New Turns in the History of Education in Ireland

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New Turns in the History of Education in Ireland is written by Deirdre Raftery and published by Taylor & Francis. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1000896803 (ISBN 10) and 9781000896800 (ISBN 13).

The chapters in this book offer a range of impressive new studies on the history of education in Ireland, based on detailed research and drawing on important sources. This book also serves to show the healthy state of the history of education in Ireland. In particular, the book also seeks to understand how both teachers and pupils in Ireland experienced education, and how they ‘received’ education policies and education change. The lived reality of education is woven through the chapters in this book, while the impact of policy on education practice is illuminated many times, and with great clarity. This book is a very important contribution not only to the history of education, but also more widely to social history, women’s history, church history and political history. It was originally published as a special issue of the journal History of Education.