DOCUMENT RESUME ED 260 961 SO 016 720 AUTHOR McKernan, Jim, Ed. TITLE Irish Educational Studies. Vol. 4no. 1. INSTITUTION Educational Studies Association of Ireland, Dublin. PUB DATE Feb 84 NOTE 316p.; Financial assistance provided by Industrial Credit Corporation, Dublin (Ireland). ForVolume 4, no. 2, see SO 016 721. For 1982-83 volumes see ED 235 105 and ED 248 187-188. Document contains small, light type. PUB TYPE Viewpoints (120)-- Reports - Research/Technical (143) -- Collected Works Serials (022) JOURNAL CIT Irish Educational Studies; v4 nl 1984 EDRS PRICE MF01/PC13 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Abstrac,c Reasoning; Academic Achievement; Comparative Analysis; *Comparative Education; Continuing Education; Educational Change; *Educational history; *Educational Practices; Educational Research; Educational Theories: *Educational Trends; Elementary Secondary Education; Ethical Instruction; Females; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Historiography; Home Economics; Imagination; Intellectual Disciplines; Program Descriptions; Recreational Activities; School Choice; Sex Discrimination;Social Studies; Summer Programs; Teaching Methods; Textbook Content; Textbook Evaluation; Values Education; Vocational Education IDENTIFIERS Doublespeak; *Ireland; United States ABSTRACT The following papers dealing with education in Ireland are presented: "The Fortunes of Educationas a Subject of Study and of Research in Ireland" (John Coolahan); "TheIrish Charter Schools: The Grand Design in Principle and Practice" (KennethMilne); "Quaker Education in 18th and 19th Century Ireland" (CyrilG. Brannigan); "Images of Women in NineteenthCentury Schoolbooks" (Lorcan Walsh); "An Assessment of Rev. Professor TimothyJ. Corcoran's Major Works in the Field of Irish Educational Historiography" (James G. Deegan); "St. Dominic's--TheRise and Fall of a Training College 1907-1924" (Finbarr O'Driscoll);"One Approach to Moral Education for Secondary Schools in the United States" (Gerald M. Reagan); "Language Manipulation: Doublespeak inEducation" (Richard Pratte); "Some Curricular Aspects of Social and Civic Education in Ireland, 1966-1984" (Mairtin Fahy); "WhatUse Is Day Release?" (J. R. McCarthy); "Compensation for Deficienciesin the Second-Level System" (Tom Baum and Linda McLoughlin); "Summer Recreation Provision in America and Northern Ireland- A Comparative Overview" (Paul G, J. Anthony); "Rethinking theNature of Educational Studies" (Padraig Hogan); "The First Blast ofthe Trumpet against the Monstrous Regiment of the Disciplines (Theorising about Theory of Education)" (Michael McKeown); "Some PhilosophicalIssues Relating to the Identification of Education with the Development ofReason" (Peter J. Gargan); "Predicting Success in First University Examinations in Home Economics Colleges of Education" (Eamonn O'Baiollain); "Imagination: That One Talent That LiesBuried" (Seamus V. O'Suilleabhain); and "School Choice and School Catchment: immummenimmjrucationinGalPost-Prinia City" (SeamusGrimes). (RM) Edited by Dr. Jim McKernan Education Department University College Dublin Editorial Board Dr. Jim McKernan, U.C.D. (General Editor) Mr. Frank Douglas, U.C.C. (Business Editor) Dr. John Coolahan, U.C.D. Professor Donal Mulcahy, U.C.C. Dr. Denis O'Sullivan, U.C.G. Dr. John Marshall, U.C.G. Professor V. A. McClelland, Hull University Professor Hugh Sockett, University of East Anglia Published by the Educational Studies Association of Ireland (Cumann Leann Oideachais na h-Eireann), Dublin, 1984 Copyright of each contribution is vested in the contributor The Educational Studies Association of Ireland is grateful for financial assistance towards the publication of Irish Educational Studies, Vol. 4,to The Industrial Credit Company Ltd. Harcourt Street, Dublin. Contents Page Notes on Contributors iii General Editor's Comment John Coolahan The fortunes of education as a subject of study and of research in Ireland 1 Kenneth Milne The Irish Charter Schools : the grand design in principle and practice 35 Cyril G. Rrannigan Quaker education in 18th and 19th century Ireland 54 Lorcan Walsh Images of women in nine- teenth century schoolbooks 73 James G. Deegan An assessment of Rev. Professor Timothy J. , Corcoran's major works in the field of Irish educational historiography 88 Finbarr O'Driscoll St. Dominic's - the rise and fall of a training college 1907 - 1924 98 Gerald M. Reagan One approach to moral education for secondary schools in the United States 115 Richard Pratte Language manipulation : Doublespeak in education 130 Mairtin Pahy Some curricular aspects of social and civic education in Ireland, 1966-1984 146 J. R. McCarthy What use is day release? 163 Tom Daum and Compensation for deficiencies Linda McLoughlin in the second-level system 174 Paul G. J. Anthony S,J.Innor recreation provision in America and Northern Ireland - a comparative overview 191 Padraig Hogan Rethinking the nature of educational studies 205 Page Michael McKeown The first blast of the trumpet against the monstrous regiment of the disciplines (theorising about theory of education) 221 Peter J. Gargan Some philosophical issues relating to the identification of education with the development of reason 238 Samonn 0 Baiollain Predicting success in first university examinations in home economics colleges of education 249 Seamus V. 0 Suilleabhain Imagination : chat one talent that lies buried 265 Seamus Grimes School choice and school catchment : post-primary education in Galway 287 t ii f: Notes on Contributors John Coolahan is Lecturer in the Education Department, University College Dublin. Kenneth Milne is President, The Church of Irelar4 Training College, Rathmines, Dublin. Cyril G. Brannigan is a teacher in St. Vincent's Secondary School for Boys, Glasnevin. Lorcan Walsh is a teacher in Ard Scoil Ris, Dublin. James Deegan is a teacher in St. Columba'b B.N.S., Douglas, and is pa't -time Lecturer in Education, University College Cork. Finbarr 0 Driscoll is a teacher in Queen of Angels N.S., Wedgewood, Sandyford, Co. Dublin. Gerald Reagan is Professor of Education at Ohio State University. Richard Pratti, is Professor of Education at Ohio State University. Martin Fahy is a Lecturer in the Education department, University College Cork. J. R. McCarthy is Research Officer with the Northern Ireland Council for Educational Research, Belfast, and a tutor with the Open University. Tom Baum is in the Curriculum Development section of C.E.R.T. Dublin. Linda McLoughlin is in the Curriculum Development section of C.E.R.T. Paul Anthony is a Lecturer in Education in St. Joseph's College of Education, Belfast. Padraig Hogan is Lecturer in Education, St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, Co. Kildare. Michael McKeown is Head of Education, Carysfort College of Education, Blackrock, Co. Dublin. Peter Gargan is a teacher in the Educational Service of the Prison system, Dublin. iii 6 Eanum0Baillain is Lecturer in St. Angela's College of Home Economics, Lough Gill, Sligo. Bro. Seamus 0 Suilleabhain, C.F.S., is Professor of Education, St. Patrick's College, Maynooth. Seamus Grimes is Lecturer in Geography, University College, Galway. iv General Editor's Comment It gives me great pleasure to be able to announce that for the second year running Irish Educational Studies will appear in two numbers. This fact serves to underline the increasing interest in educational enquiry in Ireland and it is with a great sense of satisfaction that these papers are published for all of those interested in education, both at home and abroad. Educational research and scholarly studies act as a mirror to the face of a culture. These researches enable one to 'see' rather than simply 'look' and therefore serve to illuminate and deepen our educational imagination and understanding. Fortunately we are able to see more of that separate reality of the educational culture from the labours of the authors contained in both numbers of Volume 4ofIrish EPugational Studies. We will know something of the metaphysical shape of this world and the logic of the actors in these scenes, as well as the rituals, myths, ceremonies and other symbolic rites of passage that are acted out. This is the special contribution that educational research and scholarly enquiry brings to the mediation of Irish culture. The Presidential Address, by Dr. John Coolahan. demonstrates something of the history of the field of 'education' in Ireland and points to the emerging community of interest for the many agencies involved in education. The Educational Studies Association was formally established to cultivate that discourse. One of the striking features of these papers i the geometric level of change in education. Change not only in terms of programmes and courses of study in schools, but in educational policies, and, perhaps more significantly. social-psychological beliefs, attitudes and values shared by all those individuals in the educational market-place which can only be described as open-minded, and,which view innovation as the norm, rather than the exception demanding V 8 that teachers carefully monitor and describe their attempts at experimentation. This latter task is crucial if education is to progress in this country. One of the founding fathers of Sociology, Georg Simmel remarked: Nothing more can be attempted than to establish the beginning and direction of an infinitely long road. The pretension of any systematic and definitive completeness would be, at least, a self- illusion. Perfection can here be obtained by the individual student only in the subjective sense that he