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McCormack, O.; O'Flaherty, J.; O'Reilly, B.; Liston, J. – British Educational Research Journal, 2019
This article problematises the place of religion within publicly managed Education and Training Board (ETB) schools in the Republic of Ireland. The study draws on interview data from 43 school personnel across 18 ETB second-level schools, as well as eight interviews with ETB Education/Chief Executive Officers. Having established the legal and…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Role of Religion, Educational Environment, Educational History
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O'Flaherty, J.; McCormack, O.; Gleeson, J.; O'Reilly, B.; O'Grady, E.; Kenny, N. – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2018
This discussion paper considers the identification and definition of the 'characteristic spirit' of publicly managed schools in the Republic of Ireland. Some international approaches to values in publicly funded schools are introduced along with relevant contextual aspects of Irish education including the cultural diversity and secularisation of…
Descriptors: School Administration, Foreign Countries, Educational Legislation, Public Schools
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O'Flaherty, J.; Gleeson, J. – Irish Educational Studies, 2014
This paper reports a longitudinal study of levels of moral reasoning in a convenience sample of Irish undergraduate university students, using the Defining Issues Test 2 (DIT2). The study was timely, as higher education institutions are becoming increasingly interested in the promotion of social capital and the development of the whole person. A…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Moral Values, Student Attitudes, Authoritarianism