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Curriculum Change within Policy and Practice

Reforming Second-Level Education in Ireland

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Editors:
  1. Damian Murchan

    1. School of Education, Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

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  2. Keith Johnston

    1. School of Education, Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

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  • Examines the links between curriculum reform, policy and society
  • Uses Ireland as a case study to analyse the outcomes of government efforts to evoke curriculum reform
  • Analyses the convergence between educational policy and practice in the 21st century

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Perspectives on Junior Cycle Reform

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Reforming Curriculum: Policy Optimism Meets Practice

      • Damian Murchan, Keith Johnston
      Pages 3-19

    3. Teachers’ and Parents’ Perspectives on Curriculum Reform

      • Melanie Ní Dhuinn, Chris Byrne, Mark Prendergast
      Pages 21-41

    4. Student Voice in Curriculum Reform: Whose Voices, Who’s Listening?

      • Paula Flynn, Nóirín Hayes
      Pages 43-59

    5. Media/ting Educational Reform: Junior Cycle Reform in the Media

      • Ann Devitt
      Pages 61-81

  3. Reforming Curriculum and Pedagogy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83
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    2. Key Skills in the Context of Twenty-First-Century Teaching and Learning

      • Keith Johnston
      Pages 85-104

    3. Opportunities and Challenges in the Reform of Junior Cycle Language Curricula

      • Ann Devitt, Noel Ó Murchadha
      Pages 105-124

    4. Reforming Junior Cycle: Lessons from Project Maths

      • Chris Byrne, Mark Prendergast, Elizabeth Oldham
      Pages 125-142

    5. Putting the A in STEAM: Arts Education in Junior Cycle

      • Susan McCormick, Marita Kerin
      Pages 143-159

    6. Bearding the Lion: Reforming Assessment in Junior Cycle

      • Damian Murchan
      Pages 161-187

  4. Planning and Implementing Change

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 189-189
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    2. The Politics of Educational Reform

      • Clive Byrne
      Pages 191-208

    3. The Junior Cycle Reform from a Comparative Perspective: Assessment as Curriculum Practice According to Irish, Finnish and Swedish Teachers

      • Maija Salokangas, Wieland Wermke, Gerry Harvey
      Pages 209-227

    4. Leading Organisational Change to Support Junior Cycle Reform

      • Eileen O’Connor, Damian Murchan
      Pages 229-254

    5. Junior Cycle Reform: Looking Forward

      • Keith Johnston, Damian Murchan
      Pages 255-267

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 269-277
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About this book

This book explores how curriculum reform is interconnected with policy, practice and society. Curriculum reform is increasingly associated with efforts to better the lives of citizens and provide a competitive edge to national prosperity. Educational policy and practice have been the subject of unprecedented convergence worldwide in the quest for so-called 21st century skills. This book offers a case study of curriculum reform within the Republic of Ireland, focusing on antecedents, processes and outcomes of government efforts to evoke fundamental curriculum realignment at lower secondary level. Set against a backdrop of fluctuating economic fortunes and concerns about academic standards and educational equity, this volume has wider relevance beyond Ireland for any system undertaking education reform at scale. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Education, Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

    Damian Murchan, Keith Johnston

About the editors

Damian Murchan is Associate Professor and Head of the School of Education, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. His research interests include educational reform, assessment policy and practice, technology-enhanced learning and assessment, 21st century skills and teacher professional development.


Keith Johnston is Assistant Professor in the area of ICTs in education at the School of Education, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. His main research interests are the development and implementation of ICT policy in primary and post-primary education, and in the use of ICTs to support teaching and learning at these levels.



Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Curriculum Change within Policy and Practice

  • Book Subtitle: Reforming Second-Level Education in Ireland

  • Editors: Damian Murchan, Keith Johnston

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50707-7

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-50706-0Published: 05 January 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-50709-1Published: 06 January 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-50707-7Published: 04 January 2021

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 277

  • Number of Illustrations: 18 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Educational Policy and Politics, Education Policy, Curriculum Studies, Schools and Schooling

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