Faith Schools and Indoctrination: A Response to Michael Hand  

Oleh:

Short, Geoffrey

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Theory and Research in Education vol. 1 no. 3 (Nov. 2003), page 331–341.
Topik: autonomy; faith school; indoctrination; secularism
Fulltext: 331TRE13.pdf (48.19KB)

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Michael Hand has recently advocated the abolition of faith schools on the grounds that they may indoctrinate their pupils. In this rejoinder, I aim to show that the assumptions underpinning his thesis are seriously flawed. Initially, I question whether faith schools set out to indoctrinate. I then consider whether they are able to do so (particularly in a secular society) and if we can ever know that a faith school, rather than some other agency, has been responsible for indoctrination. Finally, I cast doubt on Hand's key assumption concerning pupils' perceptions of their teachers. I contend that it is theoretically problematic and empirically unsupported.

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