Teaching Religion: Sixty Years of Religious Education in England and Wales - Couverture souple

Copley, Terence

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0859898199 ISBN 13 : 9780859898195

Editeur : University of Exeter Press, 2008

Synopsis

TEACHING RELIGION is the first book to trace the developments in religious education in England and Wales in the half century to 1994. It starts with the 1944 Butler Act and ends with the DFE Circular of 1994 which was issued to take further the RE provision in the 1988 Education Reform Act. TEACHING RELIGION sets the changes in religious education against changes in education as a whole and changes in society. The complex interaction between and influence of religious thinkers, religious educators and politicians is explored, as is the suggestion that how we handle religion within the national education system can offer insights into the sort of society we are and aspire to be.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

'Teaching Religion' remains the only book to chart the course of religious education in England and Wales in the period 1944 to 2007. It is an indispensable guide for teachers, students and all those interested in the history and politics of religious education.This newly updated edition sets changes in religious education against a backcloth of social, historical and educational developments. Through a judicious use of documentary sources, including interviews with key policy makers and practitioner experiences, Copley explores the interaction between religious thinkers, religious educators and politicians.In examining the transition of religious education from Cinderella status to rising star of the curriculum at a time when institutional religion in the UK experienced massive decline, this book explores the suggestion that how we handle religion within the national education system can offer insights into the sort of society we aspire to be.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Terence Copley is Professor of Educational Studies (Religious Education) at Oxford University and Emeritus Professor of Religious Education at the University of Exeter. Previous books include Spiritual Development in the State School (UEP, 1997); Black Tom: Arnold of Rugby - The Myth and the Man (Continuum, 2001); Indoctrination, Education and God: the Struggle for the Mind (SPCK, 2005).

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: University of Exeter Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0859898199
• ISBN 13: 9780859898195
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288