Abstract
Presentation on the outworkings of the selective system of secondary education in Northern Ireland and a commentary on themes emerging on the conference held to mark the 50th anniversary of comprehensive schooling in Scotland. The two main challenges identified were: (1) how to deal with the consequence that not all children arrive in school with the same experiences or support, that is, dealing with the consequences of social disadvantage; and (2) not all post-school outcomes are seen to have the same value, so post-compulsory schooling risks becoming a selective mechanism for entry to more desirable outcomes
| Original language | English |
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| Number of pages | 17 |
| Publication status | Published - 27 Oct 2015 |
| Event | What have we learned from fifty years of Scottish comprehensive schooling? - Moral House School of Education, Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom Duration: 27 Nov 2015 → 27 Nov 2015 |
Conference
| Conference | What have we learned from fifty years of Scottish comprehensive schooling? |
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| Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
| City | Edinburgh |
| Period | 27/11/2015 → 27/11/2015 |
Bibliographical note
Listed in conference programme as 'Reflections on the Scottish experience and its challenges'Keywords
- education
- comprehensive
- selection
- Scotland