European influences on Irish education in the 19th and 20th centuries

Hyland, Áine

European influences on Irish education in the 19th and 20th centuries

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1992

Authors

Hyland, Áine

Publisher

Institute of Education, University of Hull

Abstract

This paper provides an overview of how the Irish education system may have been influenced by developments in other European countries in the 19th and 20th centuries. It sets the context and reviews briefly the broader historical scene in Ireland during the period. The paper includes references to primary, secondary, technical and university education during the three decades under review.

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This paper was read at the History of Education Conference in Liverpool, December 1991 and was subsequently published in Maurice Whitehead (ed.)(1992) Education and Europe: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives. Aspects of Education, 47. Hull: Institute of Education, University of Hull.

Keywords

Ireland , Irish education , Education , European influences , 19th century , 20th century

Citation

Hyland, Á. (1992) 'European influences on Irish education in the 19th and 20th centuries', in Whitehead, M. (ed.) Education and Europe: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives. Aspects of Education, 47.