Maria Barry

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Maria Barry, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the School of STEM Education, Innovation and Global Studies in DCU's IoE.  She is a teacher educator and researcher in the fields of history education and global citizenship education.  Prior to joining DCU, Maria worked in Trócaire's (NGDO) development education team from 2002-2014 and managed the organisation's team, strategy, funding, programmes and research development for seven years.  

Currently, Maria is co-Principal Investigator (co-PI) on the INOVATE project with Dr. Machowska-Kosciak.  Funded through the National Integration Fund 2021-2023, this project seeks to incorporate authentic minority ethnic young people’s voices within teacher education programmes at both pre-service and in-service levels. Maria is also co-PI with a number of DCU colleagues on Global Village's research activities. Two current studies are underway. The first is based on a national survey of Global Citizenship Education and Irish primary teachers. The second is a scoping study on the possibilities and challenges for GCE in Early Childhood Education.

In 2020, Maria completed her PhD fellowship with the Centre for Human Rights & Citizenship Education.  Her doctoral studies focussed on global citizenship education teaching and learning practices in post primary schools.  Other scholarly interests include; dialogue and discussion in the classroom, making connections between history education and citizenship education, student and youth participation and social justice pedagogy.

Maria has served on a number of Boards and committees in the area of history education and development education over 20 years.  At the moment, she and her colleague Dr. Ben Mallon, sit on the Management Committee for Irish Aid's strategic programme for GCE across primary education, Global Village.  This programme is supported and overseen by a consortium of four partners - DCU, the Irish National Teachers Organisation (INTO), the Irish Primary Principal's Network (IPPN) and Trócaire. In 2016-2017, Maria sat on the NCCA History development group that supported the development of the new junior cycle specification.  She is also a member of the DICE and Ubuntu networks and IDEA.  Maria has worked in partnership with organisations at a European and international level and has traveled in a professional capacity to many countries including Slovenia, Kenya, Guatemala and Ethiopia.

Maria is a co-Director of the Centre for Human Rights and Citizenship Education in DCU's IoE.

Book

Year Publication
2020 Martínez Sainz, G.; Barry, M.; Urrea Monclús, A. (2020) Child and adolescent agency and digital activism in children’s rights and global citizenship education. Lleida: University of Lleida. [Link]

Book Chapter

Year Publication
2021 Waldron, F.; Cassaithe, C.N.; Barry, M.; Whelan, P. (2021) 'Critical historical enquiry for a socially just and sustainable world' In: Teaching For Social Justice And Sustainable Development Across The Primary Curriculum. [Link] [DOI]
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
2008 Barry, M (2008) 'Trócaire’s development education programme: a case study of NGO involvement in citizenship education' In: Education for citizenship and diversity in Irish contexts. Dublin : Institute of Public Adminstration.

Peer Reviewed Journal

Year Publication
2021 O'Connell, C., Mallon, B., Ní Cassaithe, C., & Barry, M. (2021) 'Addressing the complexity of contemporary slavery through critical development education'. Policy and Practice: A Development Education Review, 31 .

Conference Contribution

Year Publication
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, .
2021 Maria Barry (2021) ESAI Annual Conference Possibilities in education: Reimagining Connections with People, Purpose and Place Pedagogy, Purpose & Person: A typology of global citizenship education classroom practices online, .
2021 Maria Barry (2021) ANGEL Annual conference: Pedagogy of Hope and Global Social Justice School-based action: Empowering students to experience democracy within enabling and experimental environments online, .
2019 Barry, M; Martínez-Sainz, G (2019) World Conference of Online Learning: Transforming Lives and Societies Digital Technologies for Global Citizenship Learning: current evidence and future challenges Dublin, .
2019 Barry, M; Ní Cassaithe, C; Waldron, F; Whelan, P (2019) Public History, Historical Culture, Identity and Pedagogy: HEIRNET 16th Annual Conference Narratives of the nation among Irish student primary teachers Vienna, .
2018 Barry, M (2018) ESAI Annual Conference, Values & Purpose in Education Global Citizenship Education: A counterpoint to “normal class” and dominant practices and values within post primary schools? Dublin, .
2017 Barry, M (2017) EADI General Conference: Globalisation at the Crossroads The overlooked linchpin: young people as active and social participants within Global Citizenship Education (GCE) Bergen, Norway, .
2016 Barry, M (2016) Annual Conference of Educational Studies Association of Ireland Global challenges, global citizenship; what is the local classroom reality? A qualitative study of global citizenship education teaching and learning practices Galway, .
2015 Marron, S; Barry, M; & Oberman, R. (2015) CREATE Seminars Internal Let's Talk: Inclusion, Internationalisation and Identity St. Patrick's College Dublin, .

Book Review

Year Publication
2016 Barry, M (2016) The Inclusion Delusion? Reflections on Democracy, Ethos and Education. BELFAST: BREV

Reports

Year Publication
2020 Barry, M; Martínez-Sainz, G (2020) Digital Technologies to advance Global Citizenship Education in Schools. REPORT

Published Report

Year Publication
2022 Machowska-Kosiack, M and Barry. M. (2022) A report on issues facing second-generation ethnic minority young people in Ireland. IHREC/DCU, .
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Professional Associations

Association Function From / To
Irish Development Education Association Member -
Historical Association Member -

Honors and Awards

Date Title Awarding Body
01/01/2014 PhD fellowship Centre for Human Rights & Citizenship Education

Committees

Committee Function From / To
Centre for Human Rights & Citizenship Education -
NCCA Junior Cycle History Development Group 01/01/2016 - 31/05/2017
Development Perspectives Board 01/09/2014 - 31/07/2015
Ubuntu Management Committee 01/01/2013 - 31/12/2014

Enterprise Engagement

Year Engagement Type Client Description
2017 Consultancy Dóchas Report on state investment in Development Education 2011-2017
2016 Invited talk/presentation Worldwise Global Schools Teacher Conference Keynote
2016 Continuous Professional Development/Training Poetry Ireland Development Education for Primary Teachers

Outreach Activities

Year Engagement Type Organisation Description
Other Griffeen Valley Educate Together National School Member of Board of Management

Research Projects

Title Role Description Start date End date
Increasing and integrating minority ethnic young people’s voices and experiences into teacher education programmes- Integrating Our Voices Across Teacher Education (INOVATE) DCU PI 01/01/2021 31/12/2023
Strategic Partnership with Irish Aid for the delivery of Global Citizenship Education in the primary education sector DCU PI 01/04/2022 01/04/2023
A scoping study on issues facing second-generation minority ethnic young people in Ireland (SGMEYP) DCU PI 02/11/2020 02/08/2021
Integrating Development Education into post primary Initial Teacher Education (ITE) programmes 2020-2021 DCU PI 15/02/2021 30/06/2021

Teaching Interests

Maria teaches on a number of both compulsory and specialism courses, including history education and local and global citizenship education.

Modules Coordinated

Term Title Subject
2022 Description of 2021_SG308 SG308
2022 Global Citizenship & Local Studies ED3053
2023 SG314
2023 SG315
2023 ED4015aa History Education Research projects