Shared education: a case study in social cohesion

Hughes, Joanne; Loader, Rebecca

doi:10.1080/02671522.2021.1961303

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“…Currently involving around 60,000 young people across 600 schools in Northern Ireland, shared education aims to enhance learning opportunities, promote effective use of resources, and foster equality of opportunity and social cohesion (EANI 2021). As with integrated education, shared education has been shown to promote more positive intergroup relations amongst participants and there is some evidence that it may contribute to social cohesion at wider community level, by normalising cross-group interaction and challenging traditional physical and identity boundaries (Hughes and Loader 2021).…”

Section: Education and Division In Northern Irelandmentioning

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Is academic selection in Northern Ireland a barrier to social cohesion?

Hughes

Loader

2022

Research Papers in Education

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Northern Ireland has a deeply divided education system with demarcation most notable along ethno/religious and social class lines. The former is largely attributable to the historical organisation of the schools estate based on religion, and the latter is associated with a system of academic selection that filters children into grammar and non-selective post-primary schools according to their performance in tests taken during the final year of primary school. Academic selection, and the grammar school system that underpins it, has come under some considerable scrutiny, with much of the research evidence pointing to a negative relationship between the selective system and equality of opportunity in education. The suitability of this system in a transitioning society that has become more ethnically diverse in post-conflict years has, however, received less attention. Drawing on social cohesion theory, we reflect on the grammar school system to argue that the cross-community class interests animating it not only perpetuate inequalities within respective communities but may also present a significant barrier to peacebuilding efforts in education, and ultimately impede progress towards a more socially cohesive society.

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Section: Education and Division In Northern Irelandmentioning

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Is academic selection in Northern Ireland a barrier to social cohesion?

Hughes

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2022

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The shadow of war: Parental competitive victimhood and children's contact intentions in two post‐accord societies

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Corbett,

Tomašić Humer

et al. 2024

Euro J Social Psych

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The effects of political violence are felt across generations; for example, extent of parental competitive victimhood (feeling that one's ingroup was relatively more victimised during the conflict) predicts adolescent's intergroup discrimination. We extend that research to children, born a generation after the height of violence. Participants were 223 family dyads with children aged 7–11 (M = 9.05, SD = 1.30; 52.4% female): Croatia (n = 82) and Republic of North Macedonia (RNM: n = 141), equally split by group status (i.e., Croatia: Croats/Serbs; RNM: Macedonian/Albanian). Parents reported on competitive victimhood while children reported on intergroup contact intentions (e.g., shared education initiatives). Moderation analysis across sites found a significant status by competitive victimhood interaction; increased parental competitive victimhood was associated with decreased contact intentions among minority, but not majority, children. We review site‐specific findings in relation to their historical context, concluding with the implications for shared education, reconciliation and peacebuilding.

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Consequences of Academic Selection

Cantley

2024

The Philosophical Limitations of Educational Assessment

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Shared education: a case study in social cohesion

Cited by 7 publications

References 39 publications

Is academic selection in Northern Ireland a barrier to social cohesion?

Is academic selection in Northern Ireland a barrier to social cohesion?

The shadow of war: Parental competitive victimhood and children's contact intentions in two post‐accord societies

Consequences of Academic Selection

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