Browsing by Subject "Education - Ireland"
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Dominant ideologies in Irish educational-thought - consensualism, essentialism and meritocratic individualism
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1987)Through the analysis of the works of Irish (the analysis is confined to the Republic of Ireland) educationalists (over the last 30 years) three prominent ideological paradigms are evident in the literature. The first of ... -
Education of farm children
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1986)In this paper we examined educational participation by farm children, from two small areas in the West of Ireland. There has been a dramatic increase in participation, especially since the introduction of free post-primary ... -
Factor analysis and cluster analysis - their value and stability in social survey research
(Economic & Social StudiesDUBLIN, 1971)The object of this paper is to present the results of some methodological work carried out in the Government Social Survey Department in the course of a number of surveys connected with education. Most of the work was ... -
Symposium on equality of opportunity in Irish schools - introduction
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1985)The papers in this symposium are concerned with an assessment of an important recent publication in Irish education on Equality of Opportunity in Irish Schools (Greaney and Kellaghan, 1984). It is no longer a matter of ...