureen Murphy, (ed.), The Great Irish Famine Curriculum. REV

Book Chapter

	Year	Publication
	2021	Waldron, F.; Ni Cassaithe, C., Barry, M. and Whelan, P. (2021) 'Critical historical enquiry for a socially just and sustainable world' In: London and New York : Routledge.
	2021	Waldron, F.; Mallon, B. and Kavanagh, A. M. (2021) 'Transforming pedagogy for a socially just and sustainable world: Concluding thoughts' In: London and New York : Routledge.
	2021	Kavanagh, A.M.; Waldron, F. and Mallon, Benjamin (2021) 'Teaching for social justice and sustainable development across the primary curriculum: An introduction' In: London and New York : Routledge.
	2020	Waldron, F; Mallon, B; Barry, M; Martínez-Sainz, G (2020) 'Climate Change Education in Ireland: Emerging Practice in a Context of Resistance' In: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan.
	2016	Waldron, F. & McCully, A. (2016) 'Republic of Ireland and Nothern Ireland: eroded certainties and new possiblities' In: London : Bloomsbury.
	2014	Waldron F. (2014) 'Moving beyond boundaries: Development education in initial teacher education' In: Belfast : Centre for Global Education.
	2013	Waldron, F (2013) 'Defending the cause: Parnell and the drink interest' In: Dublin : UCD.
	2012	Waldron, F (2012) 'Re-imagining Initial Teacher Education' In: Dublin : The Liffey Press.
	2010	Ruane, B., Waldron, F., Maunsell, C. et al. (2010) 'Bringing alive the spirit of Human Rights: Irish teachers’ understandings of human rights and human rights education' In: Dublin : The Liffey Press.
	2010	Waldron, F. (2010) 'Human Rights Education' In: Dublin : The Liffey Press.
	2010	Waldron, F., & Ruane, B. (2010) 'Conclusion' In: Dublin : Liffey.
	2006	Waldron, F. (2006) 'Children as co-researchers: Developing a democratic research practice with children' In: Greenwich : Information Age.
	2005	Waldron, F. (2005) 'A nation’s schoolbooks wield a great power: How the Romans are depicted in Irish history textbooks' In: Bern : Peter Lang.
	2004	Waldron, F. (2004) 'Making the Irish: Identity and citizenship in the primary curriculum' In: Dublin : The Liffey Press.

Book Review

	Year	Publication
	2019	Fionnuala Waldron (2019) Imagining Europe: Narratives of identity and belonging. London: BREV
	2012	Waldron, F. (2012) Learning to Read the World? Teaching and Learning about Global Citizenship and International Development in Post Primary Schools. BREV
	2011	Waldron, F (2011) Teachers and human rights education. ABINGDON: BREV
	2009	Waldron, F (2009) Curriculum matters in Ireland. ABINGDON: BREV

Editorial

	Year	Publication
	2014	Fionnuala Waldron (2014) Finding the Historically Possible: Contexts, Limits and Possibilities in Development Education, Policy & Practice: A Development Education Review, Vol. 19, Autumn, pp. 1-11. ED

Guidelines for Practice

	Year	Publication
	2017	Mallon, Benjamon., Ruane, B., Keating, S., Waldron, F. and Oberman, R. (2017) Making Rights Real: Learning Activities and Actions on Children's Rights for Children. GFP Link

Exhibition

	Year	Publication
	2007	Keogh, D., Waldron, F. and MacNamara, C. (2007) Abolition 1807-2007: An Exhibition on the Atlantic Slave Trade and its Abolitieon. Exh
	2006	Waldron, F. (2006) Inchicore Lives. Exh
	2000	Waldron, F. (2000) Inchicore and Kilmainham in Living Memory. Exh

Peer Reviewed Journal

	Year	Publication
	2020	McCully, A;Waldron, F;Mallon, B (2020) 'The contrasting place of political history in the primary curricula of Ireland, north and south: a comparative study'. Compare, .
	2019	Waldron F.;Ruane B.;Oberman R.;Morris S. (2019) 'Geographical process or global injustice? Contrasting educational perspectives on climate change'. Environmental Education Research, :1-17.
	2017	Oberman, R;Waldron, F (2017) ''They should be grateful to God': Challenging children's preconceptions of the Global South through human rights education'. Policy &Amp; Practice-A Development Education Review, :9-33.
	2016	Waldron F.;Oberman R. (2016) 'Responsible citizens? How children are conceptualised as rights holders in Irish primary schools'. International Journal of Human Rights, 20 (6):744-760.
	2016	Dolan, AM;Waldron, F;Pike, S;Greenwood, R (2016) 'Learning to teach primary geography in the context of school placement: lessons from an all-Ireland study'. European Journal of Teacher Education, 39 :20-35.
	2014	Dolan A.;Waldron F.;Pike S.;Greenwood R. (2014) 'Student teachers' reflections on prior experiences of learning geography'. International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 23 (4):314-330.
	2014	Waldron F.;Ruane B.;Oberman R. (2014) 'Practice as prize: Citizenship education in two primary classrooms in Ireland'. Journal Of Social Science Education, 13 (1):34-45.
	2012	Oberman, R., Waldron, F., & Dillon, S. (2012) 'Developing a global citizenship education programme for three to six year olds'. International Journal of Development Education and Global Learning, 4 (1):37-7-60.
	2008	Waldron, F. (2008) 'Statesmen of the street corners: Labour and the Parnell split in Dublin, 1890-92'. Studia Hibernica, 34 :153-3-174.
	2007	Waldron, F;Pike, S;Varley, J;Murphy, C;Greenwood, R (2007) 'Student teachers' prior experiences of history, geography and science: initial findings of an all-Ireland survey'. Irish Educational Studies, 26 :177-194.
	2006	Waldron, F., & Pike, S. (2006) 'What does it mean to be Irish? Children’s construction of national identity'. Irish Educational Studies, 25 (2):231-1-251.
	2003	Waldron F. (2003) 'Irish primary children's perceptions of history'. Irish Educational Studies, 22 (2):63-89.

Invited papers

	Year	Publication
	2018	Fionnuala Waldron (2018) Creating Paradise: a tribute to Brian Ruane. INVP

Conference Publication

	Year	Publication
	2014	Waldron, F.(Editor) (2014) Meeting the Challenges of a Globalised World *Meeting the Challenges of a Globalised World: Proceedings of the Irish Association for Social, Scientific and Environmental Education*
	2012	Waldron, F., Ruane, B., Kavanagh, R., Oberman, R. (2012) American Education Research Association *Education, Climate Change and Climate Justice: Irish Perspectives*
	2011	Maunsell, C., Oberman, R., & Waldron, F. (2011) Presentation at the Conference on Opportunities and Challenges: Implementing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Queen’s University Belfast: Research Forum for the Child *The Right to Human Rights Education: Teachers’ Understanding and Delivery of Human Rights Education in Irish Primary School*
	2010	Pike, S., Murphy, C., Dolan, A. & Waldron, F. (2010) Presented at the Education Studies of Ireland Annual Conference, Dundalk *Becoming a Teacher: Student Teachers' Experiences as Learners of Science and Geography*
	2014	Waldron, F. (2014) School Placement: Roles and Relationships – Challenges and Opportunities *Conference Concluding Commentary* Dublin,
	2013	Waldron, F., Ruane, B. and Oberman, R. (2013) American Educational Research Association *‘It’s all about life’: the impact of knowledge and belief on policy and practice in human rights education in Ireland* San Francisco,

Edited Book

	Year	Publication
	2021	Anne Marie Kavanagh; Fionnuala Waldron; Benjamin Mallon (Ed.). (2021) London and New York: Routledge,
	2012	Waldron, F., Smith, J., Fitzpatrick, M. and Dooley, T (Ed.). (2012) Dublin: The Liffey Press,
	2010	Waldron, F. and Ruane, B (Ed.). (2010) Dublin: The Liffey Press,
	2005	Lyons, M. and Waldron, F (Ed.). (2005) Dublin: The Liffey Press,

Discussion Paper

	Year	Publication
	2002	Waldron, F. (2002) The textbook as cultural artefact: a critique of Irish primary history textbooks. DP

Published Report

	Year	Publication
	2011	Waldron, F., Kavanagh, A., 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. CHRCE, .
	2011	Kavanagh, R., Murphy, C., Oberman, R., Ruane, B., & Waldron, F. (2011) Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland Evaluation of Education Programme. The Centre for Human Right and Citizenship, .
	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, .
	2011	Waldron, F., Kavanagh, A., 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. CHRCE, .
	2011	Kavanagh, R., Murphy, C., Oberman, R., Ruane, B., & Waldron, F. (2011) An Evaluation of SEAI's Education Programmes. (A report by the Centre for Human Rights and Citizenship Education. Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland, .
	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, .
	2010	Ruane, B., Kavanagh, A., Waldron, F., Dillon, S., Casey, M., 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, .
	2009	Waldron, F., Pike, S., Greenwood, R., Murphy, C., O'Connor, G., Dolan, A., & Kerr, K. (2009) Becoming a Teacher. Centre for Cross Border Studies, .
	2009	Waldron, F., Pike, S., Greenwood, R., Murphy, C., O, Connor, G., Dolan, A., & Kerr, K. (2009) Becoming a teacher: Primary student teachers as learners and teachers of history, geography and science: An all-Ireland study. ScoTENS, . Link
	2010	Ruane, B., Kavanagh, A.M., Waldron, F., Dillon, S., Maunsell, C., & Prunty, A. (2010) Young children’s engagement with issues of global justice. CHRCE and Trocaire, . Link
	2009	Waldron, F., Pike, S., Greenwood, R., Murphy, C., O'Connor, G., Dolan, A., & Kerr, K. (2009) Becoming a teacher: Primary student teachers as learners and teachers of history, geography and science: An all-Ireland study. SCoTENS, .
	1994	Waldron, F. and INTO (1994) Breaking the Cycle: Poverty and Educational Disadvantage. INTO, .

Conference Contribution

	Year	Publication
	2009	Waldron, F., & Ruane, B. (2009) Presented at Pearse Museum, St Enda's Rathfarnham, Dublin Teaching about slavery in the primary classroom Dublin, .
	2007	Waldron, F. & Pike, S. (2007) Paper presented at Abolition 1807-2007 Conference, St. Patrick's College, Dublin Is slavery history? Cross-curricular approaches to teaching about slavery Dublin, .
	2010	Pike, S., Murphy, C., Dolan, A. & Waldron, F. (2010) Education Studies of Ireland Annual Conference Becoming a Teacher: Student Teachers' Experiences as Learners of Science and Geography Malahide, .
	2005	Waldron, F., & Pike, S. (2005) American Educational Research Association Annual Conference What does it mean to be Irish?: Children’s construction of national identity Montreal, .
	2012	Waldron, F. and McCully, A. (2012) Paper presented at the symposium 'Commemorating 1916, the Battle of the Somme and World War 1: Questions for Education', St Patrick's College, Dublin 'Ireland at this time was a troublesome place': Student teachers' views on teaching 1916, the Battle of the Somme and the First World War Dublin, .
	2008	Waldron, F. (2008) Paper presented at Parnell Society Spring Day, Avondale Parnell and drink Avondale, .
	2009	Waldron, F. (2009) Paper presented at IASSEE Annual Conference, St Patrick's College, Dublin Irish student teachers' perceptions of what makes a good teacher of history, geography and science at primary level Dublin, .
	2016	Waldron, F. (2016) Ireland 1916-2016: The Promise and Challenge of National Sovereignty The Challenges, Promise and Responsibility of Education in the 21st Century NUIG, 12/11/2016-12/11/2016.
	2005	Waldron, F. (2005) Paper presented at the CUFA Conference, Kansas City, MO Children as co-researchers: Developing a democratic research practice with children Kansas, .
	2019	Fionnuala Waldron; Maria Barry; Peter Whelan; Caitriona Ni Cassaithe (2019) Public History, Historical Culture, Identity and Pedagogy: HEIRNET 2019 16th Annual Conference Narratives of the nation among Irish student primary teachers University of Vienna, 02/09/2019-04/09/2019.
	2016	Waldron, F. (2016) Children and the Irish Revolution ‘It gives us identity’: Student teachers’ perspectives on teaching history during the Decade of Centenaries Dublin, .
	2015	Waldron, F. and McCully, A. (2015) HEIRNET 2015 Teaching History: A North/South Comparison London, .
	2012	Waldron, F. (2012) Paper presented at IASSEE Research Symposium 'Reforms in Initial Teacher Education: Implications for IASSEE'. Mary Immaculate College, Limerick Teaching History in the 'Decade of Commemorations' Limerick, .
	2012	Waldron, F. (2012) Parnell Summer School Teaching 1916 Avondale, .
	2012	Waldron, F. (2012) Presentation presented to Universities' Council for the Education of Teachers, at Stranmillis University College, Belfast Teacher Education in the Republic of Ireland: A view from the coalface Belfast, .
	2010	Pike, S., Murphy, C., Dolan, A. & Waldron, F. (2010) Presented at the Education Studies of Ireland Annual Conference, Dundalk Becoming a Teacher: Student Teachers' Experiences as Learners of Science and Geography Dundalk, .
	2009	Waldron, F. (2009) Presented at Round Table on Human Rights and Education, Irish Human Rights Commission Perspectives on human rights education in primary education Dublin, .
	2004	Waldron, F. (2004) Paper presented at the ‘Voices and Images of Childhood and Adolescence: Rethinking Young People’s Identities’, Human Development, St. Patrick’s College, Dublin Children’s ideas about national identity Dublin, .
	2016	Waldron, F. (2016) Reflecting the Rising Teaching 1916: What we told the children DIT Aungier St, .
	2016	Waldron, F. (2016) International Perspectives on Practice and Research into Children's Rights Children's rights in Ireland: An unfinished project University of Cambridge, 03/10/2016-03/10/2016.
	2016	Waldron, F. (2016) Re-presenting Education: Development Education Meets Critical Pedagogy Letting the light in: Re-presenting education in a turbulent age University College Cork, .
	2013	Waldron, F. (2013) Eve of Ivy Day 'Give me one hundred Inchicores throughout Ireland': Parnell, Labour and the Politics of the Split Glasnevin Cemetery Museum, .
	2013	Waldron, F. (2013) INTO Equality Conference A question of ethos? Limerick, .
	2012	Waldron, F. (2012) Keynote paper presented at the Byrne Perry Summer School, 'A Decade of Commemorations 2012-2022'. Gorey, Ireland Teaching 1916 Wexford, .
	2011	Waldron, F. (2011) Keynote address delivered at 10th annual IASSEE conference, St Patrick's College Moving forward: History education and initial teacher education in Ireland Dublin, .
	2011	Waldron, F. (2011) Keynote address delivered at Re-imagining Initial Teacher Education: Perspectives on Transformation conference, St Patrick's College, Dublin Re-imagining initial teacher education: Purpose, passion and possibility Dublin, .
	2010	Waldron, F. (with Dolan, A.) (2010) Paper presented at the European Conference on Educational Research, Helsinki Student teachers' experiences of and attitudes towards history, geography and science in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland Helsinki, .
	2008	Waldron, F. (2008) Paper presented at Associational Culture in Ireland and the Wider World, c. 1750-c.1940 conference, NUI Maynooth, Ireland Trade identity, interest and culture: The Dublin Licensed Grocers' and Vintners' Association in the nineteenth century Maynooth, .
	2005	Waldron, F., & Murphy, C. (2005) Paper presented at ECER 2005, UCD, Dublin Student teachers’ prior experiences of learning in history, geography and science: Report on an all-Ireland collaborative research project Dublin, .
	2005	Waldron, F. (2005) Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference 2005, Montreal Children's construction of national identity: What does it mean to be Irish? Montreal, .

Research Interests

My research interests include:
History Education
Global and Local Citizenship Education
Human Rights Education
Climate Change Education
Teacher Education
Children's emergent understandings of concepts related to identity, history, citizenship and democracy
19th Century Irish history

Current Postgraduate Students

	Student Name	Degree	Supervision
	Barron , Brian	Doctor of Education	Supervisor

Teaching Interests

My teaching interests include History Education, Human Rights Education, Global Citizenship Education and Teacher Education. I currently teach on the following programmes:
MEd History and Geography Education;
MEd in Human Rights and Citizenship Education;
EdD Teacher Education Strand