Education - Áine Hyland Works
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Item Theological training in the Church of Ireland 1969 to 2019(Four Courts Press, 2019-11) Hyland, Áine; Milne, Kenneth; Harron, PaulThe fifty-year period from 1969 to 2019 was a period of radical change in Irish society. During that period, a conservative and insular society became more outward-focused and globally engaged. The introduction of free second-level education in the Republic of Ireland in 1967 contributed to this change. Whereas in the mid-1960s more than 50% of young people left school by the age of 15 with no post-primary qualification, by 2018 the young population of Ireland was among the best educated in the western world. From the point of view of religion, in the 1960s the vast majority of the population, north and south, belonged to Christian Churches, and religious observance and church attendance was high. By 2016, church attendance had fallen off significantly, and the Church of Ireland population in the Republic of Ireland had fallen from 3.3% of the population in 1971 in to 2.8% in 2016. That year, the Church of Ireland population in the south was 126,400 and in Northern Ireland it was 260,000. Another major change that occurred during this period was the decision of the Church of Ireland in 1990 to accept women for ordination. The first women were ordained to the priesthood in June 1990 and the first female member of the Episcopate was consecrated in 2013.Item Address by Áine Hyland, Professor of Education, University College Cork, at the HEEU Conference on Rural Issues in Higher Education(Higher Education Equality Unit, 2001-11-22) Hyland, Áine; O'Connell, AngelaThank you for inviting me to contribute to this conference on rural issues in Higher Education. This is an important and neglected topic and I would like to compliment the HEEU for putting it on the agenda. Data on access to, participation in and benefit from higher education by students from rural backgrounds in Ireland is scarce and there is little published information from an Irish perspective on the matter. As with so many other neglected issues, the HEEU is breaking new ground in addressing this issue and I look forward to hearing from other conference speakers on this topic.Item Entry to higher education in Ireland in the 21st century(Higher Education Authority and National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, 2011) Hyland, ÁineThis paper will discuss the selection of school leavers for third level education, and the role of the Leaving Certificate in that process. It will describe the points system and its evolution over the past 35 years and will explore the senior cycle curriculum and its assessment. It will consider the concerns which have been expressed in recent times by academics, employers, the media and the public generally. It will indicate a range of possible alternative systems of selection and will identify the strengths and weaknesses of these alternatives. It will pose some questions for the debate currently underway, and make suggestions as to how concerns might be addressed.Item Does our current educational system provide opportunities for success for everybody?(Teachers' Union of Ireland, 2002) Hyland, ÁineIreland was a relative latecomer to free second level education for all. Whereas most Western European countries introduced mass second level schooling soon after the Second World War, it was 1967 before Donncha O'Malley, the then Minister for Education, introduced free second level education in Ireland. In terms of enrolment statistics, the scheme was a great success. Within a decade, enrolment in second level schools had doubled and by the late 1990s the numbers had trebled. By the end of the 20th century, 97% of the relevant cohort were completing junior cycle (up from 44% in the mid 1960s) and over 80% sat a Leaving Certificate (up from about 20%). However, concern has been expressed in recent years that the numbers taking Leaving Certificate have remained at around 83% during the past decade despite a plethora of government interventions and supports for those at risk of early school leaving.Item Challenges for the Irish education system for the next generation and beyond: the issue of school patronage(Search R.E. Resource Centre, 2006-08) Hyland, ÁineThere are currently about three thousand primary (national) schools in Ireland. Over 95% are under the patronage of the Roman Catholic Church; about 3% are under the patronage of the Church of Ireland; a very small number of schools are under the patronage of the Presbyterian or Methodist Churches; two schools are under Muslim patronage; there is one school under Jewish patronage; there are 39 schools in the Educate Together network; and about the same number under the patronage of An Foras Gaelscolaíochta. Special schools for intellectually and physically challenged children are under the patronage of a variety of organisations and bodies, including St. Michael’s House and other corporate bodies.