Hand, Michael and Pearce, Joanne (2009) Patriotism in British schools: principles, practices and press hysteria. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 41 (4). pp. 453-465. ISSN 0013-1857 (print); 1469-5812 (electronic)
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Abstract
How should patriotism be handled in schools? We argue that schools cannot afford to ignore the topic, but nor are they justified in either promoting or discouraging patriotic feeling in students. The only defensible policy is for schools to adopt a stance of neutrality and teach the topic as a controversial issue. We go on to show that there is general support among British teachers and students for school neutrality on patriotism and that the currently preferred classroom practice is to address patriotic ideas in the context of open discussion. We conclude with some discussion of the extensive and often hostile coverage of our research in the British press.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | The definitive version is available at www3.interscience.wiley.com |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Philosophy of education Citizenship |
| Subjects: | Departments > Education Foundations and Policy Studies Departments > Arts and Humanities |
| Depositing User: | IOE Repository Editor (1) |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Feb 2010 12:30 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Jun 2012 22:25 |
| URI: | http://eprints.ioe.ac.uk/id/eprint/1081 |
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