This book critically examines the context, origins, development and
implementation of successive primary school curricula in Ireland
between 1897 and 1990. It focuses on three particular policy changes
during the period: the Revised Programme of Instruction introduced in
1900, the curricular provisions implemented following the achievement
of independence in the 1920s and the Primary School Curriculum of
1971. These three eras are distinctive by virtue of their philosophy
of education, the content of the curriculum, the methodologies
employed and the concept of the child inherent in the curriculum. The
author analyses curricular changes within the complex web of wider
educational and societal factors that influenced their devising and
implementation. In this way, he locates curricular developments within
the climate of thought from which these policies emerged. The
philosophy and ideology underpinning successive curricula are
examined, along with the successes and shortcomings of curriculum
implementation in each period. This historical analysis of the
evolution of the primary curriculum in Ireland has much to offer
researchers and policymakers in the contemporary context, amid ongoing
curriculum development.
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ISBN
9783035302981
Publisert
2018
Utgave
1. utgave
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Vendor
Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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