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McSharry, Majella – Irish Educational Studies, 2017
This article focuses on the inequalities experienced particularly by girls who attend co-educational secondary schools where specific male sports dominate school life. The research was undertaken in the Republic of Ireland in three schools known for the participation and success of boys' teams in Gaelic football, hurling and rugby. Through a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Secondary School Students, Coeducation
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Prendergast, Mark; O'Donoghue, John – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2014
This research investigates the influence that gender, single-sex and co-educational schooling can have on students' mathematics education in second-level Irish classrooms. Although gender differences in mathematics education have been the subject of research for many years, recent results from PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Single Sex Schools, Coeducation, Gender Differences
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Banks, Joanne; Frawley, Denise; McCoy, Selina – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2015
In line with the increasing policy emphasis on inclusive education, there is now a greater focus on how best to provide for students special educational needs (SEN) in mainstream schools. However, there is little consensus internationally as to the most equitable way in which to support these students. Despite ongoing evaluations of the existing…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Disabilities, Mainstreaming, Educational Equity (Finance)
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John-Akinola, Yetunde O.; Gabhainn, Saoirse Nic – Health Education, 2015
Purpose: Attention to improving the school environment is a common activity in school health promotion. The role of the school environment in supporting improved health and wellbeing has a theoretical base, but has rarely been directly investigated empirically. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the associations between school…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Child Health, Well Being, Correlation
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Tormey, Roland; Gleeson, Jim – Gender and Education, 2012
The growing literature on the gendering of citizenship and citizenship education highlights that western notions of "citizenship" have often been framed in a way that implicitly excludes women. At the same time, insofar as feminist writers have addressed citizenship, they have tended to see it in largely local and national terms. While…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Citizenship Education, Citizenship, Feminism
Albisetti, James C.; Goodman, Joyce; Rogers, Rebecca – Palgrave Macmillan, 2010
This long-awaited synthesis approaches the past three centuries with an eye to highlighting the importance of significant schools, as well as important women educators in the emergence of secondary education for girls. At the same time, each contributor pays careful attention to the specific political, cultural, and socio-economic factors that…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Females, Democracy, Educational History
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Harford, Judith – Education Research and Perspectives, 2008
The establishment of the National University of Ireland (NUI) in 1908 brought an end to a protracted dispute over the "Irish university question" which had dominated the Irish political agenda at least since the 1850s. The central issue throughout this entire period was the provision of acceptable university education for lay Catholics,…
Descriptors: Females, College Admission, Universities, Catholics
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Daly, Peter – Research Papers in Education: Policy and Practice, 1996
The effect of coeducational and single-sex secondary schooling on female students' academic achievement was examined. Reexamination of earlier survey data from Northern Ireland studied six outcomes related to student performance on public examinations. Results indicated a small achievement advantage for single-sex schooling (not significant…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Coeducation, Educational Environment, Females
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Lynch, Fionnuala; Mills, Carla; Daly, Irenee; Fitzpatrick, Carol – Journal of Adolescence, 2004
Suicide rates in young Irish males have risen markedly in the past 10 years, and suicide is now the leading cause of death in young men in the 15-24-year-old age range. This is the first large-scale study in Ireland that set out to identify young people at risk of psychiatric disorders, including depressive disorders, and suicidal ideation. Seven…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Health Promotion, Psychological Studies
United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1907
Beginning with the Commissioner of Education introduction, Chapter I of Volume 1 covers British and Irish education, including a detailed view of English and Welsh elementary education. French education is addressed in Chapter II, with historic context, contemporary issues, and data. Chapter III details the Prussian 1906 school law requiring…
Descriptors: Reports, Foreign Countries, Elementary Education, Educational Legislation
United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1905
The Commissioner's introduction to Volume 1 includes state school system statistics. Chapter I addresses vacation schools, playgrounds, and settlements, with discussion of poor children in major cities, playground conditions, playground social conditions, play psychology, and settlement-movement history. Subsequent chapters cover laws concerning…
Descriptors: School Statistics, Vacation Programs, Playgrounds, Urban Youth