Growing Up in a Divided Society: The Influence of Conflict on Belfast Schoolchildren

Author(s): Sean Byrne
Document Type: Book
Year: 1997
Publisher: Associated University Press
Place of Publication: London
ISBN: 0-8386-3655-1
Subject Area(s): Northern Ireland Conflict
Client Group(s): Children, Young People

Abbreviations: NI - Northern Ireland

Background to the Research

  • This book discusses the results of a study of the political development of thirty-five Protestant and Catholic schoolchildren between the ages of eleven and sixteen attending integrated and non-integrated secondary schools in Belfast. The content of the book spans the individual experiences of children in NI, to the political, social and economic context of their lives in NI, and to the broader context of conflict resolution as a national, European and global phenomenon.

Research Approach

  • The thirty-five schoolchildren were administered a series of incomplete political stories, each of which was followed by a series of probes, asking the pupils how the central character(s) in the story should have to the political dilemma. The pupils were allowed to elaborate on political issues triggered by the stories. 0 adults (aged 18 years and over) who lived in private households in NI.

Contents

Chapter Title
1 Children in a Global Context
2 The Historical World of Children in Belfast, Northern Ireland
3 Political Learning and Children
4 Children in a Troubled City
5 How Children Think and Feel about Conflict
6 How Children Think and Feel about Political Authority Figures
7 Putting Children's wisdom into Practice

 


 

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