Table of contents
Dedication by Dr Liam Downey
Foreword by Dr Norman McMillan: the background to the book.
Chapter 1: Early Irish Crafts and Apprenticeships: an Historical Background
Chapter 2: Late Renaissance Humanism, the Dublin Scientific Tradition (1592-1641)
Chapter 3: The Irish Colonial Tradition of Mathematics, Science and Engineering
Chapter 4: Experimental Science in Ireland and the Scientific Societies
Chapter 5: Mathematical, Scientific and Engineering Reform in Dublin University
Chapter 6: Technical Education and Colonialism in Ireland in the 19th Century
Chapter 7: Technical
Education in Ireland 1870-1899
Chapter 8: The Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction 1899-1930
Chapter 9: Traditions in the Vocational School Curriculum 1930-92
Chapter 10: The National Council for Educational Awards, 1966-1997
Chapter 11: Apprenticeship in Modern Times
Chapter 12: Treasures Open to the Wise': the Mechanics Institute of N-E Ulster
Chapter 13: The Dublin Mechanics Institute, 1834-1919
Chapter 14: Pestalozzi and John Synge
Chapter 15: James Booth FRS as Inventor of the Examination System
Chapter 16: Agricultural Education in Ireland
Austin O'Sullivan and Richard Jarrell
Chapter 17: Trade Union Organisation in Technical Education 1913-1930
Gerard Moriarty and John Logan
Chapter 18: Dublin Corporation and the Development of Technical Education
Chapter 19: The Queens Institute, Dublin (1861-1881)
(this was the first technical college for women in Europe; here we give, accessibly both from here and from the abstract, the full text, as an important sample chapter)
Chapter 20: The Vocational Education Act 1930
Chapter 21: Ireland and the Politics and Government of British Science and Education