Aoife Titley

Dr Aoife Titley

Froebel Department of Primary and Early Childhood Education

Location School of Education

Floor 3rd

Room 310

Email aoife.titley@mu.ie

Biography

Dr Aoife Titley is the lecturer in Global Citizenship Education (GCE) in the Froebel Department of Primary and Early Childhood Education. Before becoming a teacher educator, she worked as an education researcher and a post-primary teacher. Her research in the community and voluntary sector includes projects for organisations such as the Irish Traveller Movement, the Africa Centre, Debt and Development Coalition, Poetry Ireland, Carlow County Development Partnership and Extern Ireland/ HSE. She has also been involved in the design and development of numerous publications for primary schools, including for Amnesty International Ireland, and the Moral Education Curriculum of the United Arab Emirates (Pearson).

Prior to joining the Froebel Department as the DICE Lecturer in 2013, Aoife was also the Programme Manager of the DICE Project for three years, of which the then Froebel College of Education was a partner institution. The DICE Project is a national strategic programme funded by Irish Aid which supports the embedding of development education and intercultural education into initial teacher education in Ireland. Further information is available at www.diceproject.ie.

Aoife has a doctorate in teacher education from the Institute of Education in Dublin City University (DCU). The empirical research for her dissertation explored the experiences of minoritized ethnic young people interested in pursuing a career in primary teaching. In addition to diversifying the primary teaching profession in Ireland, her other research interests include international service learning (sending programmes), GCE policy and practice, and social activism in primary schools.

Dr. Aoife Titley is the Co-Chairperson of the MU Sanctuary Committee, a collaborative community and cross-departmental initiative, working to make Maynooth University an inclusive space for students from asylum seeking and refugee backgrounds.

Aoife represents the Froebel Department on the Advisory Committee for the new Framework for the Recognition of Qualification to teach Ethical, Multi-Belief and Values Education (EMBVE) coordinated by Educate Together (ET) and the Education and Training Board Ireland (ETBI). Aoife is also the Froebel Coordinator of the Certificate in Global Citizenship Education, a specialised learning experience in global citizenship education (GCE) for educators and practitioners. This certificate is a cross-departmental Level 9 programme led by the Department of International Development and further information is available here: https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/study-maynooth/postgraduate-studies/courses/certificate-global-citizenship-education.

Research

Research Interests

Development education policy and practice
Intercultural education policy and practice
Diversifying teacher education
Activism in primary schools
International service learning (sending programmes)
Human rights education

Research Projects

	Title	Role	Description	Start date	End date	Amount
	The real and perceived barriers to initial teacher education for young people from minoritized ethnic backgrounds	Principal Investigator		04/01/2019	10/12/2020
	The Froebel HOPE Teacher Education Partnership: Reflections on Teaching and Learning	Principal Investigator		04/01/2019	03/01/2020

Publications

Book Chapter

	Year	Publication
	2020	Aoife Titley (2020) '‘Africa as pedagogical playground: Problematising sending programmes for teachers’' In: Challenging perceptions of Africa in schools: Critical approaches to global justice education. (Eds) O'Toole, B., Joseph, E., & Nyaluke, D. London : Routledge.

Conference Contribution

	Year	Publication
	2023	Aoife Titley (2023) N/a Invited speaker at the INTO/ Turn to Teaching showcase event about diversity in the teaching profession. ‘A snapshot of teaching: Insights from a PhotoVoice Project’ Maynooth University, .
	2023	Aoife Titley and Laura Thornton (2023) N/a Conference presentation at the International Froebel Conference. ‘Framing values: Insights from a PhotoVoice project with international service learning partners in Kolkata’ Maynooth University, .
	2023	Aoife Titley (2023) N/a Conference presentation at the International Froebel Conference. ‘Deferred, denied, and dying dreams’: The visual narratives of minoritized ethnic young people interested in pursuing primary teaching as a career Maynooth University, .
	2023	Aoife Titley (2023) N/a Invited speaker to online webinar for input on anti-racism and GCE with Irish Development Education Association (IDEA) Irish Development Education Association, .
	2022	Aoife Titley (2022) N/a Invited speaker at Institute for Anti-Racism and Black Studies webinar. ‘Introduction to Critical Race Theory and Counter-Storytelling’ Institute of Anti-Racism and Black Studies, .
	2022	Aoife Titley (2022) N/a ‘Under-exposure: Exploring the PhotoVoice narratives and ‘deferred dreams’ of minoritized ethnic young people pursuing primary teaching’. Biographic, Narrative and Lifecourse Research Group (BNLR) of the Sociological Association of Ireland (SAI) Conference Sociological Association of Ireland, .
	2022	Aoife Titley (2022) N/a 'Shifting Perspectives - From North-South to the Global in Global Citizenship Education’: Invited speaker (co-presenting with Laura Thornton) for Social Justice Week event with Eilish Dillon in Department of International Development Maynooth University, .
	2022	Aoife Titley (2022) N/a Invited speaker at DCU showcase: ‘The possibilities and challenges of integrating authentic migrant & minority voices into teacher education Dublin City University, .
	2022	Aoife Titley (2022) N/a ‘Listening through the lens: Photo counter-stories of minoritized ethnic young people interested in pursuing a career in primary teaching in Ireland’. ATEE conference in Marino Institute of Education. Theme: Migrant teachers and teaching without borders Marino Institute of Education, .
	2022	Aoife Titley (2022) N/a ‘PhotoVoice counter-stories of minoritized ethnic young people interested in pursuing a career in teaching’. DICE Conference: Global Citizenship Education in a changing policy landscape Maynooth University, .
	2022	Aoife Titley (2022) N/a ‘Deferred, denied and dying dreams’: The continuum of barriers to initial teacher education for young people from minoritized ethnic backgrounds. Sociological Association of Ireland (SAI Annual Conference) University of Limerick, .
	2021	Aoife Titley (2021) N/a ‘Creative qualitative methods: Introduction to PhotoVoice’. Invited speaker, DCU Doctoral Studies Webinar Dublin City University, .
	2021	Aoife Titley and Laura Thornton (2021) ‘Froebel teachers in Kolkata: Reflections on readiness to teach within, through and for social justice’ International Froebel Conference University of Edinburgh, .
	2021	Aoife Titley (2021) ‘Diversifying Irish Curricula: Best Practices and Challenges of Inclusive Programmes’ International Society of Political Psychology Annual Conference (Education Panel) Online event, .
	2021	Aoife Titley (2021) ‘Putting transformative pedagogy and social justice on the agenda in Froebelian initial teacher education’ International Froebel Conference University of Edinburgh, .
	2021	Aoife Titley (2021) ‘A snapshot of teaching: Using PhotoVoice as counter-storytelling to capture the narratives of minoritized ethnic young people interested in primary teaching’ Sociological Association of Ireland Annual Conference (Education Panel) Online event, .
	2020	Aoife Titley (2020) National Arts in Education Portal Conference 'Diversity and Arts Education': In conversation with Kit de Waal and Leanne McDonagh Online event, .
	2019	Aoife Titley (2019) Diversifying teaching through 'doubled' research practice: Reflections on recruitment Diversity in Teaching Symposium National University of Ireland, Galway, .
	2019	Aoife Titley (2019) ‘Mapping the barriers to initial teacher education for young people from minoritized ethnic backgrounds’ Strengthening the practice of Intercultural Education in Primary Schools Dublin City University, .
	2018	Aoife Titley (2018) ‘Teach for Tomorrow – Education for sustainable development in the classroom’ Educate Together National Conference Science Gallery, Trinity College, .
	2017	Aoife Titley (2017) ‘Using Critical Participatory Action Research frameworks to empower minoritized young people in the research process’ NEARI Action Research Seminar Maynooth University, .
	2015	Aoife Titley (2015) ‘Holding practitioners hostage? The challenges of reductive development education for initial teacher educators’ Annual Postgraduate Conference, DCU Dublin City University, .
	2015	Aoife Titley (2015) ‘Educational othering from the inside: The presence and absence of Irish Travellers in the Intercultural Education Strategy’ Educational Studies Association Ireland Annual Conference Maynooth, .
	2014	Aoife Titley (2014) ‘Towards an axiology of development education for eudaimonic well-being in Irish primary schools’ Social. Personal and Health Education (SPHE) Network Conference Dublin City University, .
	2015	Aoife Titley (2015) ‘Think Globally, Teach Locally: Transformative pedagogy in Initial Teacher Education’ Wexford Education Centre Annual Research Conference Wexford Education Centre, .
	2015	Aoife Titley (2015) ‘Le Chéile – a voluntary summer club for children living in direct provision’ SCOTENS Annual Conference Limerick, .
	2015	Aoife Titley and Therese Hegarty (2015) ‘Putting racism on the agenda in initial teacher education in Ireland: Utilising a pedagogy of discomfort to name privilege and support transformative pedagogy’ Centre for Racial Equality, Scotland University of Edinburgh, .
	2014	Aoife Titley and Rosalind Duke (2014) ‘The significance of intercultural education as a starting point for student’s active engagement with global justice issues’ Development Studies Association Ireland (DSAI) Conference DSAI, Kimmage, .
	2013	Aoife Titley (2013) ‘Longitudinal research with resettled refugees: A case study of the Carlow Rohingya refugee resettlement programme’ ICMC Refugee Resettlement Conference Brussels, Belgium, .
	2013	Aoife Titley and Therese Hegarty (2013) ‘Development education and School Placement: Guidelines for Good Practice’ IASSEE Conference Dublin City University, .
	2012	Aoife Titley and Mooka Mukela (2012) ‘Inclusive Education: Putting the learner at the heart of education’ Zambia Ireland Teacher Education Partnership (ZITEP) Conference Lusaka, Zambia, .
	2011	Aoife Titley and Deirdre O'Rourke (2011) ‘Using social psychology to understand anti-Traveller bias in Ireland’ Development and Intercultural Education (DICE) Conference Dublin City University, .
	2010	Aoife Titley (2010) ‘Whole-school approaches to intercultural education’ English Language Teachers Association (ELSTA) Conference Marino Institute of Education, .

Guidelines for Practice

	Year	Publication
	2018	Gavigan, C., Titley, A. Doohan, J., Galvin, P. & Diskin, M. (2018) Qatar 2022: Fair or Foul? A cross-curricular human rights resource for fifth and sixth class. [Guidelines for Practice]
	2015	Aoife Titley (2015) Making Global Connections: Friendship Week Activity Pack for Primary Schools. [Guidelines for Practice]
	2014	Aoife Titley with the DICE Network (2014) Good practice in development education in primary schools: Guidelines for school placement tutors. [Guidelines for Practice]
	2013	Therese Hegarty and Aoife Titley (2013) Intercultural events in Schools and Colleges. [Guidelines for Practice]

Technical Publication

	Year	Publication
	2017	Aoife Titley - Contributing author and editor (2017) Moral Education Curriculum of the United Arab Emirates. [Technical Publication]

Other Journal

	Year	Publication
	2016	Martin, M. Sleeman, S. & Titley, A. (2016) 'Ireland: Development and Intercultural Education' Genealogy, .

Conference Publication

	Year	Publication
	2015	Aoife Titley (2015) Understanding well-being in changing times: The role of SPHE . In: Collins, B., Kavanagh, A, & Moynihan, S eds. *Development education as an axiology of well-being in the primary school*
	2014	O’Sullivan, C., Moynihan, S., Collins, B., Hayes, G. & Titley, A. (2014) The Future of SPHE: Problems and Possibilities *The Future of SPHE: Problems and Possibilities*

Published Report

	Year	Publication
	2012	Aoife Titley (2012) Longitudinal evaluations of the Carlow Rohingya Refugee Resettlement Programme (3 separate reports 2009-2012). Pobal, .
	2011	Aoife Titley (2011) A review of the Cavan Traveller Primary Healthcare Project. Extern Ireland/ HSE, .
	2011	Aoife Titley (2011) Debt and Development Coalition Ireland: A development education review. Debt and Development Coalition Ireland, .
	2010	Aoife Titley (2010) The Africa Centre: A development education review. The Africa Centre, .
	2009	Aoife Titley (2009) The Yellow Flag Programme: Handbook for primary schools. The Irish Traveller Movement, .
	2009	Aoife Titley (2009) The Yellow Flag Programme: An intercultural education project for schools. The Irish Traveller Movement, .
	2008	Yau, N. and Titley, A. (2008) The needs of migrants and their families in Tralee. Partnership Trá Lí, .

Professional

Professional Associations

Description	Function	From / To
DICE Network of Lecturers	To collaborate with the DICE Lecturers in partner institutions including DCU Institute of Education, Marino Institute of Education and Mary Immaculate College Limerick.	15/03/2011 -
Sociological Association of Ireland	Member	01/12/2020 -
Froebel HOPE Teacher Education Partnership	Committee member and coordinator of research	01/09/2018 -
Castaheany Education Together NS, Ongar, Dublin 15	Member of the Board of Management	07/06/2017 - 01/10/2020
Scoil Choilm CNS, Clonsilla, Dublin 15	Member of the Board of Management	01/09/2017 -

Committees

Committee	Function	From / To
MU Social Justice Committee	Committee member	04/10/2018 -
Irish Froebel Network Committee	Member	31/03/2021 -
MU Sanctuary Committee	Co-chairperson	04/10/2018 -
DICE Steering Committee	Secretary	04/02/2014 -
Froebel Week Organising Committee	Social Justice events coordinator	01/09/2017 -

Other Activities

	Description
	Partnership initiatives developed with: - Voluntary Service International - Kildare Traveller Action Project - GOAL - Trócaire - Amnesty International Ireland - Turn to Teaching - Kid's Own Publishing Partnership

Outreach Activities

	Organisation	Type	Description
	'Iolar' Activity Camps	Civic Society	'Iolar' Mid-term and summer activity camps organised for the children of asylum seekers in the Mosney Direct Provision Centre.

Teaching