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Negotiating subject hierarchies: neo-liberal influences on the comprehensive curriculum in Ireland
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| dc.contributor.author | Lynch, Raymond | |
| dc.contributor.author | McGarr, Oliver | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-12-06T09:57:37Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-12-06T09:57:37Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10344/5374 | |
| dc.description | peer-reviewed | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This article critically examines the relationship between recent educational policy and the advancement of second-level subject hierarchies in Ireland. The paradox of promoting an individual subject by means of the matriculation system, while also calling for a broad and balanced curriculum, is questioned. The apparent retreat from a commitment to comprehensive education is discussed with respect to a neo-liberal agenda in education and a modernist-vocational ideology of curriculum development. The article concludes with a discussion on the place of subject-based curricula and a call for more balanced debate around educational policy, which may result in the promotion of subject boundaries. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | SAGE Publications | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Educational Policy;30 (5), pp. 721-739 | |
| dc.relation.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0895904814550077 | |
| dc.subject | comprehensive curriculum | en_US |
| dc.subject | subject hierarchy | en_US |
| dc.subject | subject boundaries | en_US |
| dc.subject | educational policy | en_US |
| dc.subject | MATHEMATICS | en_US |
| dc.subject | education | en_US |
| dc.subject | mathematics | en_US |
| dc.title | Negotiating subject hierarchies: neo-liberal influences on the comprehensive curriculum in Ireland | en_US |
| dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | en_US |
| dc.type.supercollection | all_ul_research | en_US |
| dc.type.supercollection | ul_published_reviewed | en_US |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-10-27T11:43:14Z | |
| dc.description.version | ACCEPTED | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1177/0895904814550077 | |
| dc.rights.accessrights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en_US |
| dc.internal.rssid | 1645414 | |
| dc.internal.copyrightchecked | Yes | |
| dc.identifier.journaltitle | Educational Policy | |
| dc.description.status | peer-reviewed |
