Curriculum in Context: Partnership, Power and «Praxis» in Ireland

This critical analysis locates Irish curriculum policy and practice in their broader socio-cultural and policy contexts. Such an analysis is particularly necessary at a time when Irish schools are experiencing unprecedented waves of curriculum reform in a context where substantive curriculum debates rarely occur. The book explores the implications of these contextual factors for ‘official’ understandings of and attitudes towards curriculum, with particular reference to the experiences of th...