Colaiste

ROY PGCE TIMELINE

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  • 1944

    1944 MODERN EDUCATION REFORM
    The Butler act comes in
    The new tripartite system consisted of three different types of secondary school: grammar schools, secondary technical schools and secondary modern schools. It allowed for the creation of comprehensive schools which would combine these strands, but initially only a few were founded. It also created a system of direct grant schools, under which a number of independent schools received a direct grant from the Ministry of Education.

  • 1951 to 1964

    1951 - 1964
    1951 to 1964 Conservatives in power Gillard D (2011) Education in England: a brief history
    The Tories were to remain in power for thirteen years under prime ministers Anthony Eden (1955-57), Harold Macmillan (1957-63) and Alec Douglas-Home (pronounced 'Hume') (1963-64).
    In 1964, the Ministry of Education was reorganised as the Department of Education and Science (DES), and Quintin Hogg became the first Secretary of State for Education and Science.
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    1964 to 1970

    LABOUR IN 1964-70
    1964-1970 Labour in power. For the first time ever, a British government spent more on education than on defence. There was a significant increase in the number of university places, with more women undertaking higher education courses. But Wilson's record on secondary education was disappointing: while the proportion of children attending comprehensive schools rose to thirty per cent during this period,

  • FREE EDUCATION IN IRELAND

    In 1966 Donagh O’Malley’s free education scheme made a huge impact on Irish education by making secondary education free for all Irish students
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    1970-79 TORY GOVERNMENT

    Conservative administration led by Ted Heath Secretary of state for education -became Margaret Thatcher! the 1971 Education (Milk) Act led to the jibe 'Thatcher, Thatcher, milk snatcher'.

  • ASSESSMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

    teachers to become more accountable. In 1974 the DES established the Assessment of Performance Unit (APU) to 'promote the development of methods of assessing and monitoring the achievement of children at school, and to seek to identify the incidence of under-achievement'. Teacher accountability would become a priority for both major parties following Callaghan's Ruskin College speech in 1976.
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    Brooklodge National School

    Streaming in irish schoolsStarted Primary School at 4 years old. Very small classes in rural school. Thought main subjects. Certainly no science labs or science thought as such. Emphasis on Maths, English and Irish in the final year and preparation for school entrance exams. All secondary schools had an entrance exam

  • THE CURRICULUM

    The School Curriculum (25 March 1981), in which the secretaries of state (for Education and Wales) said they had decided to 'set out in some detail the approach to the school curriculum which they consider should now be followed in the years ahead'. Every local education authority was expected to frame policies for the school curriculum consistent with the government's 'recommended approach' (DES 1981a:5).
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    Colaiste an Phiarsaigh

    Colaiste an Phiarsaigh
    I did well in entrance exams and my parents put pressure on me to go to an Irish language school near us called Colaiste an Phiarsaigh. It was known for its results and almost 100% of students going on to 3rd level education.
    It is located in a small Gaeltacht (irish speaking area) We did all our lesson and schooling through Irish. We spoke Irish amongst ourselves during school. Speaking english would be punished.

  • Intermediate Exam

    Inter Cert
    The inter cert as it was known is similar to GCSEs. I took 10, English, Irish, Maths, Geography, History, Science, French, German, Home Economics and Art at honours level ( a lower stream pass level paper was available).
    Science was not split into 3. Maths, Irish and Enlgish were mandatory and a pass grade in these was necessary to have gained the inter cert. All exam papers were in Irish and answered using Irish

  • Leaving Certificate

    Leaving Cert
    The Leaving Cert. is tought over 2 years, is more akin to the Scottish Highers than the English and Welsh A levels, at least 7 subjects must be undertaken. I did English Irish Maths and German ( 4 mandatory) and Physics, Biology and Geography (elected). Again all in Irish only. The Leaving Cert results are converted to points and these are used to secure a Uni place, no interviews or predicted results.