Spatial Justice and the Irish Crisis: Education - Gerry Kearns and David Meredith
Royal Irish Academy Conference: Spatial Justice and the Irish Crisis 23 April, 2013, Academy House The on-going crisis and associated responses to it (political, governance, popular etc.) provides an entry point for a wide-ranging exploration of spatial justice as a theoretical construct and a departure point for empirical analysis. Discourses of justice, equality and fairness remain central to a range of interconnected debates as Ireland seeks to recover from the interrelated collapses of the banking system and property markets and the knock on effects through the rest of society and the economy. Scale is an important dimension in framing and constructing popular discourses concerning issues of justice, e.g. the role of EU institutions in shaping Ireland’s treatment of banking debt or the impact of national budgetary measures on particular places. The focus of this conference is on understanding these spatially connected processes, how they are functioning at different scales, their impact on particular or specific places and spaces, as they give rise to new or evolving social and economic geographies.
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- 1. Spatial JusticeSpatial Justice and Primary Educationy Gerry Kearns, National University ofGerry Kearns, National University of Ireland Maynooth D id M di h TDavid Meredith, Teagasc
- 5. Religious affiliation of Irish‐born and foreign‐born population of the Republic offoreign‐born population of the Republic of Ireland, 2011
- 8. 60% 80% 100% 60% 80% 100% Northern Ireland 60% 80% 100% 0% 20% 40% 60% 1981 1990 1999 2008 0% 20% 40% 60% 1981 1990 1999 2008 0% 20% 40% 60% 1981 1990 1999 2008 60% 80% 100% 1981 1990 1999 2008 Republic of Ireland 80% 100% 80% 100% 0% 20% 40% 60% 1981 1990 1999 2008 0% 20% 40% 60% 1981 1990 1999 2008 0% 20% 40% 60% 1981 1990 1999 2008 1981 1990 1999 2008 80% 100% 80% 100% 100% Republic of Ireland (Catholics only) 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 0% 1981 1990 1999 2008 0% 1981 1990 1999 2008 0% 1981 1990 1999 2008 Attendance at religious service for age‐groups (from left) 15‐29, 30‐49, 50 and over showing (from top of bar) the proportion attending less g ( p ) p p g than once per year, at least once per year but not as often as once per week, and at least weekly (European Values Study)
- 10. Divorces (per thousand i )marriages), 1997‐20061997 2006 Births outside marriage (%), 1940 20101940‐2010
- 12. Ethos: Primary School Children and the Capacity of Primary Schools Primary School EthosEthos of Primary School Children Roman Catholic Roman Catholic Non RC / Non Religious Non RC / Non Religious Unknown
- 13. Children and Schools Journey to Work data – 18,488 areas 244,581 girls of primary school age, g p y g 256,893 boys of primary school age Religious affiliation of parents given Department of Education – 3,165 schools Ethos of school given Enrolment in school Teachers, pupil capacity 15,633 areas with no school 2,589 with one school 263 with more than one school
- 15. Number of Primary School ChildrenNumber of Primary School Children 45000 35000 40000 45000 dren 20000 25000 30000 mary School Child 10000 15000 20000 Number of Prim Non RC / No Religion Roman Catholic 0 5000 rlow City blin ngal own are nny aois ford outh eath faly eath ford low are City unty erry City unty orth outh City unty City unty trim ayo mon ligo van egal han Roman Catholic Car DublinC SouthDu Fin haire-Rathdo Kild Kilken La Longf Lo Me Off Westme Wexf Wick Cl CorkC CorkCou Ke LimerickC LimerickCou TipperaryNo TipperarySo WaterfordC WaterfordCou GalwayC GalwayCou Leit Ma Roscomm Sl Cav Done Monagh DúnLaog W
- 17. Frequency Distribution of Travel to School Time 40 35 40 Roman Catholic Non RC 25 30 up Non RC 15 20 gliousgrou 5 10 %ofreg 0 5 0 - 5 6 - 10 11 - 15 16 - 20 21 - 25 26 - 30 31 - 35 36 - 40 41 - 45 46 - 50 51 - 55 65+ MinutesMinutes
- 19. Spatial JusticeSpatial Justice • Model possible travel to school • Assume schools will fill up with local andAssume schools will fill up with local and suitable children C l l j h l• Calculate journeys to school • Reallocate schools until the journey to school j y is not dramatically different between different groupsgroups
- 20. Reinforcing inflexibilityReinforcing inflexibility 196 i l S h l l h d k• 1965. National School Rules changed to make religious education the primary educational f h lpurpose of a school • 1971. Religion to infuse the entire school curriculum • 1996. Some limited diversity of stakeholders on board of management but ethos replaces education as primary purpose of school • 1998. Patron given greater control over composition of board of managementp g
- 21. Future issuesFuture issues F li C th li dh t t t• Funneling – Catholic adherence to get access to secondary school of choice • Real estate transfer of assets from publicly• Real estate – transfer of assets from publicly funded schools to religious trusts • Preparation for multi faith and no faith society• Preparation for multi‐faith and no‐faith society • Preference for multi‐denominational education shown by Catholics enrolling for Educateshown by Catholics enrolling for Educate Together, leaving more non‐Catholics without effective choice • Rights of the child – right to education based on reason not faith; cf European Conventionp