Secondary School Education in Ireland

Secondary School Education in Ireland
Author: Tom O'Donoghue
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-10-12
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781137560797

Adopting a life story approach, this book explores the memories of those who attended Irish secondary schools prior to 1967. It serves to initiate and enhance the practice of remembering secondary school education amongst those who attended secondary schools not just in Ireland, but around the world.

Secondary School Education in Ireland

Secondary School Education in Ireland
Author: Tom O'Donoghue
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2015-10-12
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1137560800

Adopting a life story approach, this book explores the memories of those who attended Irish secondary schools prior to 1967. It serves to initiate and enhance the practice of remembering secondary school education amongst those who attended secondary schools not just in Ireland, but around the world.

Essays in the History of Irish Education

Essays in the History of Irish Education
Author: Brendan Walsh
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2016-09-29
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1137514825

This book provides a complete overview of the development of education in Ireland including the complex issue of how religion can coexist with education and how a national identity can be aided through Irish language teaching. It also offers a comprehensive exploration of the development, issues, challenges and future of education in Ireland within the context of historical studies.

Education in Ireland

Education in Ireland
Author: Sheelagh Drudy
Publisher: Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2009-12-04
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0717155447

A contemporary snapshot of Irish education, this book positions 21st-century Irish education at the centre of the creation of the knowledge economy and outlines the challenges and changes presented as a result of a changing education system and society. Part 1: The Changing System charts selected changes that have taken place in Irish education in the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries and considers educations's role in building a knowledge economy and social cohesion Part 2: Diversity and Inclusion in Schools analyses the changes in Irish schools based on the results of original research on change, diversity, inclusion, and on ethnicity, disability and social class disadvantage. It draws together key findings relating to the impact of increasing diversity in Irish schools in comparision with international trends. Part 3: Teacher Education for changing Times presents research on teacher education at all stages of the teaching career and discusses how teachers can adapt to the challenges of change. It also highlights new evidence relating to the recruitment, formation and continuing professional development of teachers.

Curriculum Change within Policy and Practice

Curriculum Change within Policy and Practice
Author: Damian Murchan
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2021-01-04
Genre: Education
ISBN: 3030507076

This book explores how curriculum reform is interconnected with policy, practice and society. Curriculum reform is increasingly associated with efforts to better the lives of citizens and provide a competitive edge to national prosperity. Educational policy and practice have been the subject of unprecedented convergence worldwide in the quest for so-called 21st century skills. This book offers a case study of curriculum reform within the Republic of Ireland, focusing on antecedents, processes and outcomes of government efforts to evoke fundamental curriculum realignment at lower secondary level. Set against a backdrop of fluctuating economic fortunes and concerns about academic standards and educational equity, this volume has wider relevance beyond Ireland for any system undertaking education reform at scale.

Secondary Education in Ireland

Secondary Education in Ireland
Author: John Coolahan
Publisher: Council of Europe
Total Pages: 60
Release: 1995-01-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9789287125804

The series entitled "Guide to secondary education in Europe" is developed as part of the project "A secondary education in Europe". The aim of this series is to give the public not only systematic & coherent information on the educational systems & traditions in all signatory states to the European Cultural Convention, but also to outline the essential problems these systems are facing at the present time.

New Turns in the History of Education in Ireland

New Turns in the History of Education in Ireland
Author: Deirdre Raftery
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2023-06-27
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1000896803

The chapters in this book offer a range of impressive new studies on the history of education in Ireland, based on detailed research and drawing on important sources. This book also serves to show the healthy state of the history of education in Ireland. In particular, the book also seeks to understand how both teachers and pupils in Ireland experienced education, and how they ‘received’ education policies and education change. The lived reality of education is woven through the chapters in this book, while the impact of policy on education practice is illuminated many times, and with great clarity. This book is a very important contribution not only to the history of education, but also more widely to social history, women’s history, church history and political history. It was originally published as a special issue of the journal History of Education.

The Irish Education Experiment

The Irish Education Experiment
Author: Donald H. Akenson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 450
Release: 2012
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0415689805

This volume focuses on the creation, structure and evolution of the Irish national system of education. It illustrates how the system was shaped by the religious, social and political realities of nineteenth century Ireland and discusses the effects that the system had upon the Irish nation: namely that it was the chief means by which the country was transformed from one in which illiteracy predominated to one in which most people, even the poorest, could read and write.

Irish Education

Irish Education
Author: John Coolahan
Publisher: Institute of Public Administration
Total Pages: 362
Release: 1981
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780906980118

Learning and Teaching in Secondary Schools

Learning and Teaching in Secondary Schools
Author: Viv Ellis
Publisher: Learning Matters
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2013-04-17
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1446281698

New edition of this essential text for secondary teacher trainees covering all the key issues for learning and teaching in secondary schools. Linked to the new Teachers′ Standards.