This book sheds new light on early twentieth-century secularism by examining campaigns to challenge dominant Christian approaches to the teaching of morality and citizenship in English schools, and to offer superior alternatives. It brings together, for the first time, the activities of different educators and pressure groups, operating locally, nationally and internationally, over a period of 47 years. Who were these activists? What ideological and organisational resources did they draw on? What proposals did they make? And how did others respond to their views? Secularist activists represented a minority, but offered a recurrent challenge to majority views and shaped ongoing educational debates. They achieved some, albeit limited, influence on policy and practice. They were divided among themselves and by 1944 had failed to supplant majority views. But, with the place of religious and secular ideals in schools remaining a subject of debate, this analysis has resonance today. 
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This book sheds new light on early twentieth-century secularism by examining campaigns to challenge dominant Christian approaches to the teaching of morality and citizenship in English schools, and to offer superior alternatives.
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Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2:  Religion, Secularism and Education.- Chapter 3: Moral Instruction in the Provinces: FJ Gould in Leicester.- Chapter 4: The Moral Instruction League 1897–1919.- Chapter 5: International Dimensions of Moral Education 1892–1914.- Chapter 6: The Positivist World Citizen: FS Marvin and FJ Gould in the League of Nations Union 1919–39.- Chapter 7: The Faith of the Democrat: the Association for Education in Citizenship 1934–44.- Chapter 8: Conclusion.
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“Wright presents a meticulously researched series of case-study snapshots into secular approaches to religious and moral education from 1897 until the 1944 Education Act … . Wright’s book thus significantly extends our understanding of how secularism was implicated in the teaching of morality and citizenship before 1944. It is therefore an important addition to the understudied history of religious education.” (Jody Crutchley, History of Education, October 14, 2019)
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Winner of the History of Education Society 2020 Kevin Brehony PrizeBroadens understanding of the role of secularists in the education of working class children as good citizens.Presents and analyses case studies of pressure groups and individual activists to develop the debates about morality and citizenship.Considers both the national and the international providing a nuanced reflection of the period.
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ISBN
9781137399434
Publisert
2016-12-19
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Palgrave Macmillan
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4501 gr
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210 mm
Bredde
148 mm
Aldersnivå
Research, P, 06
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Engelsk
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Biographical note

Susannah Wright is Senior Lecturer in Education Studies at Oxford Brookes University, UK. She has published on secularism, morality and citizenship in English schools, and on local case studies of educational and welfare provision. This is her first monograph. She is a co-editor of the journal History of Education.