SOCIAL JUSTICE GRADUATE CONFERENCE

Social justice and Secondary School Education

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Social Justice Graduate Conference

• Eoin ó Seanachián

• Graduate from NUIG

• Bachelor of Arts Honours Degree In Community and Family Studies

• Worked in Youth Work with Y.M.C.A. South Area Youth Services, Charlemont Resource Centre, Donore Avenue Youth and Community Centre and with Foróige

Who I Am

•Case study design was chosen •A triangulation method was chosen using both qualitative and quantitative methods to gather secondary and primary date •Questionnaires were used using open ended questions in a number of focus groups

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How the Research was conducted

Ban Ki-moon once stated that “ sustainable development is the

pathway to the future we want for all. It offers a framework

to generate economic growth, achieve social justice, exercise

environmental stewardship and strengthen governance ” in other

words if we are to have a maintainable future in which all

are willing participants that will take personal responsibility for

their own actions we must begin with the youth and the

contribution that society places on their personal development

and social consciousness when they are forming into adults

during their adolescence (BrainyQuotes, 2015).

• What Part Social Justice plays in secondary education

• How social class differences affects the educational impact on youths

• How does secondary education impact on the Youths of Ireland

• Gender and class gender perceptions on the secondary school educational experience within the Irish context

What will be presented

• Education should act as a agent to produce social change in society.• Education should help people become well rounded members of society.• A more student centred approach.• Department of Education and Strategic planning for secondary school education.• Ignoring Centre; Statistics Office.

Social Justice and Secondary Education within the Irish context

• Political correct terminology • Byod stated

• “ family background, personal characteristics of the child, the school context and the social behaviour of children interact to create conditions that place children at risk of falling to achieve their academic potential ’’ (quoted in Tompkins and Delony, 1995).

Social Class Difference and Secondary

Education

• The welfare needs of the children/Youths,

• Cost of education,

• Family tradition in education,

• validate of education within the cultural background of the social grouping,

• The education system meeting the cultural expectations of the youths attending school,

• Advantages/barriers of parents and their child/youths educational attainment and success.

Social Class Difference and Secondary

• Youths from working class backgrounds

• Youths from upper middle to upper, upper class backgrounds

• Various different educational pathways

• Continuation of societal cycles from secondary school education

Secondary school and the impact it has on Youths in Ireland

• Class expectations• Educational costs is more• Parents give help• On a sub conscious level • Unsure • Stereotypical

Males and Secondary Education from more upper class families

• Better atmosphere • Encouragement• For Future • Exam preparation • Yes

Females and Secondary Education from more upper class families

• Move from traditional forms of education

• On average female youths outperform their male counterparts

• On average youths from working class families dropout of main stream education

• In comparison to youths from more affluent families that remain in main stream education

Social Class Gender perspectives and Future

education

• Investment into educational marginalised communities • Alternative methods of education are a

positive• More mixed schools from a culturally class

perspective to bridge the divide between social classes for better understanding • Department of education to make more long

term, medium term strategic plans for secondary school education.

Solutions to bridge the gaps

I will open the floor to Q and A

Questions and Answers

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