Education for All?: The Legacy of Free Post-Primary Education in Ireland

by Judith Harford (Editor)

Overview

This book, commissioned to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the introduction of free post-primary education in Ireland, examines the origins, legacy and impact of this crucial development. The contributors are internationally recognised for their expertise in history of education, sociology of education, education policy and curriculum.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781788742429
Publisher:	Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
Publication date:	03/12/2018
Edition description:	New
Pages:	260
Product dimensions:	5.91(w) x 8.86(h) x (d)

About the Author

Judith Harford is Professor of Education at the School of Education, University College Dublin. She has published internationally in the fields of history of education and teacher education policy. She is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (London) and the Massachusetts Historical Society (USA) and an International Clinical Practice Fellow of the American Association of Teacher Educators.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS: Judith Harford: Introduction: Origins, Legacy and Impact: Reflections on the Free Education Scheme in Ireland - Tom O’Donoghue: Patterns of Attendance at Irish Secondary Schools from the Establishment of the Independent Irish State to the Introduction of the Free Education Scheme in 1967 - Áine Hyland: The Birth of the Free Education Scheme - Judith Harford/Brian Fleming: Agency and Advocacy: The Key Actors behind the Free Education Initiative - John Coolahan: The Impact and Aftermath of the Free Education Policy Initiative - D. G. Mulcahy: Responding to the Neglect of Aims in Irish Post-Primary Education - Emer Smyth: Educational Inequality: Is «Free Education» Enough? - Kathleen Lynch/Margaret Crean: Economic Inequality and Class Privilege in Education: Why Equality of Economic Condition Is Essential for Equality of Opportunity - Tom Boland: The Development of the Institutes of Technology as a Key Part of the Higher Education Sector since Free Second-Level Education - Jim Gleeson: The Curriculum Response to «Free Education» and the Raising of the School-Leaving Age - Ciaran Sugrue: Changing the Educational Landscape: Transforming Teacher Professionalism?

Editorial Reviews

«Our youth are our most valuable resource and the state’s commitment to providing them with the best possible education is the barometer by which its success should be judged. This considered and comprehensive analysis provides a rare and incisive insight into the success and failures of the past fifty years.» (Louise Richardson, Vice-Chancellor, University of Oxford)

«Education for All? is a superbly planned book with eleven essays that together constitute a most valuable critique of Irish ‹free education› in secondary schools after fifty years. The approach is richly historical but also interrogates the success of the possible aims of the enterprise. It will be of interest to a wide readership.» (James H. Murphy, Director of Irish Studies, Boston College)

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