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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808539103321

Autore

Akenson Donald H.

Titolo

A mirror to Kathleen's face : education in independent Ireland, 1922-1960 / / Donald Harman Akenson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-136-33388-6

0-203-12263-1

1-283-84220-3

1-136-33389-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (222 p.)

Collana

Routledge Revivals

Disciplina

370.9415

370/.9415

372.941

Soggetti

Education - Ireland - History

Education - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published in 1975 by McGill-Queen's University Press"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; A Mirror to Kathleen's Face; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; One. The Original Framework; The Revolutionary Inheritance; Two. Tinkering with the Machinery; Three. The Magic of words; Legacies form the Manchester School; Four. Compulsion, but Gently; Five. A Polite and Private Secondary Schooling; Six. Investing in Children; The Medieval Heritage; Seven.The Catholic Church Triumphant; Eight. Protestantism Abashed; Nine.The Pauline Code; Ten.Looking Ahead; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

First published in 1975, Donald Akenson's book was at the forefront of a radically new approach to the study of Irish educational history. Instead of investigating the evolution of the schools as an isolated process, he explores the complex interrelations of Irish education, institutions and society, treating the schools as cultural litmus paper. By presenting Ireland's schools as a reflection of the society that produced them, Professor Akenson demonstrates that they are, in truth, ""a mirror to the face of Kathleen ni Houlihan"".