Caitriona NI Cassaithe
Ms.

Dr Caitríona Ní Cassaithe lectures in History Education,
in the School of STEM Education, Innovation and Global Studies. In September
2016, Caitríona was awarded the Michael Jordan Fellowship at St Patrick's
College and held this position until September 2017 when she assumed the role
of Assistant Professor in History Education.
Caitríona completed her B.Ed. and PG Dip. Ed. in St. Patrick’s College, Drumcondra and spent fourteen years as a primary teacher in St. Joseph’s Co-ed., East Wall, Dublin 3. Caitriona also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Advertising and spent six years as a graphic designer in Rawlton and one year in McConnells Advertising Agency.
Caitríona completed her PhD in the area of history education under the supervision of Prof. Fionnuala Waldron and Dr. Therese Dooley in 2020. Her doctoral research is a design-based teaching experiment which assesses the effectiveness of a series of teaching interventions designed to uncover and address children’s epistemic beliefs about the nature of history and historical evidence.
Caitríona completed her B.Ed. and PG Dip. Ed. in St. Patrick’s College, Drumcondra and spent fourteen years as a primary teacher in St. Joseph’s Co-ed., East Wall, Dublin 3. Caitriona also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Advertising and spent six years as a graphic designer in Rawlton and one year in McConnells Advertising Agency.
Caitríona completed her PhD in the area of history education under the supervision of Prof. Fionnuala Waldron and Dr. Therese Dooley in 2020. Her doctoral research is a design-based teaching experiment which assesses the effectiveness of a series of teaching interventions designed to uncover and address children’s epistemic beliefs about the nature of history and historical evidence.
Web Page
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2017 | Caitriona Ní Cassaithe (2017) How can intercultural expertise, skills and competences be deepened?. WEBP Link |
Other Journal
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2021 | Ní Cassaithe, C., Waldron, F., & Dooley, T. (2021) 'Primary children’s epistemic bottlenecks about history' Special Issue on Epistemic Cognition in History . | |
2021 | Ní Cassaithe, C. & Chapman A. (2021) 'History Education in a Climate of Crisis' 9 (1) . | |
2021 | Lynn, T., Ní Cassaithe, C., & Rosati, P. (2021) 'Recording the Irish experience in Ireland and abroad: The Irish Covid-19 oral history project' 49 (1) :27-29. | |
2018 | Ní Cassaithe, C. (2018) 'When a picture paints more than a thousand words: Visual literacy in the history classroom' :60-62. Link |
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Book Chapter
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2021 | Waldron, F., Ní Cassaithe, C., Barry, M., & Whelan, P. (2021) 'Critical historical enquiry for a socially just and sustainable world' In: London : Routledge. Link | |
2012 | Ni Cassaithe, C. & Mooney, J. (2012) 'For whom the banshee wails' In: Dublin : Seven Towers. |
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Research Interests
Caitríona's
research interests include:
- The learning and teaching of history at primary and second level
- Museum and heritage education (including local history)
- ICT in SESE (including the use of virtual reality and augmented reality)
- Conceptual change with particular reference to understanding in history
- Evidence based practice in education
- Teaching controversial/contested issues in primary history
- Professional learning and pedagogy (including new teaching and learning technologies)
- Enquiry based learning in primary and higher education
- Epistemic beliefs of children students and teachers (with particular reference to history)
- Learning trajectory education
- Historical consciousness
- Public history
- Analogic reasoning for conceptual change
- Place-based learning
- Disciplinary literacy (with particular reference to historical literacy)
Teaching Interests
Bachelor
of Education (Level
8)
BEd 1: ED1024 Teacher as Reflective Practitioner 1
BEd 1: ED1023 STEM and Social Studies - History Education
BEd 2: ED2033 Teacher as Reflective Practitioner 2
BEd 2: ED2026 STEM and Social Studies - History Education
BEd 3: ED3053 Local Studies and Mathematics
BEd 4: ED4017 Subject Leadership in History
BEd 4: ED4059 Action Research Project in history education
BEd 4: ED4064 Enabling Learning and Online Pedagogies (History Education)
Professional Masters of Education (Level 9)
PME 1: ED8034 Inquiry-based Learning in STEM
PME 2: ED8053 Inquiry-based Learning in STEM
PME 1: ED9052 Elective in History Education
PME 2: ED8057c Developing Teachers' Practice and Planning in History:
Masters in Education (Level 9)
MEDLPP1 M.Ed. in Literacy Professional Practice (Disciplinary Literacy in History)
BEd 1: ED1024 Teacher as Reflective Practitioner 1
BEd 1: ED1023 STEM and Social Studies - History Education
BEd 2: ED2033 Teacher as Reflective Practitioner 2
BEd 2: ED2026 STEM and Social Studies - History Education
BEd 3: ED3053 Local Studies and Mathematics
BEd 4: ED4017 Subject Leadership in History
BEd 4: ED4059 Action Research Project in history education
BEd 4: ED4064 Enabling Learning and Online Pedagogies (History Education)
Professional Masters of Education (Level 9)
PME 1: ED8034 Inquiry-based Learning in STEM
PME 2: ED8053 Inquiry-based Learning in STEM
PME 1: ED9052 Elective in History Education
PME 2: ED8057c Developing Teachers' Practice and Planning in History:
Masters in Education (Level 9)
MEDLPP1 M.Ed. in Literacy Professional Practice (Disciplinary Literacy in History)