Beyond Educational Disadvantage (2007) Paul Downes and Ann Louise Gilligan (Eds)

 

The launch of Beyond Educational Disadvantage,edited by Paul Downes and Ann Louise Gilligan and published by the Institute of Public Administration (IPA) was held in the Auditorium of St. Patrick’s College on Monday 17th September 2007. Among the 250 people attending were Pat Carey, Minister of State at the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs and Fergus Finlay CEO of Barnardos who officially launched the book. Dr. Mark Morgan chaired the proceedings with Jim Cullen, Director General of the IPA opening the session

The sale and distribution of the book is being handled by the IPA; it is available in Easons, Waterstones and Hodges Figgis. It can also be purchased directly from the IPA on their website www.ipa.ie.

From left: Jim Cullen, Fergus Finlay, Paul Downes, Pat Carey, Ann Louise Gilligan and Mark Morgan

 

Table of Contents

Section I Theoretical Perspectives on Educational Disadvantage

Tracing the Language of Educational Disadvantage

Noëlle Spring

Towards a Living System of Education

Katherine E. Zappone

Pedagogy of the Processed

Tony Downes and Paul Downes

The Dilemma of Difference

Ann Louise Gilligan

Disadvantage and Diversity in Early Childhood Education

Louise Derman-Sparks and Karen Fite

Why SMART Outcomes Ain’t Always So Smart …

Paul Downes

Emotions, Inequalities and Care in Education

Maeve O’Brien and Marie Flynn

Section II Family and Community Education

 Tackling Educational Disadvantage: Home and School

Noreen Flynn

 Early Childhood Education: Absent from the Irish System

Philomena Donnelly

 My Kids, Your Kids, Our Kids!

Ann Higgins

A Seagull’s View – Adult and Community Education

Liam Bane

The Transformational Potential of the Home School Community

Liaison Scheme

Dympna Mulkerrins

The Development of Men’s Community Education in Ireland

Toni Owens

Community Education: A View from the Margins

Liz Waters

Section III Literacy and Numeracy

 ‘Only Brainy and Boring People Read’

Susan Quinn

Preventing Potential Weaknesses in Early Literacy Instruction

Sylwia Kazmierczak

Raising Literacy Levels Locally

Yvonne Mullan

 Literacy in Designated Disadvantaged Schools

Eithne Kennedy

Mathematics: A Subject of Rights and Wrongs?

Thérèse Dooley and Dolores Corcoran

 An Early Intervention that Counts

Yvonne Mullan and Joseph Travers

Section IV Traveller and Intercultural Education

 The (Mis) Representation of Travellers in the CSPE Curriculum

Audrey Bryan

Traveller Parents and Early Childhood Education

Anne Boyle

New Kids on the Block

Rory McDaid

Section V Teachers, Teaching, Learning

 Addressing Disadvantage: What about Teaching?

Anne McGough

 A Model of Drama for Educational Disadvantage

Colm Hefferon

Drama as Radical Pedagogy

Paula Murphy

The Digital Era: Empowerment or Digital Divide?

Deirdre Butler and John Kelly

Strengthening the School Social Climate

Merike Darmody

 Health for All

Mary C. Byrne

Future Steps for NEPS?

Cathríona Ryan and Paul Downes

The Job Satisfaction of Beginning Teachers

Mark Morgan and Karl Kitching

Bridging the Gap

Tracey Connolly

Models of Intervention for Challenging Behaviour

Claire W. Lyons, Ann Higgins, Fiona O’Connor, Frank J. Howe,

Ruth Bourke and Denise McSweeney

Section VI Children’s Voices

The Jolt between Primary and Post-Primary

Paul Downes, Catherine Maunsell and Jo-Hanna Ivers

Primary to Post-Primary: Perceptions of Pupils with Special

Educational Needs

Catherine Maunsell, Vanessa Barrett and Mark Candon

Bullying and Social Context: Challenges for Schools

Gerard Farrelly

Towards a Narrative Practice: Conversations in a City Centre School

Thérèse Hegarty

Peer Mediation: the Power and Importance of Children’s Voices

Áine Murphy

Section VII Beyond Educational Disadvantage

 Some Conclusions

Paul Downes and Ann Louise Gilligan

 

Last Updated: Friday August 05 2011