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Education in Ireland : challenge and change /

Drudy, Sheelagh.

Education in Ireland : challenge and change / edited by Sheelagh Drudy. - Dublin : Gill & Macmillan Ltd., 2009. - xii, 337 p. ; 24 cm. ; pbk.

Includes bibliography and index.

[PART 1: The changing system] The legacy of legislation and the pragmatics of policy: historical perspectives on schooling for Irish children / Deirdre Raftery -- 'Words importing the masculine gender includes females': women at UCD in the first decade of the 20th century / Judith Harford -- Education and the knowledge economy: a challenge for Ireland in changing times / Sheelagh Drudy. [PART 2: Diversity and inclusion in schools] Dynamics of inclusion and exclusion in children's social world in school / Dympna Devine -- Are inclusive schools possible? Children with disabilities and special educational needs in second level schools / William Kinsella -- ADHD: inclusion or exclusion in mainstream Irish schools? / Joyce Senior -- Inclusion in primary school; experience in Ireland and the USA / Máirin Barry -- Language, socio-economic class and educational underachievement / Gerry MacRuairc -- The role of motivation in learning and using Irish among primary and secondary level students: A review of the evidence / Lelia Murtagh. [PART 3: Teacher education for changing times] Recruitment to primary teaching in Ireland: a North/South comparative analysis / Sheelagh Drudy -- Choosing second level teaching: perspectives and experiences of consecutive teacher education / Marie Clarke -- The role of induction and mentors in supporting newly qualified teachers / Maureen Killeavy & Anne Moloney -- Progressing towards inclusion in Ireland: professional development for learning support/resource teachers / Elizabeth O'Gorman -- Pedagogies of privilege: Re-thinking interculturalism and anti-racism in education / Audrey Bryan -- Constructivism and the teaching of science educators / Paul McElwee -- A research-based profession: the importance of action research in teacher education / Bernard McGettrick -- Public policy making: the emerging policy-making modality and its challenge for education policy research in Ireland / Conor Galvin.

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Education--Ireland
Education--Social aspects--Ireland
Education and state--Ireland
Educational sociology--Ireland
Higher & further education, tertiary education


Ireland--Social conditions--20th century.

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