Gebundenes Buch

Essays in the History of Irish Education

Beschreibung

This book provides a complete overview of the development of education in Ireland including the complex issue of how religion can coexist with education and how a national identity can be aided through Irish language teaching. It also offers a comprehensive exploration of the development, issues, challenges and future of education in Ireland within the context of historical studies.

Autor

Brendan Walsh is a research fellow at Dublin City University, Ireland in The Centre for Evaluation, Quality and Inspection (EQI) Dublin. He is currently researching the relationship between Irish schools and the British Armed Forces in the nineteenth and early twentieth century and writing a history of secondary schooling in Ireland.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-137-51481-3
• 1st ed. 2016
• Seitenzahl: 412
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 153mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 620g
• ISBN-13: 9781137514813
• ISBN-10: 1137514817
• Artikelnr.: 44373323

Rezensionen

"For anyone interested in gaining an understanding of Irish education this is an invaluable Book ... . as a way into exploring many untapped areas of Irish history, and as opening up potentially new avenues for further historical enquiry, this book fulfils its aims admirably." (John Howlett, History of Education, Vol. 47 (4), August, 2017)