Jo Cairns

Faith Schools and Society (eBook, PDF)

Civilizing the Debate

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

- Do faith schools have a place in a plural society? - Which types of school contribute most effectively to a plural society? This fascinating monograph seeks to answer these questions and more by exploring the fit between personal, spiritual and academic goals in contemporary educational experience and individual school cultures. Jo Cairns, a well-respected authority on faith schools, argues that educational ideology in plural societies has to find a way of recognizing and responding to the 'predicament' of pluralism as it is experienced by individuals and communities. This provocative and challenging book will undoubtedly stimulate debate among educationists across the world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. April 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781441188533
• Artikelnr.: 40615011

Autorenporträt

Jo Cairns was formerly Head of Religious Education at IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society, University College London, UK, Head of Continuing Personal and Professional Development and Lifelong Learning, Westminster College, Oxford, UK, and Assistant Director at the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables and Figures \ Foreword by Denis Lawton \ Preface \
Introduction \ Part I: An Intellectual Framework to Support a Civic
Conversation about Faith Schools in Plural Societies \1. The Urgent Need
for a Civilized Conversation about Faith Schools and Society \ 2. A
Reassessment of the Place of Faith Schools in State Supported Education in
Plural Democratic Societies \ 3. To What Extent Can Plural Societies Which
Encompass a Spectrum of World Views and Cultural Perspectives Sustain a
Common Schooling For All? \ 4. The Role of Faith in the Schools of Civic
Societies \ Part II: Developing a Process for the Study of Faith-based
Schools and their Cultures within Plural Societies \ 5. Towards the
Establishment of an Evidence Base for Use in a Civic Conversation about
Faith Schools in a Plural Society \ 6. Faith School Profiles \ Part III:
Profiling Faith School Cultures \ 7. Four Catholic Schools and their
Cultures \ 8. The Student Voice and Its Significance in the Study of School
Cultures \ 9. Building a Meta-narrative of School Cultures from a Composite
Profile of Four Faith Schools \ 10. Practice Informing Policy: The Case for
Evidence-based Policy Concerning Faith-based Schools \ Bibliography \ The
Student Questionnaire \ Index