The Role of Education in the Northern Ireland Conflict.

Dunn, Seamus

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ERIC Number: EJ348207

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Publication Date: 1986

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The Role of Education in the Northern Ireland Conflict.

Dunn, Seamus

Oxford Review of Education, v12 n3 p233-42 1986

Maintains that the deep social division between Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland is mirrored and perpetuated by the existence of separate school systems. Reviews proposals which attempt to use the schools to overcome long-term religious prejudice and conflict. Concludes by examining the potential of projects requiring inter-school cooperation. (JDH)

Descriptors: Conflict, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Neighborhood Integration, Religious Discrimination, Social Attitudes, Social Change, Social Integration, Violence

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)

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