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- catalog abstract ""Language and education are both defining elements of a nation. In independent Ireland, the attempt to revive the Irish language was the single most important policy in shaping the education system, with significant negative consequences for both their standard of education and the perceived status of the language." "This ground-breaking work, which draws on previously unused government files, is the first detailed account of how the promotion of Irish, the central defining factor in moulding the education system and curriculum, was detrimental to the quality of education given and received. It examines why the schools were choosen as the chief instrument of Gaelicisation, why it was thought necessary and acceptable to trade educational achievement for linguistic ability, and why the policy was a significant failure of what it set out to achieve." "Apart from highlighting the clash between the demands of nationalism and the role of the education system, the volume shows how criticism of the compulsory Irish policy was stifled; the resultant effect on the education system and the levels of attainment of pupils; and the attempts to apply compulsion more widely, including in competitions for public sector employment. In assessing the long-term costs of the strategy, both social and economic, Adrian Kelly illustrates the dangers in allowing ideology to win over pragmatism in the formulation of policy."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12222593.
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""Language and education are both defining elements of a nation. In independent Ireland, the attempt to revive the Irish language was the single most important policy in shaping the education system, with significant negative consequences for both their standard of education and the perceived status of the language." "This ground-breaking work, which draws on previously unused government files, is the first detailed account of how the promotion of Irish, the central defining factor in moulding the education system and curriculum, was detrimental to the quality of education given and received. It examines why the schools were choosen as the chief instrument of Gaelicisation, why it was thought necessary and acceptable to trade educational achievement for linguistic ability, and why the policy was a significant failure of what it set out to achieve." "Apart from highlighting the clash between the demands of nationalism and the role of the education system, the volume shows how criticism of the compulsory Irish policy was stifled; the resultant effect on the education system and the levels of attainment of pupils; and the attempts to apply compulsion more widely, including in competitions for public sector employment. In assessing the long-term costs of the strategy, both social and economic, Adrian Kelly illustrates the dangers in allowing ideology to win over pragmatism in the formulation of policy."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "p. cm.".
- catalog identifier "071652693X (hb)".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Portland, OR : Irish Academic Press,".
- catalog spatial "Ireland.".
- catalog subject "491.6/2071/0417 21".
- catalog subject "Education, Bilingual Ireland.".
- catalog subject "Irish language Study and teaching Ireland.".
- catalog subject "LC201.7.I73 K45 2000".
- catalog subject "Language and education Ireland.".
- catalog subject "Language policy Ireland.".
- catalog subject "Native language and education Ireland.".
- catalog title "Compulsory Irish : language and education in Ireland, 1870s-1970s / Adrian Kelly.".
- catalog type "text".