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Integrating Northern Ireland: Cross-Group Friendships in Integrated and Mixed Schools
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Blaylock, Danielle; Hughes, Joanne; Wölfer, Ralf; Donnelly, Caitlin – British Educational Research Journal, 2018
While Northern Ireland strives to build a shared society, the current reality is that everyday experiences are still shaped by division along ethno-religious lines. This is particularly pronounced in the education system, where more than 92% of pupils attend separate schools. Within the predominantly separate education system, however, exists a…
Descriptors: Intergroup Relations, Friendship, Catholics, Protestants
"Plugging the Gap": Shared Education and the Promotion of Community Relations through Schools in Northern Ireland
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Hughes, Joanne; Loader, Rebecca – British Educational Research Journal, 2015
Although there is no consensus among educationalists as to the role schools play as drivers of hostilities in divided societies, there is broad agreement that they can facilitate more positive intergroup relations. In Northern Ireland the promotion of school based intergroup contact has been offered as a means through which this can happen. Until…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Community Relations, Intergroup Relations, School Role
The Contribution of "Shared Education" to Catholic-Protestant Reconciliation in Northern Ireland: A Third Way?
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Borooah, Vani K.; Knox, Colin – British Educational Research Journal, 2013
Northern Ireland has achieved political stability and its devolved government is now tackling public policy issues neglected during periods of sectarian violence. Notwithstanding the prevailing political optimism, one legacy of the conflict is a deeply divided society. This is particularly manifest in the education system where around 90% of…
Descriptors: Catholics, Protestants, Religious Conflict, Conflict Resolution
Practitioners' Views on Cross-Community Music Education Projects in Northern Ireland: Alienation, Socio-Economic Factors and Educational Potential
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Odena, Oscar – British Educational Research Journal, 2010
This article reports a qualitative investigation of the perceptions on cross-community music education activities of 14 key practitioners with experience with the two main communities in Northern Ireland (NI), Protestant and Catholic. The segregation of the NI education system is outlined in the first section, which is followed by a review of…
Descriptors: Music Education, Music, Foreign Countries, Socioeconomic Status
Religious Tolerance in Oman: Addressing Religious Prejudice through Educational Intervention
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Al Sadi, Fatma H.; Basit, Tehmina N. – British Educational Research Journal, 2013
This paper examines the impact of a school-based intervention entitled "Our Brothers and Sisters in Humanity" on 10th grade female Omani students' religious tolerance. A questionnaire was administered before and after an intervention to a sample of 241 girls, of whom 116 were in the experimental group and 125 in the control group. A…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Religion, Religious Discrimination, Intervention
Are Separate Schools Divisive? A Case Study from Northern Ireland
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Hughes, Joanne – British Educational Research Journal, 2011
In Northern Ireland, where the majority of children are educated at schools attended mainly by coreligionists, the debate concerning the role of schools in perpetuating intergroup hostilities has recently been reignited. Against questions regarding the efficacy of community relations policy in education, the research reported in this paper employs…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Pluralism, Religious Conflict, Catholics