Reforming Education in Post-Partition Northern Ireland: State Control and Churches' Interference

Autor/in	Biaggi, Cecilia
Titel	Reforming Education in Post-Partition Northern Ireland: State Control and Churches' Interference
Quelle	In: History of Education, 49 (2020) 3, S.379-397 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0046-760X
DOI	10.1080/0046760X.2020.1738563
Schlagwörter	Churches; Catholics; Educational Change; Educational Administration; Protestants; Governance; Church Role; Educational History; Teacher Attitudes; Administrator Attitudes; Principals; Foreign Countries; Educational Legislation; Conflict; Intergroup Relations; Political Influences; United Kingdom (Belfast) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Church; Kirche; Katholik; Bildungsreform; Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung; Protestantism; Protestantismus; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Kirchenbild; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Lehrerverhalten; Principal; Schulleiter; Ausland; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Konflikt; Intergruppenbeziehungen; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss
Abstract	After the partition of Ireland, the newly established parliament in Belfast was given control over education. The unionist government, mainly representing the majoritarian Protestant population, embarked on a reform of the pre-existing denominational education system and tried to persuade all the churches to transfer their schools to state control in exchange for public funding. Despite the sincere efforts of the first Minister of Education, the Catholic Church rejected interference in education from a government that its followers perceived as hostile, while the Protestant churches became increasingly intransigent in their demands for more control over state schools. In order to ensure their support, the government met their requests, ignoring the instances of teachers and principals who called for independence from clerical managers. The result was a segregated education system that contributed to maintain the deep divisions of the Northern Irish society. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01