Neutrality and impartiality in public education: the French investment in philosophy, teaching about religions, and moral and civic education
In France, there is no religious education in state schools. "Convictional education" appeared by drawing its perimeter around three educational subjects: philosophy, teaching about religions, and moral and civic education. Today, the French school is facing new challenges in a highly secu...
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Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
Language: | English |
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Routledge
[2017]
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British journal of religious education
Year: 2017, Volume: 39, Issue: 1, Pages: 93-106 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
France
/ School
/ Religion
/ Knowledge
/ History 1789-2017
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RelBib Classification: | KBG France TK Recent history ZF Education |
Further subjects: | B
moral and civic education
B Neutrality B France B Philosophy B teaching about religions |
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Summary: | In France, there is no religious education in state schools. "Convictional education" appeared by drawing its perimeter around three educational subjects: philosophy, teaching about religions, and moral and civic education. Today, the French school is facing new challenges in a highly secularised society on which religion is laying new claims. As an institution, it is not neutral insofar as it proceeds from a political philosophy that evolved from the French Revolution. It is within the operative framework of this philosophy and with specific teaching practices that it intends to combine unity and plurality within itself. |
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ISSN: | 0141-6200 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: British journal of religious education
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/01416200.2016.1218221 |