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Education Policy in Ireland Since 1922

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Editors:
  1. Brendan Walsh

    1. Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland

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  • Examines a comprehensive range of policy developments in Ireland since 1922
  • Provides a multi-disciplinary examination of policy evolution
  • Presents current policy in historical context

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Introduction

    • Brendan Walsh
    Pages 1-10

  3. Primary Curriculum Policy Development in Ireland 1922–1999: From Partisanship to Partnership

    • Thomas Walsh
    Pages 11-41

  4. Curriculum in Context: Evolution of Irish Curriculum Policy and Practice

    • Jim Gleeson
    Pages 43-85

  5. Denominationalism, Secularism, and Multiculturalism in Irish Policy and Media Discourse on Public School Education

    • Akira Iwashita
    Pages 87-116

  6. Two Roads Diverged: Policy Shifts in Second-Level Religious Education 1998–2020

    • Sandra Cullen
    Pages 117-145

  7. Post-Primary In-career Teacher Professional Development in Ireland

    • Anthony Malone
    Pages 147-173

  8. Old Ribbons, New Bows: The Historical Development of Internal Improvement Processes in Irish Schools

    • Shivaun O’Brien
    Pages 175-217

  9. Vocational Education, Rural Ireland and the Nation State 1930-1960f

    • Marie Clarke
    Pages 219-246

  10. Key Milestones in the Evolution of Skills Policy in Ireland

    • Rory O’Sullivan, Justin Rami
    Pages 247-303

  11. Whose Right(s) Is It Anyway? A Review of Policy and Practice(s) in Inclusive Education in Ireland

    • Geraldine Scanlon, Alison Doyle
    Pages 305-340

  12. “A normal and useful method of class control?” Policy on Corporal Punishment in Irish Schools: c1974–1985

    • David Limond
    Pages 341-369

  13. The Evolution of Academic Selection in Northern Ireland

    • Martin Brown, Craig Skerritt, Stephen Roulston, Matthew Milliken, Gerry McNamara, Joe O’Hara
    Pages 371-399

  14. Irish School Science Curricula 1831–2020

    • Paul van Kampen
    Pages 401-440

  15. Dr. T.J. O’Connell’s Contribution to Irish Education Policy 1922–1957

    • Antonia McManus
    Pages 441-471

  16. ‘Universities and Colleges’: Higher Education and the Independent Irish State, 1922–1945

    • John Walsh
    Pages 473-522

  17. Aspects of Education Policy and the Work of Secondary Teachers in Ireland 1965-2010

    • Brendan Walsh
    Pages 523-560

  18. Back Matter

    Pages 561-569
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland

    Brendan Walsh

About the editor

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.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Education Policy in Ireland Since 1922

  • Editors: Brendan Walsh

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91775-3

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-91774-6Published: 19 April 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-91777-7Published: 20 April 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-91775-3Published: 18 April 2022

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 569

  • Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Education Policy, History of Education, International and Comparative Education, Education, general, Higher Education

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