The development of infant education in Ireland, 1838-1948
Subtitle: epochs and eras
By: Maura O'Connor
Series: Rethinking education -- 4
Publisher: P. Lang
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
ISBN-13: 9783034301428
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: New educational thinking: a European perspective; title: New educational thinking: an Irish experience; title: A new concept of schooling and wilderspin as a transformational individual; title: The struggle for child-centred infant education: Irish women pioneers; title: State endorsement of child-centred principles of education; title: A national curriculum based on child-centred principles; title: A national curriculum created to promote a Gaelic revival, 1922-1948; title: Reclaiming child-centred infant education: the revised national curriculum of 1948; title: Conclusion: a backward glance.