Education in Ireland

Challenge and Change

Sheelagh Drudy

• Publisher: Gill Books
• Year: 2009
• Print ISBN:
  9780717147670
• eBook ISBN:
  9780717155446
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education General

A contemporary snapshot of Irish education, this book positions 21st-century Irish education at the centre of the creation of the knowledge economy and outlines the challenges and changes presented as a result of a changing education system and society. Part 1: The Changing System charts selected changes that have taken place in Irish education in the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries and considers educations's role in building a knowledge economy and social cohesion Part 2: Diversity and Inclusion in Schools analyses the changes in Irish schools based on the results of original research on change, diversity, inclusion, and on ethnicity, disability and social class disadvantage. It draws together key findings relating to the impact of increasing diversity in Irish schools in comparision with international trends. Part 3: Teacher Education for changing Times presents research on teacher education at all stages of the teaching career and discusses how teachers can adapt to the challenges of change. It also highlights new evidence relating to the recruitment, formation and continuing professional development of teachers.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Introduction
• Part 1: The Changing System
• 1. The legacy of legislation and the pragmatics of policy: historical perspectives on schooling for Irish children
• 2. ‘Words importing the masculine gender includes females’: women at University College Dublin in the first decade of the 20th century
• 3. Education and the knowledge economy: a challenge for Ireland in changing times
• Part 2: Diversity and Inclusion in Schools
• 4. Dynamics of inclusion and exclusion in children’s social world in school
• 5. Are inclusive schools possible? Students with disabilities and special educational needs in second-level schools
• 6. ADHD: Inclusion or exclusion in mainstream Irish schools?
• 7. Inclusion in primary school: experience in Ireland and the United States of America
• 8. Language, socio-economic class and educational underachievement
• 9. The role of motivation in learning and using Irish among primary and second-level students: a review of the evidence
• Part 3: Teacher Education for Changing Times
• 10. Recruitment to primary teaching in Ireland: a North/South comparative analysis
• 11. Choosing post-primary teaching as a career: perspectives from the Republic of Ireland
• 12. The role of induction and mentors in supporting newly qualified teachers
• 13. Progressing towards inclusion in Ireland: professional development for learning support/resource teachers
• 14. Pedagogies of privilege: rethinking interculturalism and anti-racism in education
• 15. Constructivism and the teaching of science educators
• 16. A research-based profession: the importance of action research in teacher education
• 17. Public policy making: the emerging policy making modality and its challenge for education policy research in Ireland
• References
• Acknowledgments
• List of Contributors
• Copyright Page
• About Gill & Macmillan