Preparing Teachers for Diversity: the Role of Initial Teacher Education: Final Report to DG Education, Youth, Sport and Culture of the European Commission

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Abstract Although the cultural, linguistic and religious diversity found in European societies is not a new phenomenon, its nature is rapidly changing. Europe is becoming increasingly diverse due to intra-European mobility and international migration, including an increased influx of refugees and asylum-seekers. These societal changes create both opportunities and challenges for schools, and education systems need to adapt accordingly. At … Read More

Author(s):Public Policy and Management Institute (PPMI)
Publisher:Publications Office of the European Union
Publication Date:07 Apr 2017
Geographic Focus:Europe
URL:https://publications.europa.eu/s/cPNz
ISBN:978-92-79-63792-6
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Internationalising practices and representations of the ‘other’ in second-level elite schools in Ireland

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Abstract While Irish elite schools have adopted some internationalising practices, international students are often erased from their ‘public faces’. Based on interviews and analysis of schools’ websites, this paper argues that Brooks and Waters’ [2014. “The Hidden Internationalism of Elite English Schools.” Sociology, advance online publication April 2] argument that elite schools hide their internationalism to preserve an explicit national … Read More

Author(s):Aline Courtois
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Online
Publication Date:09 Oct 2015
URL:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14767724.2015.1077100
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‘Everybody is Available to Them’: Support Measures for Migrant Students in Irish Secondary Schools

Abstrat  Migration to Ireland is continuing, albeit at a much slower pace, and migrant children continue to have a strong presence in Irish schools. How well these students integrate into the Irish education system depends, at least partially, on the support measures the schools have put in place for them. This article draws on the results of a large-scale empirical … Read More

Author(s):Daniel Faas, Beata Sokolowska and Merike Darmody
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Online
Publication Date:08 Jun 2015
URL:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00071005.2015.1049974
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Immigration and schooling in the Republic of Ireland: making a difference?

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Book Review British Journal of Sociology of Education Volume 35, Issue 1, 2014 Published online: 10 Dec 2013 Source: British Journal of Sociology of Education, Volume 35, Issue 1, 2014, published online: 10 Dec 2013

Author(s):Halleli Pinson
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Online
Publication Date:10 Dec 2013
Geographic Focus:null
URL:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01425692.2013.856667?tab=permissions#tabModule
ISBN:null
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No longer ‘Catholic, White and Gaelic’: schools in Ireland coming to terms with cultural diversity

Abstract Irish society has experienced unprecedented demographic change since the turn of the twenty-first century, and increasingly, educators are facing the prospect of having to respond to the changing nature of cultural diversity in their classrooms. Traditionally characterised as ‘Catholic, white and Gaelic’, Irish schools are said to be finding it difficult to recognise and acknowledge new expressions of race, … Read More

Author(s):Marie Parker-Jenkins and Mary Masterson
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Online
Publication Date:20 Nov 2013
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03323315.2013.851438?tab=permissions#tabModule
ISBN:null
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‘She Told Us Just There Was a School There…’: Cumulative Disadvantage of Migrant Pupils and Students in Irish Schools

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Source: In Nestor, N. (Ed.) English Language Support Teachers Association. Five-year anniversary journal. Celebrating five years of ELSTA conferences (2007-2011), 2013, pp. 114-132 Article available for purchase on: http://www.elsta.ie/

Author(s):Merike Darmody (ESRI)
Publisher:English Language Support Teachers' Association
Publication Date:20 Jun 2013
Geographic Focus:null
URL:http://www.elsta.ie/
ISBN:null
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The hijab in the (denominational) Irish education system – tolerated or accepted?

Abstract Abstract This paper explores the subtexts of the controversy generated by the hijab in Irish schools and, more  specifically, what these reveal about the Irish education system’s level of acceptance of (religious)  diversity, as assessed on a spectrum of non-toleration, toleration and respect-recognition. Using  a critical discourse analysis approach, the study highlights and examines the main argumentative  strategies through … Read More

Author(s):Nathalie Rougier
Publisher:Umeå School of Education, Umeå University, Sweden
Publication Date:01 Mar 2013
Geographic Focus:null
URL:http://www.education-inquiry.net/index.php/edui/article/view/22066
ISBN:null
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Study on educational support for newly arrived migrant children

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This report was produced for the assignment ‘Study on educational support for newly arrived migrant children’ (N° EAC/23/2010). The overall objectives of this research project are  to provide policy-relevant analysis and advice on support for the education of newly arrived migrant children; and to provide examples of good practice in educational support for newly arrived migrant children, preferably ones that … Read More

Author(s):Public Policy and Management Institute, Lithuania
Publisher:European Commission
Publication Date:31 Jan 2013
Geographic Focus:Europe
ISBN:9789 79279508
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Childhood and Migration in Europe: Portraits of Mobility, Identity and Belonging in Contemporary Ireland

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Childhood and Migration in Europe explores the under-researched and often misunderstood worlds of migrant children and young people, drawing on extensive empirical research with children and young people from diverse migrant backgrounds living in a rapidly changing European society. Through in-depth exploration and analysis of the experiences of children who moved to Ireland in the first decade of the 21st … Read More

Author(s):Caitríona Ní Laoire, Fina Carpena-Méndez, Naomi Tyrrell and Allen White.
Publisher:Ashgate
Publication Date:01 Dec 2012
Geographic Focus:Europe, Ireland
URL:http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409401094
ISBN:9781409401094
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Cumulative Disadvantage? Educational Careers of Migrant Students in Irish Secondary Schools

Recent rapid immigration of a diverse group of migrant children into an almost exclusively White Irish school population makes Ireland an interesting case study for migrant education. This article explores key points in the careers of migrant secondary school students in Ireland from an equality perspective. The article draws on data gathered as a part of a large-scale study specifically … Read More

Author(s):Merike Darmody, Delma Byrne Frances McGinnity
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Online
Publication Date:03 May 2012
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13613324.2012.674021
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The Impact of Migration on National Identity in a Globalized World: A Comparative Analysis of Civic Education Curricula in Ireland, France and England

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This article examines the extent to which citizens of migrant origin are included within discourses of national identity in civic education curricula in England, France and Ireland. We explore how much space is given to citizens of migrant origin in discourses of national identity in civic education curricula and how they fit with central values normalized by a higher degree … Read More

Author(s):Laura O'Connor and Daniel Faas
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Online
Publication Date:01 Jan 2012
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03323315.2011.579479
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New school, New System: The Experiences of Immigrant Students in Irish Schools

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Source: Z. Bekerman & T. Geisen, (eds.), International Handbook of Migration, Minorities and Education – Understanding Cultural and Social Differences in Processes of Learning Charge applies. Abstract available on: http://www.springer.com/education+%26+language/book/978-94-007-1465-6

Author(s):Merike Darmody (ESRI), Emer Smyth (ESRI), Delma Byrne (NUI Maynooth), Frances McGinnity (ESRI)
Publisher:Springer
Publication Date:27 Oct 2011
Geographic Focus:International
URL:http://www.springer.com/education+%26+language/book/978-94-007-1465-6
ISBN:978-94-007-1465-6
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The Changing Faces of Ireland: Exploring the Lives of Immigrant and Ethnic Minority Children

Before the economic boom of the 1990s, Ireland was known as a nation of emigrants. The past fifteen years, however, have seen the transformation of Ireland from a country of net emigration to one of net immigration, on a scale and at a pace unprecedented in comparative context. As a result, Irish society has become more diverse in terms of … Read More

Author(s):Merike Darmody, Naomi Tyrrell and Steve Song
Publisher:Springer
Publication Date:07 Apr 2011
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://www.springer.com/education+%26+language/book/978-94-6091-475-1
ISBN:978946091473
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Immigration and School Composition in Ireland

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In the last decade, Ireland has experienced a rapid increase in immigration on a scale previously unknown in the country’s history. Over this time, Ireland has been transformed to an increasingly heterogeneous country in terms of nationality, language, ethnicity and religious affiliation. These changes have also impacted on the composition of Irish schools. The article draws on data collected for … Read More

Author(s):Delma Byrne, Merike Darmody, Frances McGinnity and Emer Smyth (ESRI)
Publisher:Routledge
Publication Date:01 Sep 2010
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03323315.2010.498567
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Mobilising Capitals? Migrant Children’s Negotiation of their Everyday Lives at School

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This paper considers how first‐generation immigrant children contribute to processes of capital accumulation through their negotiation and positioning in Irish schools. Drawing on the concepts of social and cultural capital, as well as inter‐generational analyses of children’s role in the structuring of everyday life, the paper highlights migrant children’s strategic orientation to their primary schooling, positioning themselves in order to … Read More

Author(s):Dympna Devine
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Online
Publication Date:25 Aug 2009
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01425690903101023#.UZOPVrWG1i4
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What Do We Know About Large Scale Immigration and Irish Schools?

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This paper reports findings from the ESRI study ‘Adapting to Diversity’, which aims to provide national level data on how immigrants are distributed across Irish schools and on their levels of knowledge of English. The study points to demographic trends and residential segregation, school characteristics, parental choice of schools and school admission policies as factors that contribute to the placement … Read More

Author(s):Emer Smyth, Merike Darmody, Frances McGinnity and Delma Byrne (ESRI)
Publisher:Economic and Social Research Institute
Publication Date:02 Jul 2009
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:https://www.esri.ie/publications/latest_publications/view/index.xml?id=2810
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Adapting to Diversity: Irish Schools and Newcomer Students

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In the 1990s, Ireland saw immigration of a scale and speed unprecedented in comparative context. Immigration posed challenges for schools with little prior experience of dealing with cultural diversity. This is the first national study of school provision for newcomer (immigrant) students. It draws on a survey of 1,200 primary and second-level schools as well as detailed case-studies of twelve … Read More

Author(s):Emer Smyth, Merike Darmody, Frances McGinnity and Delma Byrne (ESRI)
Publisher:Economic and Social Research Institute
Publication Date:03 Jun 2009
Geographic Focus:Ireland
ISBN:9780707002828
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Naming the ‘Other’: Children’s Construction and Experience of Racism in Irish Primary Schools

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This paper considers the construction and experience of racisms among a sample of primary school children in Ireland during a period of intensive immigration. Placing children’s voices at the centre of the analysis, it explores how children’s constructions draw upon discourses of ‘norm’ and ‘other’ in relation to national identity and cultural belonging. Constructions of minority ethnic groups are located … Read More

Author(s):Dympna Devine, Mairin Kenny and Eileen Macneela
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Online
Publication Date:24 Nov 2008
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13613320802478879
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