Integrated Schools in Northern Ireland
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Oxford Review of Education
- Vol. 15 (2) , 121-128
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0305498890150202
Abstract
Until recently the great majority of pupils in Northern Ireland attended schools associated with their own religion. Recently there have appeared a number of new, planned, religiously integrated schools and this movement has been given official support by the decision of the Department of Education for Northern Ireland to include a section in its new legislation which facilitates and promotes the development of integrated schools. This paper is concerned with trying to understand what it means to call a school integrated in the specific context of Northern Ireland. It describes three characteristics of the new schools: school membership, that is, the planned religious composition of the enrolment and staffing; the ethos of the school with regard to the two communities; and the role of parents in their management.Keywords
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