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In 2009, the ASTI celebrates the 100th Anniversary of its foundation. Founding members included such national figures as Eamon de Valera and Thomas MacDonagh, both of who served as second-level teachers. The ASTI has rich history in representing the teaching profession and in promoting second-level education and has been a dynamic force in the education sector in Ireland. The ASTI is the largest second-level teachers' union in Ireland with 17,500 members teaching in over 75 per cent of second-level schools. "Unlikely Radicals" provides a social and historical account of the ASTI's role in the development of second-level education and the teaching profession in Ireland. It demonstrates the remarkable contribution which second-level education has made to the lives of millions of young people and to social, political and economic progress in Ireland. It details the development of a trade union which has had a significant impact on social and education policy and which has continued to represent the values of Irish teachers and their aspirations for those they teach.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History Regional & national history

• Full title: Unlikely Radicals
• Subtitle: Irish Post-primary Teachers and the ASTI, 1909-2009
• Author: John Cunningham
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 392
• EAN: 9781859184608
• ISBN: 185918460X
• ID: 05119131
• Publisher: Cork University Press
• Weight: 810 g
• Dimensions: 241 × 170 × 36 mm
• Date of publishing: 19. January 2010

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