Ireland is in the grip of a postmodern cultural deconstruction on many levels. The traditional
'grand narratives' are increasingly viewed with suspicion and disenchantment as Ireland
struggles to understand its evolving identity. There is a growing need for comprehensive
interdisciplinary research that will facilitate teaching and learning in this rapidly changing
cultural and societal context. This book brings a fresh approach to Irish educational debates
in which qualified educational specialists engage collaboratively in interdisciplinary
reflection on their own teaching and learning. The volume addresses a multiplicity of key
issues in Irish education (with a particular focus on the primary sector) including teacher
formation curriculum development teaching and learning methods educational policy
philosophy history religious education ethics special needs education and transformative
education. The book aims both to critique new educational policy and practice and to identify
the key challenges in providing innovative imaginative and cutting-edge teaching and learning
in contemporary Irish schools.
