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Fischer, Karin – History of Education, 2022
A comparative analysis of Irish history at school in the two parts of Ireland from 1921 to the 1990s is proposed here through an examination of history curricula and textbooks. The main focus is on the 1980s and 1990s, which were pivotal decades, usually described as having brought about a gradual convergence between the Republic of Ireland and…
Descriptors: European History, History Instruction, Foreign Countries, Textbooks
Clarke, Marie – History of Education, 2016
A challenge for historians of education is to explain the ways in which the development of education has been a gendered process. The literature tends to focus on primary and secondary schools; the role played by religious orders; the experiences of female teachers; ideological influences on curriculum; and the preparation of young girls for their…
Descriptors: Females, Educational History, Educational Policy, Social Class
Education and the "Universalist" Idiom of Empire: Irish National School Books in Ireland and Ontario
Walsh, Patrick – History of Education, 2008
This paper compares the founding of the elementary school systems of Ireland and Ontario in the nineteenth century. The systems shared a common set of textbooks that had originated in Ireland. Using examples from a number of these books, which were part of a series that had been specially prepared for the Irish national school system, founded in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Textbook Evaluation, Elementary School Curriculum
Raftery, Deirdre; Mcdermid, Jane; Jones, Gareth Elwyn – History of Education, 2007
This paper presents a summary and analysis of historiography on social change and education in Ireland, Scotland and Wales, with particular reference to nineteenth-century schooling. The nineteenth century is identified as the period during which Ireland, Scotland and Wales developed distinctive systems of schooling that reflected not only their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Citations (References), Social Change, Historiography