Table of contents
The Skinheads
The nasties are at it again. A comparison between the Select Committee's report on student relations and the second Black Paper shows the difference between doing the homework and…
THE REPUBLIC
Roger BeardEducation in Ireland can best be put in perspective by reference to two key documents. The first, Investment in Education, is the cornerstone on which future development of the…
The People
Peppy BarlowThe real issues in Irish education are, in the words of Sean O'Connor (Assistant Secretary to the Department of Education): ‘Equality of educational opportunity for all and the…
Church & State
John Horgan‘We think it will be a long time’, wrote the editor of the Irish Jesuit review Studies in the autumn of 1968, ‘before the teaching Orders and Congregations in Ireland withdraw…
The Unions
Charles McCarthyAt a time when Irish education is at a crossroads, and when one would imagine that new initiatives and new policies would dominate our thinking, we have apparently been spending…
The Primary Curriculum
Michael HeneyPatrick Pearse, one of the sacred heroes of Ireland's 1916 Rebellion, had, among other things, a squint, an oedipus complex, and an obsession with blood sacrifice. His writings…
VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE
E.F. O'Doherty, J. ChamberlainThe development of educational counselling and vocational guidance in Ireland can best be understood when viewed against the background of the country's complex educational…
Focus
Brian MacArthurA major step towards the establishment of a fully qualified and trained teaching profession has been announced by Mr Short, Secretary of State for Education and Science. Speaking…
Comment
Gordon BennettThe Secretary of State recently announced that nobody who graduates after 1970 may teach in primary schools, and nobody graduating after 1973 may teach in secondary schools…
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