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The Economics of Schooling in a Divided Society : The Case for Shared Education / by V. Borooah, C. Knox.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Borooah, V., Author.
- Knox, C., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Experimental economics.
- Social choice.
- Welfare economics.
- Economic history.
- International economic relations.
- Education.
- Regional economics.
- Space in economics.
- Experimental Economics.
- Social Choice and Welfare.
- Economic History.
- International Political Economy'.
- Regional and Spatial Economics.
- Local Subjects:
- Experimental Economics.
- Social Choice and Welfare.
- Economic History.
- International Political Economy'.
- Education.
- Regional and Spatial Economics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (XVI, 190 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2015.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Countries that have suffered ethnic or religious conflict and become segregated societies reflect these divisions in education provision for their children. Northern Ireland is a case study in point where a parallel system of schools offers education in Catholic maintained schools and Protestant (de facto) controlled schools. While school segregation is the most obvious manifestation of Northern Ireland's fractured society, there are more important issues of 'educational inequality' with respect to schools and pupils. This book analyses three issues in some detail: segregation, educational performance and inequality in educational outcomes between schools and between pupils from deprived and affluent family backgrounds. Thus far public policies to tackle these issues have been met with limited success. The authors consider an alternative approach, which they term 'shared education', the aim of which is to improve school performance and, in so doing, to dismantle some of the barriers between maintained and controlled schools.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Divided communities
- The history and evolution of education in Northern Ireland
- The education policy context
- Post-primary schools' performance
- Inequality and segregation
- Shared education: an alternative approach
- The economics of shared education
- Conclusions: embedding shared education.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781137461865
- 1137461861
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