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Dr. Timothy Murphy National University of Ireland Galway

Democratic schooling practices in the Republic of Ireland: the gap between the rhetoric and the reality. Dr. Timothy Murphy National University of Ireland Galway. Civic Society and the RoI: ‘the formative years’. Dunne Fitzgerald O’ Sullivan – ‘theocentric’ paradigm.

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Dr. Timothy Murphy National University of Ireland Galway

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  1. Democratic schooling practices in the Republic of Ireland: the gap between the rhetoric and the reality Dr. Timothy Murphy National University of Ireland Galway

  2. Civic Society and the RoI: ‘the formative years’ • Dunne • Fitzgerald • O’ Sullivan – ‘theocentric’ paradigm

  3. Civic society and the RoI: the ‘theocentric’ Perspective • Knowledge • Eternal truths - 1971 Primary School Curriculum: Teachers Handbook, part 1. • consensual conception of the social order

  4. Civic society and the RoI: ‘theocentric’ Perspective • critical structural analysis forestalled • absence of ‘generative dialogue’ • Apple – Educating the “Right” Way • Lynch

  5. Civic society and the RoI: ‘mercantile’ Perspective • 1960s • Clancy: reorientation of Irish education • Investment in Education • O’Sullivan – ‘mercantile’ paradigm • Dunne

  6. Convergence in Divergence • Educating for democracy: Freire and Greene on ‘conscientization’ ‘wide awakeness’ • cornerstones of educating for democracy Equality Freedom Social Justice

  7. Education for democracy in the RoI:‘limit-situations’ • school enrolment policies • League tables • Economic considerations

  8. Education for democracy in the RoI: ‘limit-acts’ • Existentialist tradition in education • OECD Directorate for Education on attracting, developing and retaining effective teachers

  9. Education for democracy in the RoI:Pivotal Question? Do we want such statements to be framed solely according to a one-dimensional conception of excellence, or, do we want our teachers to provide our students with learning opportunities that will equip them ‘to step into their future as well-rounded and well-adjusted people’

  10. Education for democracy in the RoI:Teacher Education at NUIG • Service-Learning and Teacher Education • Intended outcome • Student 1 and Student 2

  11. Intended Outcome: Education for Democracy ‘to release the creative imaginations of learners in the imaging of their own preferred futures and the kind of social order that mightmake such futures possible’ (Reardon)

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