EDUC10160 Ireland's Education Heritage

Academic Year 2019/2020

What kind of schooling did our ancestors have in Ireland? Have their records survived in the roll books and registers of schools? How can you trace the education records of your own Irish ancestors? What did they learn, and how did it prepare them for life here, or for emigration?

What were schools like in Ireland? How did a convent school differ from a state National School? And what did pupils learn in nineteenth and twentieth-century Ireland? What way were pupils disciplined? In what ways were schools and teachers influenced by with the changing political and social climates of the island?

These are some of the questions that we address in this module. You will spend time working with compelling historical sources, visit historic schools/education sites, and consider some of the education issues that affected our ancestors and that had an impact on our education heritage.

The module comprises lectures, online work, fieldtrip preparation, and fieldtrips. Students undertake a Dublin-based field trip, and a field trip outside Dublin (typically that field trip is to a school, museum and archive in either Cork or Connemara). There is ample time for conversation during classes, and for evaluation of sources and sharing of ideas.

Note: There are some very minor travel costs attached to attending field trips (bus/lunch); most costs are supplied by the School.



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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

At the end of the module students will have a good overview of the Irish education system and will be able to carry out investigative research.
Students will be able to identify the different school 'types', note some of the architectural features of schools that were built during the nineteenth century and early twentieth century, and comment on how such schools contirbute to the built heritage and the education heritage of the country.
Where relevant, students will be able to develop their own project work, conducting independent research into the education of their Irish ancestors, or into the contribution of Irish educators to education overseas.
Students will have a demsontrable understanding of how some key figures contributed to Ireland's education heritage.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

10
Field Trip/External Visits

12
Specified Learning Activities

50
Autonomous Student Learning

50
Online Learning

20
Total

142
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
On this module you will learn to analyse historical sources, evaluate field-trips, and comment critically on types of education available in the past.
The module comprises lectures, online work, fieldtrip preparation, and fieldtrips. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Assignment: Students complete an essay-style project, which draws on fieldwork and library/research undertake during the module. Unspecified n/a Graded Yes

100

Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Summer Yes - 1 Hour
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Students received ongoing communications around their reading planning and fieldwork planning. Students get feedback (written) on their assignment.