Benjamin Mallon
Dr.
Benjamin Mallon is Assistant Professor in Geography Education in the Institute of Education, Dublin City University.
Ben’s expertise includes educational approaches which employ active, participatory methodologies and innovative enquiry-based frameworks to develop learners' understandings of, attitudes towards, and engagement with, significant sustainability issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss and conflict.
Ben coordinates and teaches undergraduate and postgraduate modules across the Institute of Education, including modules in 'primary geography education', 'geographical, environmental and outdoor education', 'children's rights education' and 'global citizenship education'. Ben supervises postgraduate research projects in the areas of geography education, global citizenship education, and education for democracy. Ben teaches in the EdD Area of Preferred Focus on education for sustainability, and supervises PhD students in the field of education.
Ben is co-PI on the DEMOCRAT Project (HORIZON-RIA HORIZON No. 101095106) which focuses on Education for Democracy across Europe. He has published a number of peer reviewed articles and several book chapters in the fields of Education for Sustainability, Global Citizenship Education and Climate Change Education, with a particular focus on transformative pedagogical approaches addressing complex global issues. Benjamin co-edited (with Anne Marie Kavanagh and Fionnuala Waldron) the book ‘Teaching for social justice and sustainable development across the primary curriculum’, published by Routledge in 2021. Some of Ben’s current collaborative research projects include those exploring primary teachers’ understandings and practices of Global Citizenship Education in schools, investigating young people’s experiences of deliberative democracy in relation to biodiversity loss, and researching how climate change education is addressed in the curricula of island states.
Ben is co-director of the DCU Centre for Human Rights and Citizenship Education. He sits on the Scientific and Pedagogical Committee of the Office of Climate Education, and has most recently been involved on the organising committee of the Irish Children’s and Young People’s Assembly on Biodiversity Loss.
Peer Reviewed Journal
| Year | Publication | |
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| 2022 | Bourke, A.; Mallon, B.; Maunsell, C. (2022) 'Realisation of Children's Rights under the un Convention on the Rights of the Child to, in, and through Sexuality Education'. International Journal of Children's Rights, 30 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2021 | Murphy, C.; Mallon, B.; Smith, G.; Kelly, O.; Pitsia, V.; Martinez Sainz, G. (2021) 'The influence of a teachers’ professional development programme on primary school pupils’ understanding of and attitudes towards sustainability'. Environmental Education Research, 27 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2021 | Mallon, B.; Martinez-Sainz, G. (2021) 'Education for children's rights in Ireland before, during and after the pandemic'. Irish Educational Studies, 40 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2021 | Redman, E.; Murphy, C.; Mancilla, Y.; Mallon, B.; Kater-Wettstaedt, L.; Barth, M.; Ortiz, M.G.; Smith, G.; Kelly, O. (2021) 'International scaling of sustainability continuing professional development for in-service teachers'. Interdisciplinary Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 17 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2021 | O’connell, C.; Mallon, B.; Cassaithe, C.N.í.; Barry, M. (2021) 'Addressing the complexity of contemporary slavery: Towards a critical framework for educators'. Policy and Practice, 2021 . [Link] | |
| 2020 | Murphy, C.; Smith, G.; Mallon, B.; Redman, E. (2020) 'Teaching about sustainability through inquiry-based science in Irish primary classrooms: the impact of a professional development programme on teacher self-efficacy, competence and pedagogy'. Environmental Education Research, 26 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2020 | Alan McCully, Fionnuala Waldron, Benjamin Mallon (2020) 'The contrasting place of political history in the primary curricula of Ireland, north and south: a comparative study'. COMPARE: A JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE EDUCATION, . [DOI] | |
| 2020 | Cliona Murphy, Nicola Broderick, Benjamin Mallon (2020) 'Primary science in Ireland – 17 years on'. Irish Teachers' Journal, 8 (1):141-156. [Link] | |
| 2019 | Tarozzi, M.; Mallon, B. (2019) 'Educating teachers towards global citizenship: A comparative study in four European countries'. London Review of Education, 17 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2018 | Mallon, Benjamin (2018) 'ILLUMINATING THE EXPLORATION OF CONFLICT THROUGH THE LENS OF GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION'. Policy and Practice, (27):37-69. |
Book Chapter
| Year | Publication | |
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| 2023 | catherine maunsell; ashling bourke; benjamin mallon (2023) 'Comprehensive Sexuality Education in Ireland: A Children’s Rights Perspective' In: Sex and Sexualities in Ireland: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. - : Palgrave Macmillan Cham. [DOI] | |
| 2023 | Benjamin Mallon, Fionnuala Waldron and Caitríona Ní Cassaithe (2023) 'Human Rights Education: A beacon of hope in times of crisis?' In: Pushing the Boundaries of Human Rights Education: Concepts, Challenges and Contexts. London : Routledge. | |
| 2023 | Fionnuala Waldron, Caitríona Ní Cassaithe and Benjamin Mallon (2023) 'Human rights education in a time of crisis: a pedagogy of possibility' In: Pushing the Boundaries of Human Rights Education: Concepts, Challenges and Contexts. London : Routledge. | |
| 2021 | Waldron, F.; Mallon, B.; Kavanagh, A.M. (2021) 'Transforming pedagogy for a socially just and sustainable world: Concluding thoughts' In: Teaching For Social Justice And Sustainable Development Across The Primary Curriculum. [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2021 | Mallon, B. (2021) 'Global citizenship education: Interconnection, social justice and sustainability' In: Teaching For Social Justice And Sustainable Development Across The Primary Curriculum. [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2021 | Kavanagh, A.M.; Waldron, F.; Mallon, B. (2021) 'Teaching for social justice and sustainable development across the primary curriculum: An introduction' In: Teaching For Social Justice And Sustainable Development Across The Primary Curriculum. [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2021 | Benjamin Mallon (2021) 'Educational Responses to the Emotions, Foundations and Everyday Realities of Climate Change' In: Policy and Practice: A Development Education Review Fifteenth Anniversary Special Edition. Belfast : Centre for Global Education. | |
| 2020 | F. Waldron, B. Mallon, M. Barry & G. Martinez-Sainz (2020) 'Climate Change Education in Ireland: Emerging Practice in a Context of Resistance' In: Ireland and the Climate Crisis. Cham : Palgrave Macmillan. [Link] https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47587-1_13 | |
| 2020 | Benjamin Mallon (2020) 'The Right to Education' In: International Human Rights, Social Policy and Global Development: Critical Perspectives. Bristol : Policy Press. | |
| 2019 | Benjamin Mallon (2019) 'National Case Study: Ireland' In: Teachers’ education in GCE: emerging issues in a comparative perspective. Bologna : Università di Bologna. [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2019 | Benjamin Mallon (2019) 'Contrasting Cultures in GCE Teacher Education' In: Teachers’ education in GCE: emerging issues in a comparative perspective. Bologna : Università di Bologna. [Link] [DOI] |
Other Journal
| Year | Publication | |
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| 2015 | Benjamin Mallon (2015) 'A Development Education Perspective on the Challenges and Possibilities of Climate Change in Initial Teacher Education' :135-146. | |
| 2013 | Benjamin Mallon (2013) 'Lessons in Conflict and Peace in Nagorno-Karabakh' . [Link] |
Teaching Resource
| Year | Publication | |
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| 2022 | Caitriona Ni Cassithe; Benjamin Mallon (2022) Modern Slavery: Joining the dots in the classroom. Ireland: TEACH [Link] |
Guidelines for Practice
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| 2017 | Benjamin J Mallon, Fionnuala Waldron, Rowan Oberman, Seline Keating (2017) Making Rights Real: Learning Activities and Actions on Children’s Rights for Children. GFP [Link] | |
| 2013 | Benjamin Mallon & Connall O'Caoimh (2013) Proudly made in Africa: a Transition Unit for Business Studies and Development Education. Dublin: GFP [Link] |
Book Review
| Year | Publication | |
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| 2020 | Benjamin Mallon (2020) Important work in a time of volatility: transnational perspectives on democracy, citizenship, human rights and peace education. BREV [Link] | |
| 2016 | Benjamin Mallon (2016) Children’s Rights, Educational Research and the UNCRC: Past, Present and Future. BREV | |
| 2015 | Benjamin Mallon (2015) Sowing seeds: the militarisation of youth and how to counter it. BREV [DOI] | |
| 2013 | Benjamin Mallon (2013) Education that Matters: Teachers, Critical Pedagogy and Development Education at Local and Global Level. BREV [Link] |
Conference Publication
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| 2013 | Benjamin Mallon (2013) Irish Association of Social Science and Environmental Education Peace building education on the island of Ireland: A conceptual framework [Link] |
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Other Publication
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| 2020 | Mallon, B. (2020) Important work in a time of volatility: Transnational perspectives on democracy, citizenship, human rights and peace education. [Link] |
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Research Interests
Ben researches in the areas of Geography Education, Education for Sustainability and Global Citizenship Education, with a particular focus on pedagogical approaches which address conflict, challenge violence and support the development of peaceful and sustainable societies. Current research projects and responsiblities include:
- PI (with John Lalor and Justin Rami) on the DEMOCRAT Project (European Union’s HORIZON-RIA HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions under Grant Agreement No. 101095106) which aims, through a participatory approach, to elaborate curricula or EfD based on a framework of responsible democratic competences (RDCs), to test them in open, local, innovative learning projects and to develop a toolbox to support the development of transformative EfD practices in the EU and beyond.
- PI (with Maria Barry) on the Development Education and Educational Disadvantage (DEED) Project, funded by Trocaire, exploring the opportunities for embedding Development Education/Global Citizenship Education within socially and/or economically disadvantaged contexts.
- Member of the research team on the COLNIM Project undertaking a comparative analysis of climate change education in the primary curricula of Ireland and Mauritius.
- Member of the research team addressing the research components of the Global Village programme (funded by Irish Aid). This includes a quantiative analysis of Irish primary teacher experiences, percpectives and practices in relation to Global Citizenship Education, and a scoping study exploring the GCE within early childhood education.