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Judith Harford; Áine Hyland – History of Education, 2023
Drawing on archival material and oral testimony of former students, this paper examines the lives and experiences of women in Catholic primary teacher training colleges in Ireland in the period 1922-1974. It commences with a brief overview of the historical context in which these colleges emerged, situating their development within the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Education, College Students, Females
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Jeffers, Gerry – Education Research and Perspectives, 2016
The report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (Government of Ireland, 2009)--the Ryan Report--shocked Ireland and the wider world with its chilling descriptions of abuse that was systemic, pervasive, chronic, excessive, arbitrary and endemic. Subsequent debate has, rightly, centred on the "religious" arena, highlighting the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Abuse, Educational Environment, School Culture