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ERIC Number: EJ285986
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1983
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Rejecting the Modern World: The Educational Ideas of Timothy Corcoran.
Titley, E. Brian
Oxford Review of Education, v9 n2 p137-45 1983
The Irish educational system in the period following Irish independence was heavily influenced by the Rev. Timothy J. Corcoran. Rejecting any sort of child-influenced curriculum, he called for a rigid classics-based education based on Catholic dogma with maximum emphasis on memorization and repetition rather than on inquiry. (IS)
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Comparative Education, Conventional Instruction, Educational History, Educational Principles, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Language Maintenance, Traditional Schools
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Historical Materials
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Ireland
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