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The following papers dealing with education in Ireland are presented: "The Educational agenda: A View of the Future" (H. T. Sockett); "Curriculum and Policy in Irish Post-Primary Education" (B. O'Reilly); "A Response to Barney O'Reilly on Curriculum and Policy in Irish Post-Primary Education" (D. G. Mulcahy); "Constructing and Testing a Geography Trail" (Kevin Hurley); "Effective Communication of Mathematics at Primary Level: Focus on the Textbooks" (Catherine Mulryan); "Practical Work in the Leaving Certificate Chemistry Course" (Adrian J. Ryder); "Only Connect: Reflections on Autobiography and the Teaching of Literature" (Tom Mullins); "Introducing Irish Cultural Studies to the English Primary School" (Tom Arkell); "Some Aspects of the Psychological Concept of Motivation Applied to the Use of the Blackboard in the Classroom" (Francis Douglas); "An Examination of Selected Dimensions of National School Principals' Concerns for School Administrative Issues (Donald Herron); "Problems in the Financing of Higher Education" (A. C. Barlow); "Some Problems in the Financing of Second Level Education" (John Sheehan); "Community Workshops in the Youth Training Programme" (Rosemary Kilpatrick); "Education and Training for 16 Year Olds: New Approaches in Northern Ireland" (Jean Whyte); "The Role of Further Education Colleges in the Northern Ireland Youth Training Programme" (Colin McIlheney); "The Future of Adult Education in Ireland" (Liam Carey); "Television in Northern Ireland Secondary Schools: Research Findings and Implications" (C. W. J. Crough and J. J. Collins); "The Implications of Educational Technology for Postprimary Education in Ireland" (Michael Turner); "Information Technology - It's Impact on Irish Education" (Brendan Mackey)'"An ghaeilge I gCuraclam na Bunscoile" (Eoghan O'Suilleabhain). (RM)

The following papers dealing with education in Ireland are presented: "The Fortunes of Education as a Subject of Study and of Research in Ireland" (John Coolahan); "The Irish Charter Schools: The Grand Design in Principle and Practice" (Kenneth Milne); "Quaker Education in 18th and 19th Century Ireland" (Cyril G. Brannigan); "Images of Women in Nineteenth Century Schoolbooks" (Lorcan Walsh); "An Assessment of Rev. Professor Timothy J. Corcoran's Major Works in the Field of Irish Educational Historiography" (James G. Deegan); "St. Dominic's--The Rise and Fall of a Training College 1907-1924" (Finbarr O'Driscoll); "One Approach to Moral Education for Secondary Schools in the United States" (Gerald M. Reagan); "Language Manipulation: Doublespeak in Education" (Richard Pratte); "Some Curricular Aspects of Social and Civic Education in Ireland, 1966-1984" (Mairtin Fahy); "What Use Is Day Release?" (J. R. McCarthy); "Compensation for Deficiencies in the Second-Level System" (Tom Baum and Linda McLoughlin); "Summer Recreation Provision in America and Northern Ireland - A Comparative Overview" (Paul G. J. Anthony); "Rethinking the Nature of Educational Studies" (Padraig Hogan); "The First Blast of the Trumpet against the Monstrous Regiment of the Disciplines (Theorising about Theory of Education)" (Michael McKeown); "Some Philosophical Issues Relating to the Identification of Education with the Development of Reason" (Peter J. Gargan); "Predicting Success in First University Examinations in Home Economics Colleges of Education" (Eamonn O'Baiollain); "Imagination: That One Talent That Lies Buried" (Seamus V. O'Suilleabhain); and "School Choice and School Catchment: Post-Primary Education in Galway City" (Seamus Grimes). (RM)

Discussion of quality issues in Ireland's preservice and inservice teacher education examines the 1992 Green Paper on Irish Education, which highlighted several proposals regarding establishment of a system of quality assurance in higher education institutions to offer students the best possible education and ensure high standards of quality in all fields. (SM)

Evaluates an attempt to establish a support group for parents and relatives whose children were in the care of one health board, based on a qualitative study supplemented by individual interviews. Shows that this support group was successful. Suggests ways in which the therapeutic potential of such groups could be enhanced and more parents attracted into them. (MOK)

Argues that there is no pressure to make Irish an official language in Northern Ireland because the sociolinguistic preconditions for bilingualism do not exist. The article demonstrates that those Irish who do not speak or learn Irish have no less a sense of having an Irish identity than do fluent speakers or those learning Irish. (26 references) (Author/CK)

As Irish farm households face difficulty remaining viable, the state-funded agricultural advisory service is beginning to charge for services and is suffering from a hiring freeze. Other rural development extension services are emerging and the role of traditional extension is being reevaluated. (SK)

Considers the use of pre- and posttest results as formative evaluation tools and describes a small group evaluation of computer-assisted language learning (CALL) courseware dealing with French for banking. Test design is discussed, including standards, validity, and reliability; and results from user questionnaires are examined. (Contains 14 references.) (LRW)

In the first phase of nation-state development, adult education serves in the creation of nationalism and consensus. As the nation enters the world stage, adult education enforces national and cultural identity and meets professionalizing needs. As consensus loosens and pluralism emerges, adult education may become a symbol of conflict between competing needs and interests of special groups. (SK)

Examines the question of language revitalization against the background of the use of Hebrew as the language of public life in Israel and of Irish as an official language of Ireland. Notes that the organizing principles of nationalism are complex and disputed. The different linguistic outcomes in these two countries point up the complexity and unpredictability of language planning. (Four references) (CK)