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Item The place of the arts in Irish education(Encountering the Arts Ireland, Poetry Ireland, 2020) Hyland, Áine; Shine Thompson, MaryThe publication of the Benson Report in 1979 followed a decade of change and upheaval in Irish Education. A report on Investment in Education had been commissioned by the Irish government following Ireland’s participation in the Washington Policy Conference on Economic Growth in 1961 and the report was published in January 1966. The Investment in Education report was supported financially by the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), then a relatively new international organisation of which Ireland was a member. The publication of the report triggered a tsunami of change in Irish education – not least of which was the announcement by Minister for Education Donogh O’Malley that free second-level education for all, with free transport where required, would be introduced in September 1967. John Coolahan subsequently described the report as one of the foundation documents of modern Irish education. The first of the comprehensive and community schools were built in the following decade and capital grants were made available for building, extending and improving voluntary secondary schools. Vocational school students were now allowed to sit the Intermediate and Leaving Certificate and the second-level school curriculum was revised. The first of the Regional Technical Colleges had been built and means-tested grants were available for university attendance. A new and exciting curriculum had been introduced for primary schools in 1971 and for the first time since the foundations of the State, the arts were highlighted as central to children’s learning. It was an exciting decade in Irish education and the publication of the Benson Report was timely.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 The birth of the free-education scheme(Peter Lang, 2018) Hyland, Áine; Harford, JudithThis chapter provides a backdrop to the birth of free second level education in Ireland in September 1967. It is written from the perspective of this author, who was a civil servant in the Department of Education from 1959 to 1964 and worked as a research assistant with the Investment in Education team from September 1962 to September 1964. The article does not pretend to be a comprehensive analysis or critique of events of the period nor does it claim to be dispassionate or neutral. It is an insider’s view of some educational developments during the period from 1962 to September 1967, and as well as drawing on published and unpublished material, some of which has not previously been in the public domain, it is based on the author’s own recollections of events. The chapter analyses and discusses the influence of the Investment in Education report (Department of Education, 1965) and the role played by the Development Branch of the Department of Education in initiating and implementing the free education scheme. The setting up of a development unit was recommended by the Investment in Education report, and its formation was formally announced by Minister George Colley in his Estimates speech in July 1965 (Dáil Debates, 16th June 1965).Item Fostering, recognising and rewarding scholarly teaching at University College Cork: Three perspectives(Centre for Academic Practice and Student Learning (CAPSL), Trinity College Dublin, 2007) Hyland, Áine; McCarthy, Marian; Higgs, Bettie; O'Farrell, Ciara; Higher Education AuthorityThis chapter describes and documents the results of efforts to establish and embed teaching and learning as a form of scholarship at University College Cork (UCC). In this section, the authors of the chapter identify their roles and the contribution each of them has made to the venture.Item Challenges in an ever-changing landscape - the global and Irish backdrop to change(Maynooth University, Department of Education, 2016) Hyland, Áine; Martin, Maeve; Jeffers, GerryThis chapter attempts to set the scene for the discussion on Leadership which was the theme of the first 3U conference held in the National University of Ireland, Maynooth on 2 March 2013. The conference was attended by education and health professionals, some of whom were engaged in postgraduate studies. The purpose of the presentation was to identify the key factors which are driving change in the education of professionals in Ireland, especially professionals in the fields of education and health. This is not an academic paper – it is simply a summary of the key points made by the author at the conference.