Key Issues - Education in Northern Ireland

While this section is being completed the following publications, and related information, will be of use:

• A selected reading list


• Summary


• Chronology


• Background information
  Smith, A. (1999). 'Education and the Peace Process in Northern Ireland', Paper presented to the Annual Conference of the American Education Research Association, Montreal, April 1999.


• Main pages
  • Gallagher, A. M. (1995) Majority Minority Review 1: Education in a Divided Society. Coleraine: University of Ulster. (Second edition).
    
  • Gibson, F., Michael, G., Wilson, F. (1994). 'Discrimination and Education', in, Perspectives on Discrimination and Social Work in Northern Ireland. London: Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work (CCETSW).
  • Macaulay, Tony. (2009). Churches and Christian Ethos in Integrated Schools, (27 January 2009), [PDF; 424KB]. Belfast: Macaulay Associates.
  • Murray, Dominic., Smith, Alan., and Birthistle, Ursula. (1997). Education in Ireland. Limerick: Irish Peace Institute.
  • Richardson, Norman L. (1997) 'Education for Mutual Understanding and Cultural Heritage'. Unpublished article.
    (A short article which explains the background to this particular initiative and there is also information on 'The EMU Promoting School Project'.)
  • Smith, A. and Montgomery, A. (1997) Values in Education in Northern Ireland. Belfast: Northern Ireland Council for Curriculum, Examination and Assessment (NICEA).


• Research Into the Effects of the Selective System of Education in Northern Ireland
  • Research Briefing (September 2000) [PDF document 48k]
  • Main Report by Tony Gallagher and Alan Smith (September 2000) [PDF document 306k]
  • Ruane, Caitriona. (2007). 'Outlining a Vision for our Education system', Statement by Caitriona Ruane, then Education Minister, at Stormont, Belfast, (4 December 2007), [PDF; 66KB]. Belfast: Department of Education.


• Official statistics


• Details of source material.

While these pages are being completed the reader may be interested in some material on education produced as part of the CALM project.

The Centre for the Study of Conflict has produced a number of reports on education in Northern Ireland, in particular the development of integrated education, and extracts from these reports are currently available at the CAIN site.