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Title Education policy in Ireland since 1922 / Brendan Walsh, editor
Published Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2022

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Contents Intro -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1: Introduction -- Reference -- 2: Primary Curriculum Policy Development in Ireland 1922-1999: From Partisanship to Partnership -- Introduction -- Development of Curricula in the 1920s -- The First National Programme Conference (1922) -- The Second National Programme Conference (1926) -- Rev. Professor Timothy Corcoran SJ -- Revised Programme of Instruction (1934) and Revised Programme for Infants (1948) -- Summary of the 1922/1926 Curriculum Development Process -- Development of the 'New' Curriculum (1971)
Piloting the Working Document 1969-1971 -- Summary of the 1971 Curriculum Development Process -- Development of the 'Revised' Curriculum (1999) -- Organisational Structures -- Development Process for the 1999 Curriculum -- Summary of the 1999 Revised Curriculum Development Process -- Conclusion -- References -- 3: Curriculum in Context: Evolution of Irish Curriculum Policy and Practice -- Introduction -- Part One -- Curriculum Policy Developments -- Curriculum Reform -- Part Two: Curriculum in Context -- Anti-Intellectual Bias -- Influence on Curriculum -- Focus on Human Capital
Influence on Curriculum -- Summary -- Part Three: Evolution of Curriculum Policy and Culture -- Curriculum Policy -- Hybrid Curriculum Culture -- Conclusion -- References -- 4: Denominationalism, Secularism, and Multiculturalism in Irish Policy and Media Discourse on Public School Education -- Introduction -- From Independence to the 1960s: The Establishment of Church Control -- The Beginning of State Intervention -- From the 1970s to the 1990s -- Religious Instruction in the National Curriculum -- Boards of Management -- Rule 68 and the Ethos of the School
From the 2000s to the Present: Parental Choice -- International Human Rights Norms -- The Majority as 'Victim' or 'Socially Vulnerable' -- Conclusion -- References -- 5: Two Roads Diverged: Policy Shifts in Second-Level Religious Education 1998-2020 -- Introduction -- The State's Understanding of Teaching Religion Prior to the Education Act (1998) -- The State's Understanding of Religious Instruction -- Circular Letters 0013/2018 and 0062/2018 -- The Emergence of the Use of the Term Religious Education -- Whither Religious Education? The Weafer and Hanley Report
The Trajectory Toward State Provision of Religious Education -- A Syllabus for Junior Certificate Religious Education -- A Syllabus for Leaving Certificate Religious Education -- Leaving Certificate Applied: Draft Syllabus for Religious Education -- A Curriculum Framework for Senior Cycle Religious Education -- The Introduction of Junior Cycle Religious Education -- Looking Ahead: Senior Cycle Review -- Teaching Council Requirements -- Conclusion -- References -- 6: Post-Primary In-career Teacher Professional Development in Ireland -- Introduction
Summary This book examines educational policy at primary, secondary and university level in Ireland from the foundation of the State to the present day. Primarily an attempt to set policy within a historical context, the book draws together compelling research on the evolution of key changes in topics as diverse as the use of corporal punishment, the evolution of skills policy in post-primary settings and the development of the universities in the post-1922 period. The book includes detailed analysis of more recent policy initiatives and changes in, initial teacher education, curriculum change, and special and inclusive education and will be of interest to those working in the various fields, students and the general public. It presents detailed discussions of change in the Irish education system, demonstrating how policy initiatives, particularly since the early 1990s, have brought about significant transformation at all levels. In doing so, the book also demonstrates that the origin of change often lay in earlier developments, particularly those of the mid-1960s. Policy development is closely linked to external factors and influences and chapters on academic selection and teachers recollections of policy, for example, set developments within the wider historical context employing the views and recollections of teachers so that the influence of change on day-to-day practice is revealed. Brendan Walsh is Associate Professor of Education at the School of Policy and Practice, Dublin City University. His primary research interests are the history of education, policy and initial teacher education, and he has published widely on these topics
Notes Includes index
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Subject Education and state -- Ireland -- History
Education and state
Ireland
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Walsh, Brendan (Brendan John), editor.
ISBN 9783030917753
3030917754