Negotiating Subject Hierarchies Neo-Liberal Influences on the Comprehensive Curriculum in Ireland

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 ques...

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Published in:	Educational policy (Los Altos, Calif.) Vol. 30; no. 5; pp. 721 - 739
Main Authors:	Lynch, Raymond, McGarr, Oliver
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.07.2016 SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects:	Boundaries Curricula Curriculum Curriculum Development Education policy Educational Policy Elementary Secondary Education Foreign Countries Hierarchies Ideology Intellectual Disciplines Ireland Liberalism Mathematics Education Modernism Neoliberalism Policy Analysis Secondary schools Vertical Organization Vocational education Ireland subject hierarchy subject boundaries educational policy comprehensive curriculum
ISSN:	0895-9048, 1552-3896
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