Piety and Privilege

Tom O'Donoghue is Professor of Education in the Graduate School of Education, The University of Western Australia and an elected fellow of The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and the Royal Historical Society. He specialises in the history of teachers and the process of education in faith-based schools. Another strand in his work is concerned with examining the historical antecedents of various contemporary educational issues. He is a former President of the Australian and New Zealand History of Education Society. He has held academic positions in Australia, Ireland, and Papua New Guinea.Judith Harford is Professor of Education, Deputy Head in the School of Education, and Vice Principal for Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion in the College of Social Sciences and Law at University College Dublin (UCD). She is also an elected fellow of the Royal Historical Society and of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Her research is in the areas of history of women's education, gender and educational leadership, and teacher education policy. She was a Fulbright Scholar in the Social Sciences in 2018-2019. She was also the Ireland Canada University Foundation Flaherty Visiting Professor, 2017-2018.

• 1: Introduction 2: The Church Ascendant, 1831-1967 3: The Monastic Monolith in Operation 4: A Privileged Minority at their Desks 5: Segregation, Innocence, and Gender Construction 6: Seeking Labourers for the Vineyard 7: Feudal Privilege in Education 8: A Marginalized Laity 9: The Student in the Classroom and Beyond 10: Looking Backwards, Looking Forwards

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