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IRELAND: 1870 – 1914

IRELAND: 1870 – 1914. EDUCATION. WHY WAS IMPROVEMENT NEEDED IN EDUCATION IN IRELAND?.

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IRELAND: 1870 – 1914

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  1. IRELAND: 1870 – 1914 EDUCATION

  2. WHY WAS IMPROVEMENT NEEDED IN EDUCATION IN IRELAND?

  3. Britain wanted multi-denominational schools (national school system – 1831). Churches in Ireland didn’t support this and the Powis Commission (1870) agreed that Catholics & Protestants could be educated separately. • Why do you think religious groups wanted separate education? DENOMINATION means religious group

  4. NATIONAL SCHOOLS

  5. SECONDARY SCHOOLS

  6. INTERMEDIATE EDUCATION Intermediate Education Act, 1878 Intermediate Education Board Common syllabus Common examination State finance for schools with students who passed exams – payment by results. Certificates for sucessful students. • This would bring about reform in education without clashes with the church. It would benefit the state as they would not have to fund new school and also benefit the church as they would receive financial support to fund schools. • The Intermediate Education Board set out its policies.

  7. INTERMEDIATE EDUCATION

  8. TASKS: • Answer 3 short questions Ordinary Level p 198 • Write the heading MURDER MACHINE. Answer document question p 198.

  9. THE UNIVERSITY QUESTION • University was attended by few – the influential Catholic and Protestant middle and upper classes. Entry to university brought social and employment advantages. • The main Irish universities were Trinity College, Maynooth College, Newman College and the Queen’s Colleges.

  10. THE UNIVERSITY QUESTION • Established in 1592, Trinity College is Ireland’s first university. It had strong links with the Church of Ireland and the Anglo-Irish aristocracy.

  11. THE UNIVERSITY QUESTION • Maynooth was founded in 1795 to train men for the priesthood. Did not satisfy the Catholic need for a university.

  12. THE UNIVERSITY QUESTION • The Queen’s Colleges were set up in 1845 in Belfast, Cork and Galway. They were non-religious and the government hoped this would please the Catholics who rarely attended Trinity. The Colleges were not supported by the church and attracted small numbers.

  13. THE UNIVERSITY QUESTION • The Catholic University was founded in 1854 with John Henry Newman as its first head. It developed a good reputation, especially in medicine.

  14. ATTEMPTS TO REFORM • THE UNIVERSITY BILL – Gladstone proposed this bill to link all colleges and set exams. It would remove religious influences. It didn’t please anyone and was defeated. • THE ROYAL UNIVERSITY – This body was set up in the 1879 University Education Act to set common exams and award degrees. Women were allowed to sit exams. • NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES ACT – This was introduced in 1908 and it replaced the Royal University with Queen’s University Belfast and the National Universities of Ireland (UCD, UCC, UCG). Trinity would remain independent. The state would provide financial support and the governing body of each college should be acceptable to the main religious group. This pleased the different religious groups.

  15. TASKS: • Write a paragraph on two of the following: • National schools in Ireland between 1870 and 1914 • The Royal University • The National Universities Act, 1908

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