Anne Dolan

Background

Dr. Anne Dolan is a lecturer in primary geography with the Department of Learning, Society and Religious Education in Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Ireland. An enthusiastic educator, Anne is passionate about education for global citizenship and she is keen to share this passion with her students. She is particularly interested in creative approaches to sustainability, citizenship education, geography, inter-disciplinary collaboration and the use of the arts in local and global explorations.

She has experience in several education settings, formal and non-formal, primary and higher level education, in Ireland and in a number of African countries including Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, The Gambia and Lesotho. Anne is a lifelong learner and her experiences as a parent, a primary teacher, a mature student and an education enthusiast have shaped her philosophical and conceptual frameworks for teaching and learning.

Current Projects

Her teaching is directly informed by her research and collaborative projects.  Anne is the director of the  M.Ed. in Education for Sustainability and Global Citizenship. She is one of the leading experts on the use of picturebooks for teaching social and justice issues. Her book You, Me and Diversity: picturebooks for teaching development and intercultural education (Trentham Books and IOE Press, 2014) was shortlisted for the United Kingdom Literacy Association (UKLA) Academic Book Award 2015 and it received a Silver Award from the Geographical Association, Sheffield.

Recent publications include

Dolan, A.M. (Ed) (2022) Teaching Climate Change in Primary Schools: An Interdisciplinary Approach, London: Routledge

Dolan, A.M. (2020) Powerful Primary Geography: A Toolkit for 21st Century Learning, London: Routledge

She is the editor of the forthcoming publication:

Teaching the Sustainable Development Goals to Young Citizens (10-16 years):  A focus on Teaching Hope, Respect, Empathy and Advocacy in Schools. London: Routledge