Young Life and Times
1999: Education
Listed below are the questions asked
in the Education module in 1999.
If you want to see how young people actually answered the questions
in a particular year you can click on the short name given beside
every question.
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Q11PLUS1: Does the 11+ put too much pressure on 10 and
11 year olds?
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Q11PLUS2: Does selection have to happen at some time
in a child's education?
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Q11PLUS3: Is a system of separate secondary and grammar
schools unfair?
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Q11PLUS4: Do grammar schools provide the best standard
of education?
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Q11PLUS5: Does the 11+ system mean that most children
feel that they are failures?
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Q11PLUS6: Is the 11+ a good measure of ability?
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Q11PLUS7: Are children aged 10 or 11 too young for selection
tests?
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Q11PLUS8: Do children not at grammar school still get
a first class education?
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CHANGE11: Does the 11+ and then secondary/grammar school
system work?
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GRAMOR11: Change 11+ test, the secondary/grammar school
system, or both
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CHG111: Have 11+ test at end of Primary 7?
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CHG112: Have selection test at age 14?
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CHG113: Have selection test at age 16.
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CHG114: Have children assessed by teachers?
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CHG115: Have a different kind of test?
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CHGGRAM1: Same school until 14, and then secondary/grammar
school?
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CHGGRAM2: Same school until 16 and then 'A' levels or
vocational training?
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CHGGRAM3: Secondary schools select a third of pupils
for 'grammar stream'?
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PASS11: Did you pass 11+?
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GOVMXSCH: Should the government encourage more mixed
schooling?
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SLFEVINT: Have your children ever attended an integrated
school?
- SEPFUDIV:
Do separate schools for Protestants and Catholics fuel community
divisions?
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INTDKCLT: Do children at integrated schools learn enough
about their own culture and traditions?
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GVNOFUND: Should the government fund schools taking only
Catholic or only Protestant pupils?
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IRSHLANG: Should all secondary level pupils study Irish
language and culture?
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ULSTLANG: Should all secondary level pupils study Ulster-Scots
language and culture?
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PROTRELG: Should all secondary level pupils study Protestant
religious beliefs?
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CATHRELG: Should all secondary level pupils study Catholic
religious beliefs?
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NONDRELG: Should all secondary level pupils study religious
beliefs in general?
- PLURAL1:
Should children at school learn about the religious festivals
of all religions and ethnic groups?
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PLURAL2: Should religious education be left to parents
and their churches?
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PLURAL3: Should Catholic schools offer cricket and rugby?
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PLURAL4: Should Protestant schools offer gaelic football,
hurling and camogie?
- EDGAIN1:
Schools aim towards skills and knowledge which will help
get a good job?
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EDGAIN2: Schools aim towards good exam results?
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EDGAIN3: Schools aim towards self-confidence?
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EDGAIN4: Schools aim towards knowledge that equips them
for life in general?
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EDGAIN5: Schools aim towards an ability to live among
people from different backgrounds?
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EDGAIN6: Schools aim towards skills that allow them to
adapt to the changing needs of the world of work?
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EDGAIN7: Schools aim towards an ability to speak and
write clearly?
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EDGAIN8: Schools aim towards a readiness to challenge
other people's ideas?
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CITIZN1: Is it the job of schools to teach about politics
and human rights?
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CITIZN2: Is it about time schools started to openly tackle
such difficult issues?
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CITIZN3: Is teaching children about politics and human
rights just trying to brainwash them?
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CITIZN4: Do you doubt that the people teaching this kind
of thing would do it fairly?
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CITIZN5: Will children never be effective members of
society unless they learn about human rights and politics when
they are young?
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CITIZN6: Should schools should be a place where children
can get away from political problems?
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CITIZN7: Will teaching about human rights and politics
help young people become active members of their own communities?
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CITIZN8: Will teaching about human rights and politics
risk encouraging children towards extreme political views?
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CITIZN9: Will discussions about politics and human rights
help children understand why other traditions feel hard done
by?
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CITIZN10: Will discussions about politics and human rights
be too painful for children who have suffered during the Troubles?
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CITIZNGD: Is it a good idea to teach about politics and
human rights in schools?
Maintained by Paula
Devine
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