A Quiet Revolution--International Influence, Domestic Elites and the Transformation of Higher Technical Education in Ireland 1959-72

Autor/in	Walsh, John
Titel	A Quiet Revolution--International Influence, Domestic Elites and the Transformation of Higher Technical Education in Ireland 1959-72
Quelle	In: Irish Educational Studies, 30 (2011) 3, S.365-381 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0332-3315
DOI	10.1080/03323315.2011.569113
Schlagwörter	Educational Change; Foreign Countries; Educational Opportunities; Technical Education; Higher Education; Change Strategies; Influences; Politics of Education; Educational Policy; Educational Development; Performance Factors; Educational History; Ireland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsreform; Ausland; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Technikunterricht; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Lösungsstrategie; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Politics of education; Bildungsentwicklung; Leistungsindikator; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Irland
Abstract	The upgrading of higher technical education which began in the 1960s marked the most influential intervention by the Irish government in the third-level sector since the establishment of the independent Irish state. A series of reforming initiatives extended educational opportunity and transformed the status of technical education at higher level. International pressures undoubtedly proved influential in stimulating policy change. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) encouraged far-reaching reforms through its critical evaluation of educational facilities for technical training in Ireland. But educational reform was not imposed by international agencies on a reluctant corps of national politicians and officials. International influences dovetailed with changing attitudes toward technical education within the Irish political and official elite. Leading politicians and public officials showed an increasing awareness that the previous neglect of technical education was untenable in an era of economic development and educational expansion. It was a timely combination of international scrutiny and domestic political re-appraisal, which triggered a radical restructuring and expansion of higher technical education in Ireland. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10