Essays in the History of Irish Education

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Introduction....Pages 1-6
The National System of Education, 1831–2000....Pages 7-43
‘An Essential Service’: The National Board and Teacher Education, 1831–1870....Pages 45-82
Forged in the Fire of Persecution: Edmund Rice (1762–1844) and the Counter-Reformationary Character of the Irish Christian Brothers....Pages 83-103
Girls at School in Nineteenth-Century Ireland....Pages 105-128
‘Injurious to the Best Interests of Education’? Teaching and Learning Under the Intermediate Education System, 1878–1922....Pages 129-179
Historical Overview of Developments in Special Education in Ireland....Pages 181-201
Teachers’ Experience of School: First-hand Accounts, 1943–1965....Pages 203-233
Creating a Modern Educational System? International Influence, Domestic Elites and the Transformation of the Irish Educational Sector, 1950–1975....Pages 235-266
The Transformation of Irish Education: The Ministerial Legacy, 1919–1999....Pages 267-296
The Development of Vocational and Technical Education in Ireland, 1930–2015....Pages 297-319
Current Developments at Third-Level Institutions in the Light of the Origins of the University....Pages 321-338
Advanced Education for Working People: The Catholic Workers’ College, a Case Study....Pages 339-358
Teacher Accountability in Education: The Irish Experiment....Pages 359-381
Back Matter....Pages 383-393