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Academics, 8, 9, 34, 132, 180 Bolton Street Technical School, Agriculture and Technical 107 Instruction () Act, 26 Britain, 37, 58, 116 , 41, 73, 74 British Administration, 20, 48, An Foras Talúntais, 125 74 An Múinteóir Náisiúnta,83 British culture, 46 Applied sciences, 88 British public school model, 109 Apprenticeship system, 38 Brunel University, 198 Aristocratic absolutism, 19 Bryce Commission, 29 Army physical training Buntús Cainte,79 instructors, 111, 112 Army School of Music, 114 Cambridge Day Training Army School of Physical College, 30 Culture, 111 Cambridge Teachers’ Art, 5, 30, 37, 38, 56, 105, 107, Certificate, 41 128, 203, 204 Camogie, 112, 138 Audiovisual equipment, 133 Casualisation, 198 Australia, 9 Cathedral organists, 114 Authoritarian teaching, 70 Catholic bishops, 38, 88, 96 Avoca School, 109 Catholic Church, 22, 23, 39, 41, 52, 54À55, 70, 81, 96, Balfour Education Act, 23 97, 108, 143, 145, 153, Ballinskelligs, 117 202, 205 Behaviour management, 36, 175 Catholic class, 21 Behavioural science, 27 Catholic University of Ireland, Belfast, 41, 43, 80 24, 43n92 Bilingual certificate course, 76 Catholicism, 21, 67 Bilingualism, 79 Catholics, 23, 39 Blackboard drawing, 42 Ceárd Teastas Gaeilge, 106, , 95, 109 107, 113 Blythe, 55 Celtic Tiger, 149, 187 Board of Technical Education, Central Training Establishment, 29 37

241 242 INDEX

Centre for Effective Services, Colonies, 19 218 Colonisation, 20 The Centre for School Columbia University, 8, 34 Leadership, 216 Commerce, 86, 87, 92, 94, 95, Centre of Excellence for Teacher 97, 103, 121, 140 Education, 202, 203 Commission on Higher Ceól Chumann na nóg, 115 Education, 4, 127, 129, Child protection, 175, 214, 217 132, 137 Child-centred, 40, 46, 72, 80, Commission on Vocational 81, 113, 138, 142 Organisation, 118 Child-friendly methods, 82, 144 Commissioners for National Christian Brothers, 41, 49, 56, Education, 76 66, 67, 68, 69, 95, 102, Commissioners of National 104, 105, 117, 119À120, Education, 2, 37 201 Composure, 63 Christian message, 20 Computers in education, 4, 134 Christianity, 20 Concurrent programmes, 186, The , 22, 41, 196 54, 55, 57, 58, 67, 130, 201 Conference of Convent Cigarette smoking, 63 Secondary Schools, 105 City and Guilds of London Continuation schools, 96, 97, Institute, 106 108, 109, 110, 113, 121, City of Galway VEC, 143 143 Civil War, 46 Continuing professional Classics Teachers Association, development, 5, 6, 7, 16, 120 32, 45, 85, 116À121, 123, Classics, 42, 87, 88 131, 140, 141À145, 146, Classroom management, 130, 148, 152, 163, 164, 169, 175 181, 203, 208, 209, 210, , 109 211, 213À219, 225 Club na Múinteoirí,83 Cookery, 48, 106 Code of Professional Conduct Co-operating teachers, 152 for Teachers, 211 Cork, 5, 65, 107, 114, 115, Coláiste Bhríghde, 54 200, 203, 204 Coláiste Chaoímghín, 54, 56, Cosán, 211, 212, 213 66 Council for the Accreditation of Coláiste Charman, 107 Teacher Education, 33 Coláiste Éinne, 54, 66 Council of Education, 49, 50, Coláiste Íosagáin, 54 51, 52, 72 Coláiste Mhuire, 54 Counselling, 4, 134, 202 Coláiste Móibhi, 54, 57, 67 Craft, 84, 128 Coláiste na Mumhan, 54, 66 Crawford Institute, 5, 107, 204 Collaborative Institute of Cricket, 112 Education, 202 Cross curricular developments, Collins, 46 143 Index 243

Cumann Drámaíochta na Scol, 143, 144, 151, 156, 157, 82 175, 177, 181, 200 Cumann na nGael, 46 Department of Education and Curriculum, 4, 13, 14, 15, 23, Science, 1, 6, 32, 181, 205 24, 25, 30, 32, 33, 34, 36, Department of Education and 50, 52, 55, 63, 65, 70, 71, Skills, 6, 15, 181, 183, 200, 72, 80, 81, 86, 87, 88, 90, 203, 208, 214, 215, 216, 96, 97, 113, 127, 131, 138, 217, 219, 220, 224 141, 144, 145, 164, 188, Department of External Affairs, 207, 214 111 Curriculum development, 143, Department of Finance, 145, 147, 165 123À124 Curriculum history, 14 Design, 5, 105, 139, 141, 193, Czechoslovakia, 111 203, 204, 219 Diploma in Domestic Science Dáil Commission on Secondary Teaching, 108 Education, 86 Disability services, 202 Dale and Stephens Committee Discipline, 30, 47, 63, 98, 110, on Intermediate Education, 130, 132, 188, 222 42 Domestic economy, 59, 95, 96, Day training colleges, 28, 29 107, 108 De La Salle Brothers, 66 Dominican Sisters, 73, 80, 110, De La Salle College, 41, 65, 66 113 Decentralisation, 158 Drawing, 1, 15, 42, 51, 55, 59, Demonstration, 59, 69, 76, 80, 63, 102, 103, 104, 105 81, 142 Dress, 61, 62 Denominational affiliation, 23 Droichead, 176À178 Denominational teacher- Castle, 46 training, 39, 58 , 5, 147, Department for Employment 200, 201, 205, 215 and Learning, 1 Dublin College of Physical Department of Agriculture and Education, 113 Technical Instruction, 25, Dublin, 5, 37, 38, 41, 42, 54, 26, 42, 106, 107 56, 58, 62, 66, 67, 68, 73, Department of Education, 3, 95, 107, 110, 111, 112, 11n56, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 113, 114, 143 51, 53, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, Dyslexia, 215 64, 66, 68, 69, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, EBSCO Education Source, 218 84, 86, 87, 90, 91, 92, 93, Ecclesiastical administration, 22 95, 103, 104, 105, 106, Economic Research Institute, 107, 108, 110, 111, 115, 125 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, Economics of education, 32 125, 126, 127, 130, 131, Education centres, 7, 164, 167, 135, 137, 140, 141, 142, 211 244 INDEX

Education management, 4 Gaelic culture, 2 Education planners, 180 Gaelic football, 68, 110 Education studies, 3, 8, 9, 10, Gaelic games, 109 13, 30, 37, 97, 98, 100, Gaelic League, 75, 76, 82 101, 128, 134, 135, 138, Gaelic tradition, 20 139, 156, 222 Gaelicization, 91 Educational administration, 30, Gaeltacht, 3, 53, 66, 67, 117 32 Galway-Mayo Institute of Educational Research Centre, 5, Technology, 200 144 General musicianship, 116 Engineering, 9, 27 Gentry, 21 England, 7, 8, 10, 23, 26, 28, Geography Teachers 30, 31, 32, 33, 42, 102, Association, 120 112, 219, 222 Geography, 32, 55, 59, 63, 80, English, 3, 25, 28, 30, 38, 46, 87, 91, 93, 103, 121, 139 47, 50n18, 53, 55, 57, 59, German universities, 27 63, 70, 71, 72, 78, 84, 86, Germany, 19, 27, 111 87, 88, 91, 92, 102, 119, Global knowledge economy, 121, 128, 131, 139 182 Ethics, 42 Grammar schools, 87, 88 Europe, 19, 20, 21, 24, 26 Grammar, 30, 78 European Economic Great Britain, 19, 58 Community, 125 Greek, 25, 86, 87, 92, 119 European Teachers Association, Gregorian chant, 83 120 Group Certificate examinations, Examination papers, 59, 91, 92, 106, 108 131 Guidance and counselling, 4, Exhibitions, 24, 25, 81 134 Experimental science, 25 Gymnastics, 111, 112, 113, 138

Fees, 24, 25, 83, 105, 114, 166, Health education, 65, 214 215, 224 Hedge schools, 37 Féilte, 218 Hibernia College, 7, 194, 198, Fíanna Fáil, 69, 124, 146 224 Financial austerity, 17, His Majesty’s Inspectors, 30 198 History of education, 10, 11, Fine Gael, 56, 146 34, 42, 84, 99, 101, 102, First National Programme 128, 150, 188 Conference, 50, 70 History, 10, 20, 29, 30, 34, 47, First World War, 30 55, 59, 63, 80, 87, 91, 120, France, 19, 111 135, 139 French, 59, 91, 119, 139 Hockey, 109, 112, 138 Froebel teacher training college, Home-spinning, 95 73 Homework, 65 Froebel, 27, 131, 202 Host schools, 173 Index 245

Housecraft, 108 The Irish Councils Bill (1907), Household management, 106 23 Hurling, 68, 110, 138 Irish Film Society, 82 Hygiene, 42, 63 Irish Folklore Commission, 77 Irish Free State, 50, 58 Imagination, 65 Irish history, 80 Induction, 6, 7, 17, 41, 150, Irish language, 2À3, 20, 45, 47, 151, 152, 155, 159, 160, 48, 53, 56, 64, 65, 67, 68, 162, 163, 166, 169, 171, 70, 71, 72, 75, 76, 77, 78, 174, 175, 176, 178, 209, 79, 80, 88, 106, 141, 142 210, 213, 216 Irish Language Colleges, 77 Industrial revolution, 19 Irish literature, 76, 88 Industrial schools, 46 Irish national school system, 22, Initial preparation of teachers, 37 17, 31, 135, 171À178, Irish Primary Principals’ 180À184, 194, 195, 198, Network, 176, 216 204, 205, 206, 224 Irish radio broadcasting, 115 In-service, 16, 45, 75, 76, 78, Irish Red Cross, 83 80, 81, 85, 132, 141, 151, Irish School Weekly,83 152, 153, 158 Irish Secondary Teachers’ In-service training, 81, 199 Science Certificate, 42 Inspectors, 3, 47, 48, 60, 68, Irish-language television 77, 79, 80, 81, 115, programme, 79 117À118, 119, 121, 131, Irish-language vacation courses, 142, 143, 144, 162, 175, 75 177, 217 Italian, 92 Institute of Public Administration, 125 James Report, 32 Intermediate Board of Ireland, Jesuits, 41 24 Job insecurity, 198 Intermediate Certificate examination, 55, 87, 91, Keane Barracks, 111 92, 103 Kerry, 54, 65 Intermediate Education (Ireland) Kildare Place Society, 37 Act, 24, 25 Kilkenny, 65, 109 Intermediate Education Board, Kindergarten classes, 81 24, 25, 86 King’s Hospital School, 109 Intermediate schools, Knitting, 95 25 Konigsberg, 27 International Monetary Fund, 190 La Trobe University, 9 International Standing Labour Party, 53, 89, 157 Conference of the History Lace-sprigging, 95 of Education, 10 Laissez faire ideology, 19 Ireland-centred, 47 Language learning, 76 246 INDEX

Language teaching methods, 48, 104, 120, 121, 140, 214, 76, 78, 142 217 Latin, 25, 50n18, 56, 86, 87, McNair Report, 31 88, 91, 92 Medicine, 9, 27 Laundry, 48 Melbourne, 9 Law, 9, 27, 36, 63, 139 Memory, 65, 93 Learning development, 202 Metalwork, 4, 96, 102, 106, Leaving Certificate examination, 107, 137, 139 50, 55, 56, 57, 58, 87, 91, Micro-teaching, 134 92, 96, 105, 109 Middle classes, 19, 22, 23, 62 Leinster School of Music, 114 Minister for Education, 46, 49, Libraries, 59, 127, 145, 202 51, 52, 54, 56, 57, 72, 74, Limerick Institute of 78, 86, 89, 96, 104, 111, Technology, 5, 200, 202, 129, 131, 136, 140, 156, 203 157, 171, 175, 180, 183, Limerick School of Art and 186, 187, 191, 203, 204, Design, 5 221, 222 Limerick School of Chant and Minister of Education and Liturgy, 83 Science, 7 Limerick, 4, 41, 62, 114, 115, Modern continental languages, 136, 137, 147, 203, 213, 165 218 Modern Languages Teachers Ling Gymnasium, 42 Association, 120 Linguistics Institute, 5, 145 Modern languages, 42, 88, 93, Literacy, 165, 172, 175, 183, 120 184, 185, 191 Montessori education, 194 London Day Training College, Municipal School of Music, 29 114, 115 London University, 24 Music, 16, 55, 59, 63, 79, 80, 85, 92, 114À116 Manliness, 62 Music instruction, 79 Manual instruction, 56, 95, 103, 104 National Association of Manual Instructor’s Certificate, Principals and Deputy 107 Principals, 216 Manual instructors, 107 National College of Art and Marist Brothers, 66 Design, 4, 200, 201, Marlborough Street, 38, 41 202 Mary Immaculate College, National College of Physical Limerick, 41, 62, 136, 147, Education, 114, 136 202, 203, 205, 215 National Council for Mater Dei Institute of Curriculum and Education, 5, 132, 200 Assessment, 218 Mathematics, 38, 42, 47, 55, National Council for Teacher 63, 87, 88, 91, 92, 103, Education, 32 Index 247

National Education Parish clergy, 22 Convention, 157À159 Parliament of Southern Ireland, National education system, 19 46 National Froebel Foundation, Payment-by-results, 39, 40, 116 73 Pedagogy, 4, 13, 27, 32, 33, 34, National In-Career 72, 81, 107, 120, 121, 127, Development Unit, 165 135, 144, 199, 222 National Industrial and Penal Laws, 21 Economic Council, 125 Performing arts, 165 National Institute for Studies in Pestalozzi, 27 Education (NISE), 203 Physical drill, 42, 48 National Library, 46 Physical education, 4, 16, 42, National Museum, 46 56, 85, 109À116, 135, 136, National school teachers, 20 137, 138, 139, 140 National security, 111 Physics, 32, 143 National Teachers’ Diploma, 68 Physiology, 84, 128, 138 National University of Ireland, PISA, 182, 183, 184 6, 41n86, 43n92, 57, 91, Poise, 63 129, 134, 204 Politics of education, 32 National University of Ireland Portobello Barracks, 114 Galway, 5, 200, 204, 205, Posture, 61 215 Powis Commission, 39 National University of Ireland Practical musicianship, 116 Maynooth, 1, 200, 202 Practical subjects, 89, 102, 103, Needlework, 47, 55, 58, 59, 63, 107 84, 106, 108, 128 Practical teaching, 3 Netball, 112, 138 Practical training, 27, 142 New York College, 33 Practising schools, 60 NIHE Limerick, 137, 140 Preparatory college scheme, 15 Non-university sector, 16, 123, Preparatory colleges, 3, 53À57, 135À141, 148 66, 67, 69, 111 Northern Ireland, 1, 2, 58, 145, Presbyterian Church, 22 168, 218 Priests, 22, 50, 52, 53, 88, 92, Nuachúrsaí, 141 93, 99, 117 Nuns, 22, 41, 50, 53, 77, 88, Principles of teaching, 3, 30, 63 92, 93, 99, 107 Professional development, 5, 6, 7, 16, 32, 45, 75À83, OECD, 6, 126, 149, 150À153, 116À121, 123, 131, 140, 154, 155, 161, 163, 170, 141À145, 146, 147, 148, 174, 182, 183, 192, 197 161, 163, 164, 167, 168, Orthography, 78 169, 170, 172, 185, 199, Our Lady of , 203, 208, 209, 210, 211, Carysfort, 6, 11n55, 41, 62, 213À219, 221, 225 73, 129, 131, 147 Professional Development Oxford University, 7 Service for Teachers, 214 248 INDEX

Professional values, 181 Rote learning, 39, 47, 82, 144 Professionalisation, 27 Royal Irish Academy of Music, Protestant children, 21, 22 83, 114 Protestant Churches, 23, 55, Royal University, 41, 43 143 Rural science, 4, 48, 55, 59, 84, Protestant denominations, 22, 96, 102, 106, 121, 128, 139 73 Protestant schools, 21, 49, 53 Salaries, 26, 33, 36, 49, 93, Protestants, 23, 39, 67 104, 152, 153, 198 Psychology, 4, 27, 28, 30, 34, Salary increments, 77 42, 64, 65, 80, 84, 120, Scholarship, 4, 10, 20, 24, 34, 128, 133, 138, 188 103 Public examinations, 24, 95, School placement processes, 189 117 School placement, 172, 173, Pupil assessment, 158 174, 186, 188, 189, 190, 203, 223 Quality assurance, 154, 158, School principals, 23, 94, 103, 216 121, 162, 164, 174, 176, Queen’s University Belfast, 43 190, 210, 216 Schools of music, 114 Radio Éireann, 115 School-university partnerships, Read School of Pianoforte 151 Playing, 114 Science, 4, 25, 27, 28, 34, 40, Recruitment, 56, 67, 69, 74, 42, 48, 55, 59, 63, 84, 86, 133, 181 87, 88, 89, 96, 101, 102, Registration Council, 97, 98, 103, 106, 107, 121, 128, 112, 113 137, 139, 140, 165, 181 Religious education, 5, 22, 52, Scoil Mhuire, 68 132 SCOTENS, 1 Religious instruction, 23, 81, Second National Programme 82, 96, 144 Conference, 70 Religious orders, 21, 22, 40, 41, Second World War, 30, 31, 74, 53, 67, 93, 99, 103, 104, 115, 124 114, 117, 118, 119 Secondary Teachers Remedial education, 4, 131, Registration Council, 2 134 Secondary-tops, 50, 51, 52 Research, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 13À15, Second-level sector, 16, 85, 125, 28, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 49, 168 59, 78, 80, 100, 111, 127, Self-control, 63 133, 144, 145, 168, 172, Seminarians, 88 190, 192, 196, 199, 202, Shannon Comprehensive 203, 204, 208, 213, 218, School, 143 222, 223 Singing, 47, 58, 80, 86, 91, 114 Retention, 159, 181 Sion Hill, 5, 73, 110, 113, Ringsend Technical School, 107 134 Index 249

Sligo, 5, 108, 115, 134, 204, Syntax, 78 215 Small group practice teaching, Teacher Registration Council, 76 43 Sociology, 4, 14, 28, 30, 84, Teacher training colleges, 3, 16, 128, 133, 138, 188 20, 23, 28, 30, 31, 39, 40, Sokol, 111 45, 47, 52, 53, 56, 57À70, South Africa, 96 84, 111, 114, 115, 127, 129 Spanish, 92 Teacher unions, 157, 175 Specimen lessons, 81 Teacher University School Speech, 61, 139 Network, 203 Sport, 56, 109À110, 138 Teachers competences, 177, 181 Sputnik, 35 The Teachers’ Work,83 St Catherine’s College of Teaching Council, 7, 153, 155, Domestic Science, 107 156, 159, 160, 162, 166, St Catherine’s College of 168, 170, 171À178, 181, Education, 5 183, 186, 187, 189, 190, St Columba’s College, 109 191, 194, 197, 198, 207, St Patrick’s College Thurles, 208, 210, 211, 212, 213, 200, 203 219, 220À221, 222 St. Angela’s College, 5, 134, Teaching Council Act, 153, 200, 204, 215 156, 167, 168 St. Angela’s Training College, Teaching Council of Ireland, 107À108 134 St. Joseph’s Missionary College, Teaching methods, 27, 39, 48, 102 59, 61, 63, 76, 84, 92, 121, St. Mary’s College Marino, 68, 130, 167, 188 201 Teaching practice, 3, 27, 28, 42, St. Mary’s College of Education, 60, 63, 68, 73, 84, 100, 136 128, 130, 131, 156, 169, St. Mary’s College, Belfast, 41 173, 189 St. Patrick’s College, Teaching research, 78 Drumcondra, 5, 41, 61 Technical education, 26, 29, 46, St. Raphael’s College, 110, 113 89, 95, 96, 97, 108 State-funded providers, 194, Technical subjects, 16, 85, 88, 195 102, 103, 143 Student teachers, 39, 62, 73, Technological subjects, 165 134, 135, 159, 169, 172, Tennis, 112 173, 188, 189,190, 194, Theory of education, 27, 28, 41, 197, 198, 209, 225 42 Supervised teaching practice, Third-level institutions, 10, 28, 40 192 Sweden, 42, 96, 111 Thomond College of Education, Switzerland, 96 4, 137, 139 Symbolic interactionism, 14 Tradesmen, 139 250 INDEX

Trinity College Dublin, 97, 98, University of Cambridge, 101, 115, 130, 133, 134, 31, 41 143, 147, 201 University of East London, 198 University of Glasgow, 198 UNESCO, 125 University of Limerick, 4, 140, United States, 7, 8, 19, 26, 33, 141, 147, 200, 202, 203, 34, 36 218 Universities of Sydney, 9 University of London, 29, 30, University College Cork, 1, 43, 41n86 83, 97, 98, 101, 115, 133, University of London Institute 134, 147, 200, 204, 216 of Education, 30 University College Dublin, 5, University of Manchester, 31 43, 70, 80, 83, 97, 98, 99, University of Michigan, 33 101, 102, 115, 133, 134, Untrained teachers, 16, 45, 75, 147, 200, 201, 202, 216 81 University College Galway, 43, 83, 97, 98, 101, 133 Victoria College, 41 University courses, 29 Vocabulary, 78