The connections between the education system and social inequality in contemporary Ireland.
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SummaryThe issue we are presented with here is a complex one at the best of times. It brings us back to the dilemma of “which came first – the chicken or the egg?” because while it is widely accepted that the Irish education system may lead to social inequality, I maintain that this view is a debatable one. I believe it is possible to argue the case that social inequality in Ireland influences and shapes our education system because, in general, most Western education systems are commonly based upon societal values and customs. However, for the purposes of this essay I will accept the education system as being the determinant of social inequality, looking specifically at secondary-level education and using Goldthorpe’s model of class categorisation (Breen and Whelan, 1996) as a discriminator between the various social classes and as a basis for my definition of the different social groupings, however I will mainly be concentrating on the working-class (groups IVc through to VIIb) and the middle-class categories (groups I through to IVb.)
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- I am inclined to agree with this definition and will therefore be concentrating specifically on the issue of equality of access to secondary and higher education systems.
- So it makes sense that vocational schools are more commonly found in working-class areas as secondary schools are in middle-class areas.
- Financial Concerns.
- There is also the issue of the 'hidden curriculum', that is, the policies and intentions that lie behind the making of the curriculum itself.
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