Curriculum and Ideology : Irish Experiences,

"Through this fine collection of thoughtful analyses by international and Irish experts in education...a body of work that respects and celebrates Ireland's efforts to be more caring, democratic and creative in its educational goals than its English

Acknowledgements

vii

Notes on Contributors

xi

Foreword

xv

Introduction

1

(18)

SECTION ONE CHANGE FORCES: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES

1 Change Processes and Historical Periods: An International Perspective

19

(16)

Ivor F. Goodson

2 Towards a Curriculum for Lifelong Learning

35

(32)

Malcolm Skilbeck

SECTION TWO SECONDARY CURRICULUM REFORMS: IRISH PERSPECTIVES

3 Politics and Partnership in Curriculum Planning in Ireland

67

(34)

Gary Granville

4 Cultural and Political Contexts of Irish Post-Primary Curriculum: Influences, Interests and Issues

101

(40)

Jim Gleeson

5 Secondary School Curriculum Reforms in Northern Ireland: A Critical Analysis

141

(26)

Alex McEwen

SECTION THREE PRIMARY CURRICULUM REVISIONS: IRISH PERSPECTIVES

6 Whose Curriculum Is It Anyway? Power, Politics and Possibilities in the Construction of the Revised Primary Curriculum

167

(42)

Ciaran Sugrue

7 Making the Irish: Identity and Citizenship in the Primary Curriculum

209

(30)

Fionnuala Waldron

8 The Primary Curriculum in Northern Ireland: Aping Big Brother or Finding its own Voice?

239

(30)

Margaret Reynolds

SECTION FOUR IRISH EXPERIENCES: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES

9 Signposts and Silences: Situating the Local within the Global

269

Ciaran Sugrue and Jim Gleeson

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Curriculum and Ideology : Irish Experiences, International Perspectives

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