France and Ireland: Implications of increased immigration on educational systems

Type :

Term papers

Pages :

15 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

09/25/2009

Category :

Political science

Sub category :

Social sciences

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Summary :

Introduction
France's educational history and structure
1. Ten years of compulsory schooling in France
2. The evolution of Catholic cathedral schools
France's immigration history
1. The aftermath of World War II
2. The colonial struggles
France's assimilationist education system ? The response to immigrants
1. The usage of the school system
Reasons for France's resistance to change
1. Assimilationist view
2. The Catholic history
The French educational system's response to multiculturalism
Problems immigrants face in France
1. The impact of poverty
2. Impoverished conditions
3. French integration model
Solutions
1. Response to the 'head scarf law'
Solutions concerning poverty, crime and racism
Ireland's educational history and structure
Ireland's immigration history
New immigration policies ? the response to immigrants
Problem - xenophobia
Ireland's education system ? the response to immigrants
Racism and violence in schools
Solutions
Recommendations for positive change in france and ireland
Conclusion

Abstract

france and ireland are two very different European countries. Their citizens speak different languages, eat different foods, yet every four years they both think they have the best soccer team in the World Cup. Aside from these two country's differences, they have one important feature in common - increased immigration. Both france and ireland have new immigrants settling on their soil everyday. In this paper, I will illustrate both france and ireland's educational history and structure. I will also identify the causes for immigration in the two countries and from what countries these immigrants are originally from. Furthermore, I will explain how france and ireland's educational systems responded to the immigrant students, and how they manage any problems the counties might face. Finally, I will reflect on ways the countries can solve their problems and include personal recommendations for france and ireland to better integrate and suit immigrant students.

france's first schools came into existence around 1050. These were the great Catholic cathedral schools processing a curriculum that focused on the language-based trivium or the liberal arts. Over the twelfth century, these schools would transform themselves into the prototype of the modern university (Uitti, 2002). After 14 centuries of Christian dominance, it was not until 1905 that france received a separation of Church and State (Lepeix, n.d.). Fascinatingly, the same organization of schools that was developed during the sixteenth century remains largely the same as it is today in france (Uitti, 2002).