Dr Dominic Mahon
About
Biography
I am originally from London but have moved around a lot. In the UK I have worked at Brunel University and Coventry University before coming to Surrey. I spent three years at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Vietnam, two years at Bilkent University in Turkey and seven years for firstly University College London and subsequently Nazarbayev University in Kazakhstan. My PhD is from the University of Nottingham where I investigated how students develop graduate attributes and how universities measure that development. I am interested in how educational strategies and assessments can be reimagined to be more practical, developmental, and inclusive and how universities can work with communities to co create solutions to problems.
ResearchResearch interests
My research interests are focused on the role of education in development. I investigate how playful and disruptive pedagogies can lead to the development of essential skills and how person centred and co-created approaches in education and research design can widen participation and enhance engagement. I am interested in innovative assessment of skills, and in general rethinking assessment to align with new pedagogies and to be more inclusive. My research also aims to work across disciplines and to link universities with communities.
Research interests
My research interests are focused on the role of education in development. I investigate how playful and disruptive pedagogies can lead to the development of essential skills and how person centred and co-created approaches in education and research design can widen participation and enhance engagement. I am interested in innovative assessment of skills, and in general rethinking assessment to align with new pedagogies and to be more inclusive. My research also aims to work across disciplines and to link universities with communities.
Publications
Additional publications
- Mahon, D., & Mahon, A. (2023) Educational responses to the challenges of the COVID-19 global pandemic: online provision and its consequences for the social resilience of minority communities, Globalisation, Societies and Education, 21:1, 102-113, DOI: 10.1080/14767724.2021.2017859
- Morini, L., Chen, Y-F., Adefila, A., Mahon, D., Dawson, M., Mohamad, F., Minoi, J-L., & Schwartz, G. (2022). Playful Participatory Mapping – Co-creating Games to Foster Systems Thinking. Paper presented at 16th European Conference of Game Based Learning , Lisbon, Portugal.
- Fadhli, M., Utami, D.D., Hastuti, B.N., Purnomo, R.A., Mahon, D & Masters, A., (2022) The Effectiveness of Playful Augmented Reality Media for Teaching Early-Primary Students Paper presented at 16th European Conference of Game Based Learning , Lisbon, Portugal
- Mahon, D. (2022) The role of graduate attributes in higher education. A review of the issues associated with graduate attributes and the case for their measurement. Interchange. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10780-022-09457-5
- Arnab, S., Mahon, D., Masters, A., Morini, L., Minoi, J-L. & Mohamad, F. S., (2021) Towards the mapping of learning, playful, and frugal aspects for developing 21st century competencies and resilience, Proceedings of the 15th European Conference on Game Based Learning. ECGBL 2021. Fotaris, P. (ed.).
- Arnab, S., Eyre, E., Noon, M., Kernaghan-Andrews, S. & Mahon, D., (2021) An adaptation of the 'Escape Rooms' methodology in online learning to facilitate and investigate active learner-led activities and experiences, Proceedings of the 15th European Conference on Game Based Learning, ECGBL 2021. Fotaris, P. (ed.).
- Mahon, D., & Murphy, D. (2019). Do Students Develop the Way Universities Say They Do? Staff Perceptions of Student Development of Graduate Attributes in the Context of a Transnational Partnership in Kazakhstan. The European Educational Researcher, 2(2), 145-164. Doi: 10.31757/euer.225
- Mahon, D. & Niklas, R. (2016) The evolution of a foundation program: Reflections on the five year partnership between University College London and Nazarbayev University In P. Blessinger and B. Cozza (Ed.) University partnerships for academic programs and professional development (pp.93 – 109). Bingley: Emerald