Faith Schools and Society: Civilizing the Debate

by Jo Cairns

Overview

- 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781441197900
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	12/22/2011
Series:	Continuum Studies in Education (Paperback)
Pages:	284
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Jo Cairns was formerly Head of Religious Education at the Institute of Education, University of 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.

Table of Contents

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