The Policy of Payment by Results in Irish Primary Schools, 1871-1900: Rancour and Discord

by Tony Lyons

This book outlines the principal features of the Payment by Results policy, first introduced in England in 1862. It draws attention to some of the positive aspects of the system but it also considers the more salient features of a system that preyed heavily on both pupils and teachers. Inspectors were used as agents of its implementation, resulting in a divergence of views between them and the teachers. Very few regretted its demise in 1900 when...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1803741791
• ISBN13: 9781803741796
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"