Anne Marie Kavanagh
Dr
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 teachers in ETBI schools on supporting social class and cultural diversity. 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 is the School of Human Development nominee on the Faculty Research Committee, and the BEd Erasmus Academic Coordinator (shared with her colleague Dr Rowan Oberman). She is the Community Nominee and Acting Chairperson of the Board of Management of Killester Raheny Clontarf Educate Together National School.
Anne Marie welcomes contact from anyone interested in the areas of ethical education, social justice education, intercultural education, climate justice education and human rights education.
Book
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | (2024) Beyond Single Stories: Changing Narratives for a Changing World. Charlotte NC: Information Age Publishing. https://www.infoagepub.com/products/Beyond-Single-Stories | |
| 2021 | Kavanagh, A.M.; Waldron, F.; Mallon, B. (2021) Teaching for social justice and sustainable development across the primary curriculum. [Link] [DOI] |
Book Chapter
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, A.M.; Dupont, M. (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 . [Link] [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. |
Online Article
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | (2024) How Irish Traveller stories link us to the natural world. ELEA [Link] https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2024/0502/1446917-irish-traveller-minceir-stories-natural-world/ | |
| 2022 | (2022) The attempted destruction of a collective identity: The case of Irish Travellers. ELEA [Link] https://shuddhashar.com/the-attempted-destruction-of-a-collective-identity-the-case-of-irish-travellers/ |
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] |
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] |