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Morality and Citizenship in English Schools
Susannah Wright
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Description for Morality and Citizenship in English Schools
Hardback. Series: Histories of the Sacred and Secular, 1700-2000. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBTB; JNL; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 478.
This book sheds new light on early twentieth-century secularism by examining campaigns to challenge dominant Christian approaches to the teaching of morality and citizenship in English schools, and to offer superior alternatives. It brings together, for the first time, the activities of different educators and pressure groups, operating locally, nationally and internationally, over a period of 47 years. Who were these activists? What ideological and organisational resources did they draw on? What proposals did they make? And how did others respond to their views? Secularist activists represented a minority, but offered a recurrent challenge to majority views and shaped ongoing ... Read more
This book sheds new light on early twentieth-century secularism by examining campaigns to challenge dominant Christian approaches to the teaching of morality and citizenship in English schools, and to offer superior alternatives. It brings together, for the first time, the activities of different educators and pressure groups, operating locally, nationally and internationally, over a period of 47 years. Who were these activists? What ideological and organisational resources did they draw on? What proposals did they make? And how did others respond to their views? Secularist activists represented a minority, but offered a recurrent challenge to majority views and shaped ongoing ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
251
Condition
New
Series
Histories of the Sacred and Secular, 1700-2000
Number of Pages
251
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137399434
SKU
V9781137399434
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About Susannah Wright
Susannah Wright is Senior Lecturer in Education Studies at Oxford Brookes University, UK. She has published on secularism, morality and citizenship in English schools, and on local case studies of educational and welfare provision. This is her first monograph. She is a co-editor of the journal History of Education.
Reviews for Morality and Citizenship in English Schools
“Wright presents a meticulously researched series of case-study snapshots into secular approaches to religious and moral education from 1897 until the 1944 Education Act … . Wright’s book thus significantly extends our understanding of how secularism was implicated in the teaching of morality and citizenship before 1944. It is therefore an important addition to the understudied history of religious education.” ... Read more