Secondary school education in Ireland
Subtitle: history, memories and life stories, 1922 - 1967
By: Tom O'Donoghue, University of Western Australia, Australia, Judith Harford, University College Dublin, Ireland
Contributors: Harford, Judith
Series: Historical studies in education
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781137560797
Subjects: EDUCATION / Students & Student Life; HISTORY / Social History; EDUCATION / Secondary; Secondary Education; EDUCATION / History; Curricula; Education; HISTORY / Europe / Ireland; History
Description: "Exploring the memories of those who attended Irish secondary schools prior to 1967, this book makes an important contribution to a growing field of study which seeks to understand school experience through participants' memories. Adopting a life story approach, the book 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 and explores a range of schools including Diocesan Colleges, Christian Brothers' schools, schools run by other orders of brothers and priests, schools run by Mercy and Presentation nuns, schools run by other orders of nuns, Protestant schools and other categories of secondary schools. The year 2017 will mark the 50th anniversary of the introduction of 'the free education scheme' for second-level schooling in Ireland and considered against this background the book will make a significant addition to the history of secondary school education internationally and will be of interest to academics, students, policymakers and educationalists across history, sociology, education and Irish studies"--
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. The Background; title: 3. The Diocesan Colleges; title: 4. Catholic Boys' Schools Run By The Irish Christian Brothers; title: 5. Other Catholic Boys' Religious-run Secondary Schools; title: 6. Schools Run By Presentation Sisters and Sisters of Mercy; title: 7. Schools Run By Other Orders Of Female Religious; title: 8. Protestant Schools; title: 9. Other Categories Of Secondary Schools; title: 10. Conclusion.