Teacher Preparation in Ireland

This study of teacher preparation policy and practice in Ireland from Independence in 1921 to the present, highlights, within an international context, the extent to which the focus of preparation moved from nation-building until 1967, when free second-level education was introduced, to one concerned with improving the country's human capital.

About the author

Professor Tom O'Donoghue is Professor of Education in the Graduate School of Education, the University of Western Australia. Associate Professor Judith Harford is Director of Teacher Education Programmes at the School of Education, University College Dublin, Ireland. Professor Teresa O'Doherty is Dean of Education at Mary Immaculate College, The University of Limerick, Ireland.

Summary

This study of teacher preparation policy and practice in Ireland from Independence in 1921 to the present, highlights, within an international context, the extent to which the focus of preparation moved from nation-building until 1967, when free second-level education was introduced, to one concerned with improving the country’s human capital.

Product details

• Authors: Judith Harford, Judith (University College Dublin Harford, Teresa O'Doherty, Teresa (University of Limerick O'Doherty, Thomas O'Donoghue, Thomas (University of Western Australia O'Donoghue
• Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2017
• EAN: 9781787145122
• ISBN: 978-1-78714-512-2
• No. of pages: 264
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 538 g
• Series: Emerald Studies in Teacher Pre; Emerald Studies in Teacher Preparation in National and Global Contexts; Emerald Studies in Teacher Pre; Emerald Studies in Teacher Preparation in National and Global Contexts
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories