TY - JOUR
T1 - Patriotism in British Schools
T2 - Principles, practices and press hysteria
AU - Hand, M.
AU - Pearce, J.
N1 - Copyright 2009 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2009/1/1
Y1 - 2009/1/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1469-5812.2009.00528.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1469-5812.2009.00528.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:68149137265
SN - 0013-1857
VL - 41
SP - 453
EP - 465
JO - Educational Philosophy and Theory
JF - Educational Philosophy and Theory
IS - 4
ER -