Religion has achieved ever greater prominence in debates about citizenship at every level of cultural, economic, social and political life. Citizenship through Secondary Religious Education highlights some of the key issues surrounding citizenship for the R.E. teacher.

Topics selected include those of historical and immediate relevance to teaching citizenship through religious education. There are chapters covering general critical planning issues and those concentrating on specific themes such as:

• The open society and its enemies
• planning for...

This is a companion guide to the textbook 'Learning to Teach Citizenship in the Secondary School'. It includes case studies, examples of good practice and tested strategies as well as a range of practical activities and materials.

This accessible book provides a basic understanding of the structure and organization of education in the United Kingdom in a time of rapid change and devolved government. It is designed as an introductory guide and reference work for all with an interest in education, including trainee and newly qualified teachers, university lecturers, school-based mentors, and governors and managers.
It contains an accessible summary of key issues and contributions from some of the best-known writers in the field.

This work provides a critical and contentious overview of the fundamental relationship between writing and political dissent, from early Greek democracy to post-Enlightenment forms of totalitarianism, such as Communism, Fascism, and Nazism and through to modern forms of liberal democracy based upon universal human rights encapsulated by the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Complementing such historical contexts, this book explores the range of predominantly theological and religious, civil and political, social and cultural rationales for contemporary repression,...

This work provides a critical and contentious overview of the fundamental relationship between writing and political dissent, from early Greek democracy to post-Enlightenment forms of totalitarianism, such as Communism, Fascism, and Nazism and through to modern forms of liberal democracy based upon universal human rights encapsulated by the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Complementing such historical contexts, this book explores the range of predominantly theological and religious, civil and political, social and cultural rationales for contemporary repression,...

Brian Moore (1921 1999) is one of the few novelists whose literary portrayal of Catholicism effectively spans the period prior to and following the Second Vatican Council. His novels from "Judith Hearne ("1955) to his final work, The "Magicians Wife "(1997) are characterized by an enormously varied portrayal of pre- and post-Vatican II Catholicism. Many critics have discussed how Moore's life is reflected in his works, while others have dismissed his fictions as simple narratives in the mould of classical realism. In this timely book, Gearon contends that Moore's fictions are far more...

This title offers a new approach to the theory and practice of religious education. It provides a systematic examination of how contemporary theory is rooted in a variety of philosophical, psychological, theological, and related cognate disciplines.

What is the role of citizenship? How can it be taught effectively? The fully updated third edition of 'Learning to Teach Citizenship in the Secondary School' is an essential resource for students training to teach citizenship, as well as for experienced teachers under whose remit citizenship is soon to fall. Written in a clear and practical way, yet underpinned by a sound theoretical background, it examines citizenship as a wide-ranging subject and an essential part of a number of different subjects.

With intensified threats to global security from international terrorism worldwide, education systems themselves face these same unprecedented security threats. Schools and universities have become marked loci of interest for the monitoring of extremism and counter-terrorism by security and intelligence agencies. The relationship between education systems and national security is nothing new though - it extends in surprising and unexpected ways into territory which is by turns open and covert, even secret.

Acknowledging the genuine political and security concerns which have drawn...