Discipline, Devotion, and Dissent

Jewish, Catholic, and Islamic Schooling in Canada
Herausgeber: McDonough, Graham P; Mintz, Avi I; Memon, Nadeem A

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Produktbeschreibung

The education provided by Canada’s faith-based schools is a subject of public, political, and scholarly controversy. As the population becomes more religiously diverse, the continued establishment and support of faith-based schools has reignited debates about whether they should be funded publicly and to what extent they threaten social cohesion. These discussions tend to occur without considering a fundamental question: How do faith-based schools envision and enact their educational missions? Discipline, Devotion, and Dissent offers responses to that question by examining a selection of Canada’s Jewish, Catholic, and Islamic schools. The daily reality of these schools is illuminated through essays that address the aims and practices that characterize these schools, how they prepare their students to become citizens of a multicultural Canada, and how they respond to dissent in the classroom. The essays in this book reveal that Canada’s faith-based schools sometimes succeed and sometimes struggle in bridging the demands of the faith and the need to create participating citizens of a multicultural society. Discussion surrounding faith-based schools in Canada would be enriched by a better understanding of the aims and practices of these schools, and this book provides a gateway to the subject.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
• Seitenzahl: 282
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9781554588411
• ISBN-10: 1554588413
• Artikelnr.: 36151301

Autorenporträt

Graham P. McDonough is an assistant professor of education and an associate fellow at the Centre for Studies in Religion and Society at the University of Victoria. He has published articles in Catholic Education and International Studies in Catholic Education. His book, Beyond Obedience and Abandonment: Toward a Theory of Dissent in Catholic Education, is forthcoming. Nadeem A. Memon is the director of the Islamic Teacher Education Program, a collaboration between Razi Group and the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto. He also teaches courses in equity and education and Muslim studies at OISE/UT and Wilfrid Laurier University. Avi I. Mintz is an assistant professor in the University of Tulsa's School of Urban Education. He has published articles in Journal of Religious Education, Studies in Philosophy and Education, Educational Theory, and Journal of Philosophy of Education.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Discipline, Devotion, and Dissent: Jewish, Catholic, and Islamic Schooling
in Canada, edited by Graham P. McDonough, Nadeem A. Memon, and Avi I. Mintz
2. Introduction Graham P. McDonough, Nadeem A. Memon, and Avi I. Mintz
3. Part A: Aims and Practices
4. 1. The Jewish Day Schools of Canada Seymour Epstein
5. 2. The Distinctiveness of Catholic Education Mario O. D'Souza, csb
6. 3. Between Immigrating and Integrating: The Challenge of Defining an
Islamic Pedagogy in Canadian Islamic Schools Nadeem A. Memon
7. Part B: Faith and Citizenship
8. 4. Jewish Education, Democracy, and Pluralistic Engagement Greg Beiles
9. 5. Canadian Catholic Schools: Sacred and Secular Tensions in a Free and
Democratic Society J. Kent Donlevy
10. 6. London Islamic School: Millstone or Milestone? Asma Ahmed
11. Part C: Dissent and Critical Thinking
12. 7. The Changed Context for Jewish Day-School Education Alex Pomson and
Randal F. Schnoor
13. 8. Teaching Subject Matter That is Controversial among Catholics:
Implications for Intellectual Growth in the Church Graham P. McDonough
14. 9. A Canadian Islamic School in Perspective: A Critique of the
“Moderate†and “Strong†Categories in Faith-Based Schooling Qaiser
Ahmad
15. Conclusion
16. 10. Diversity and Deliberation in Faith-Based Schools: Implications for
Educating Canadian Citizens Avi I. Mintz
17. Glossary
18. The Contributors
19. Index