Eilish Dillon is Assistant Professor of International Development at Maynooth University, Ireland.Niamh Gaynor is Associate Professor of Law and Government at Dublin City University, Ireland.Gerard McCann is Senior Lecturer in International Studies at St. Mary's University College, Northern Ireland.

• Series Editor’s IntroductionIntroduction: Global Education in Ireland: Critical Histories and Future Directions, Eilish Dillon (Maynooth University, Ireland)Part I: Changing Contexts and Terms in Global Education1. Overview and Key Trends: Changing Context and Terms in Global Education, Eilish Dillon (Maynooth University, Ireland)2. From Development Education to Global Citizenship Education, Michael Doorly, Concern Worldwide3. Contesting Understandings and (re)Claiming Citizenship in Global Education, Niamh Gaynor (Dublin City University, Ireland)4. Intercultural Education in Global Education in Ireland: A Policy Analysis, Aoife Titley (Maynooth University, Ireland)5. Education for Sustainable Development – Its Development & Key Learnings, Elaine Nevin (ECOUNESCO, Dublin, Ireland)Part II: Philosophical, Pedagogical and Political Influences6. Introduction: Overview – Key Themes and Trends - Philosophical and Pedagogical Influences, Stephen McCloskey (Centre for Global Education, Ireland)7. Starting Points – The Influence of Liberation Theology and Critical Pedagogy on Development Education, Gerard McCann (St. Mary’s College, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland)8. Freirean Influences on the Evolution of Global Education in Community Development and Higher Education in Ireland, Bernie Grummel (Maynooth University, Ireland)9. The Ebbs and Flows of Rights, Peace and Justice in Global Citizenship Education in Ireland, Benjamin Mallon (Dublin City University, Ireland)10. Section 2 Case Studies – Afri; Trócaire’s Climate Justice Project; Praxis Project University College Cork, Eilish Dillon (Maynooth University, Ireland)Part III: Situating Global Education in Ireland in an International Context11. Overview: Key Themes and Trends – Situating Global Education in Ireland in an International Context, Eilish Dillon (Maynooth University, Ireland)12. Global Education in Europe: Policy Trajectories, Liam Wegimont (GENE, Ireland)13. International Global Education Policy and Practice: Lessons From and For Ireland, Douglas Bourn University College London, UK) 14. Global Education Policy and Practice in the North of Ireland, Stephen McCloskey (Centre for Global Education, Ireland) and Gerard McCann (St. Mary's University College, Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland)15. The Irish Development Education Association (IDEA) and Key Moments in the Consolidation of Global Education in Ireland, Frank Geary (Irish Development Education Association, Ireland)16. Section 3 Case Studies – Irish Aid; Policy and Practice: A Development Education Review; The Dóchas Code of Conduct on Images and Messages, Eilish Dillon (Maynooth University, Ireland) and Stephen McCloskey (Centre for Global Education, Ireland)Part IV: Curriculum Developments: From the Margins to the Mainstream? 17. Overview: Key Themes and Trends – Curriculum Developments, Gerard McCann (St. Mary's University College, Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland)18. Global Education and Curriculum Developments in Ireland, Mella Cusack (Curriculum Development Specialist)19. Global Citizenship Education in Teacher Education in Ireland: Charting the Journey, Anne Dolan (Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, Ireland)20. Global Youth Work, Valerie Duffy (National Youth Council of Ireland, Ireland)21. Global Education within Higher Education: Challenges and Contradictions in Fuelling Ireland’s ‘knowledge economy’, Eilish Dillon (Maynooth University, Ireland) and Niamh Gaynor (Dublin City University, ireland)22. Section 4 Case Studies - Ubuntu; Trócaire’s Pamoja project; Developmenteducation.ie, Eilish Dillon (Maynooth University, Ireland)Part V: Future Directions and Global Lessons 23. Overview: Key Themes and Trends – Future Directions and Global Lessons, Niamh Gaynor (Dublin City University, Ireland)24. Towards Relationality in GE – Insights from an Analysis of Irish GE Policy, Eilish Dillon (Maynooth University, Ireland)25. Solidarity Activism and Global Education – Two sides of the same coin?, Caroline Murphy (Comhlámh, Ireland)26. Cerebral Global Citizens: Neuroliberalism and the Future(s) of Global Citizenship Education, Audrey Bryan (Dublin City University, Ireland)27. Decolonising Global Education in Ireland - Making Critical Connections, Davild Nyaluke, Alice Feldman, Barbara O’Toole and Ebun Joseph28. Section 5 Case Studies – Poetry Ireland; Comhlámh, Eilish Dillon (Maynooth University, Ireland)Conclusion: Global Education in Ireland – Critical Histories: Future Directions, Eilish Dillon (Maynooth University, Ireland)Index

An insightful journey through the nuanced history and future trajectories of global education in Ireland. This book offers a compelling perspective that is both critical and forward-thinking, making it essential reading for anyone interested in global education's evolution.