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Education in Ireland : challenge and change / edited by Sheelagh Drudy.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Dublin : Gill & Macmillan Ltd., 2009.Description: xii, 337 p. ; 24 cm. ; pbkISBN:
  • 9780717147670
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 370.9417
Contents:

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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