Primary Education in Ireland, 1897-1990

Thomas Walsh has worked as a primary school teacher and as a development officer at the Centre for Early Childhood Development and Education in St Patrick’s College of Education, Dublin. He has also lectured on the history of education in higher education institutions. He holds an M.Ed. and PhD in education from the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, and has written a number of articles on the history of education and on early childhood education. He currently works as an inspector with the Department of Education and Skills in Ireland.

• Contents: Societal and Educational Context for Curriculum Provision (1897-1921) – Planning and Content of the Revised Programme of Instruction (1900) – Development of the Revised Programme of Instruction (1900-21) – Societal and Educational Context for Curriculum Provision (1922-71) – Planning and Content of the Primary School Curriculum (1922-71) – Implementation of the Primary School Curriculum (1922-71) – Societal and Educational Context for Curriculum Provision (1971-90) – Planning and Content of the Primary School Curriculum (1971) – Implementation of the Primary School Curriculum (1971-90).

«I strongly recommend this book to student teachers, serving teachers and senior citizen former teachers who, in the past, shed satchels of blood, sweat and tears implementing various curricula whilst secretly pondering if the more things change – the more they remain the same!» (Austin Corcoran, InTouch 132/2012)