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Faith Schools Jo Cairns (Institute of Education, University of London, UK)

Faith Schools By Jo Cairns (Institute of Education, University of London, UK)

Faith Schools by Jo Cairns (Institute of Education, University of London, UK)

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This text is an accessible overview of the debates, issues and practicalities of faith-based education. It sets out the challenges and opportunities of different approaches to faith schools and addresses the choices faced by parents.

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Faith Schools: Consensus or Conflict? by Jo Cairns (Institute of Education, University of London, UK)

Until fairly recently the separation of pupils according to religion was felt to be compatible with a comprehensive education. That consensus no longer holds and there is a strong positive lobby either to absorb faith schools altogether within the state system or at least to dilute their membership ensuring they include children from other faiths, or no faith at all.

This book addresses the current concerns, questions and interest surrounding the legitimacy, support and intended expansion of faith schools. Divided into five sections, it includes chapters on:

* the legal frameworks for faith schools and the rights of the child
* faith-based schools in the UK, Northern Ireland, France and the USA
* the impact of faith schools on pupil performance
* faith schools, religious education and citizenship
* political and research issues.

Faith Schools: Consensus or Conflict? is of interest to educators, policymakers, researchers and students of education, religion and sociology.

Faith Schools Reviews

'This is an important contribution. It issues its own challenges: to the faith providers to articulate both their own starting points, and the ways in which their distinctive contribution is beneficial for the state of the nation; and to opponents to provide hard evidence for what they most fear about faith schools.' - British Journal of Religious Education

'With the renewed interest, internationally, in the role of faith and the planned expansion in the United Kingdon of faith-based secondary schools, this collection of articles in timely.' - International Journal of Children's Spirituality

About Jo Cairns (Institute of Education, University of London, UK)

Roy Gardner is Course Leader for Advanced Short Courses, Denis Lawton is Professor of Education and Jo Cairns is Lecturer in Education all at the Institute of Education, University of London.

Table of Contents

Introduction, "Jo Cairns, Roy Gardner and Denis Lawton" Part 1: Faith Schools: Past and Present 1. Faith Schools Now: An Overview, "Roy Gardner" 2. Faith Schools and Colleges of Education since 1800, "Brian Gates "3. The Legal Frameworks for Faith Schools and the Rights of the Child, "Marie Parker-Jenkins" Part 2: Faith Schools: For and Against 4. Faith Schools: Are They Justified?, "Richard Pring" 5. Are Faith Schools Divisive?, "Mark Halstead and Terence McLaughlin" 6. Religion and Schools: A Fresh Way Forward, "Marilyn Mason" 7. Faith-based Schools in the UK: An Unenthusiastic Defence of a Slightly Reformed Status Quo, "Harry Brighouse" 8. Keeping Faith with Social Capital: From Coleman to New Labour on Social Justice, Religion and Education, "Eva Gamarnikow and Tony Green Part 3: Faith Schools in Practice "9. Perceptions and Practices in Christian Schools, "Bart McGettrick" 10. Learning Together: The Case for 'Joint Church' Schools, "Alan Murphy "11. Segregation or Cohesion: Church of England Schools in Bradford, "Rachel Barker and John Anderson "12. Through the Looking Glass: Religion, Identity and Citizenship in a Plural Culture from the Viewpoint of the Modern, Orthodox Jewish School, "Lynndy Lewis Part 4: Faith Schools: The Experience Elsewhere "13. Measuring Catholic Schools Experience: An International Perspective, "James Arthur" 14. Faith Schools and Northern Ireland: A Review of Research, "Tony Gallagher" 15. Exclusion or Embrace: Faith, Social Ideals and 'Common Schooling' in America's Public Education, "Michael Totterdell "16. Faith Schools in France: From Conflict to Consensus, "Cecile Deer Part 5: Faith Schools: The Way Forward "17. Faith Schools and Communities: Communitarianism, Social Capital and Citizenship, "John Annette" 18. The Impact of Faith Schools on Pupil Performance, "Sandie and Ian Shagen" 19. Faith Schools, Religious Education and Citizenship, "John Keast" 20. Continuing Personal and Professional Development and Faith Schools, "Roy Gardner and Jo Cairns "21. Faith Schools: Some Political Issues and an Agenda for Research," Denis Lawton and Jo Cairns "

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GOR002358328
9780415335263
0415335264
Faith Schools: Consensus or Conflict? by Jo Cairns (Institute of Education, University of London, UK)
Jo Cairns (Institute of Education, University of London, UK)
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Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2005-03-24
288
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