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This article discusses the contribution of the churches and of Christianity to the realization in Northern Ireland schools of legitimate and progressive educational values-tolerance, moral integrity and civic virtue.
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The aim of this article is to re-evaluate and reaffirm the contribution of the churches and of Christianity to the realization in Northern Ireland schools of legitimate and progressive educational values such as the cultivation of tolerance, moral integrity and civic virtue. Implicit in this is a critique of educational initiatives that seek to undermine the influence of Christianity in more...
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Northern Ireland
Journal of Beliefs & Values: Studies in Religion & Education,
Vol: 26 Page: 123-138
L. Philip Barnes
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This article discusses the religious education (RE) of four nations in Great Britain
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The article discusses the religious education (RE) of four nations in Great Britain. In England, all schools are required to teach RE to pupils. However, the parents may legally withdraw their children from RE. Christianity is considered as the main religious and moral education for all children and young people in Scotland. RE has been compulsory in Wales which also abides by the 1996 more...
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the United Kingdom
Children & Young People Now,
2008
Sue Learner
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