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Unlikely radicals : Irish post-primary teachers and the ASTI, 1909-2009 / John Cunningham.
- Title
- Unlikely radicals : Irish post-primary teachers and the ASTI, 1909-2009 / John Cunningham.
- Author
- Cunningham, John, 1946-
- Publication
- Cork, Ireland : Cork University Press, 2009.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | LA669.62 .C86 2009 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xii, 380 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), facsims., ports.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- The ASTI has rich history in representing the teaching profession and in promoting second-level education and has been a dynamic force in the education sector in Ireland. This work provides a social and historical account of the ASTI's role in the development of second-level education and the teaching profession in Ireland.
- Alternative Title
- Irish post-primary teachers and the ASTI, 1909-2009
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Note
- Issued to mark the centary of the foundation of ASTI (Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland).
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-642) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The secondary teacher's life, c.1909. Foundation and early years of the ASTI. The ASTI in the Burke era, c.1920-1937. The association in the 1940s and 1950s. Secondary teachers, educational change, and Irish society in the 1960s. Teacher militancy, c.1961-71. The ASTI expansion and development, c.1970-c.1990. Teachers' unity and resistance to cutbacks in the 1980s. Equality and women's issues, c.1970-1995. Secondary teachers in the Celtic Tiger era. The pay battle of the new millennium.
- ISBN
- 9781859184608
- 185918460X
- 9781859184707
- 1859184707
- LCCN
- ^^2010293053
- OCLC
- 456181761
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library