The Irish Education Experiment: The National System of Education in the Nineteenth Century - Hardcover

Akenson, Donald

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415689805 ISBN 13: 9780415689809

Publisher: Routledge, 2011

Synopsis

This volume focuses on the creation, structure and evolution of the Irish national system of education. It illustrates how the system was shaped by the religious, social and political realities of nineteenth century Ireland and discusses the effects that the system had upon the Irish nation: namely that it was the chief means by which the country was transformed from one in which illiteracy predominated to one in which most people, even the poorest, could read and write.

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About the Author

Donald Harman Akenson teaches at Queen's University in Canada and is the Beamish Research Professor at the Institute of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool. He is the Canada Council Molson Laureate and the author of over twenty books and novels.

Review

‘This book not only celebrates an eminent Victorian, it also traces the slowly developing interest in educational theory and locates this exactly where it belongs – at the heart of the learning and teaching process.’ Peter Mortimore, Institute of Education, University of London.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0415689805
• ISBN 13: 9780415689809
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 430