TY - JOUR
T1 - Faith schools and indoctrination
T2 - A response to Michael Hand
AU - Short, G.
N1 - “The final, definitive version of this article has been published in the Journal, Theory and Research in Education , Vol 1/ Issue 3, 2003, Copyright SAGE Publications Ltd at: http://tre.sagepub.com/ " DOI: 10.1177/1477878503001003005 [Full text of this article is not available in the UHRA]
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - Michael Hand has recently advocated the abolition of faith schools on the grounds that they may indoctrinate their pupils. In this rejoinder, I aim to show that the assumptions underpinning his thesis are seriously flawed. Initially, I question whether faith schools set out to indoctrinate. I then consider whether they are able to do so (particularly in a secular society) and if we can ever know that a faith school, rather than some other agency, has been responsible for indoctrination. Finally, I cast doubt on Hand’s key assumption concerning pupils’ perceptions of their teachers. I contend that it is theoretically problematic and empirically unsupported.
AB - Michael Hand has recently advocated the abolition of faith schools on the grounds that they may indoctrinate their pupils. In this rejoinder, I aim to show that the assumptions underpinning his thesis are seriously flawed. Initially, I question whether faith schools set out to indoctrinate. I then consider whether they are able to do so (particularly in a secular society) and if we can ever know that a faith school, rather than some other agency, has been responsible for indoctrination. Finally, I cast doubt on Hand’s key assumption concerning pupils’ perceptions of their teachers. I contend that it is theoretically problematic and empirically unsupported.
U2 - 10.1177/1477878503001003005
DO - 10.1177/1477878503001003005
M3 - Article
SN - 1477-8785
VL - 1
SP - 331
EP - 341
JO - Theory and Research in Education
JF - Theory and Research in Education
IS - 3
ER -