Immigration and Schooling in the Republic of Ireland - Making a Difference?

Informationen zum Autor Dympna Devine is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education, University College Dublin. She is General Editor of Irish Educational Studies. Klappentext Immigration and schooling in Ireland addresses the impact of recent rapid social and economic change on the education system. It provides thought provoking analysis and fascinating insights into the complex and varied responses of principals, teachers, parents and children to working in newly-multi ethnic schools. Zusammenfassung Immigration and schooling in Ireland addresses the impact of recent rapid social and economic change on the education system. It provides thought provoking analysis and fascinating insights into the complex and varied responses of principals! teachers! parents and children to working in newly-multi ethnic schools. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Setting the context2. Shaping the nation: Power, identity and governance in Irish education3. Capitals, markets and opportunities for immigrants in education4. Leadership for diversity - moving beyond practical tolerance?5. Who (se) normal? Teaching for diversity in newly multi-ethnic schools6. Being in the shell? The perspectives of immigrant parents7. It's like living another life': Migrant children's perspectives8. Making a difference? Facing the challenges, embracing the opportunities

Product details

• Authors: Dympna Devine
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2011
• EAN: 9780719081026
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-8102-6
• No. of pages: 200
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; Irland, Europäische Geschichte, Geschichte der Pädagogik, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, EDUCATION / History, History - General History, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland