Teaching Values Whilst Respecting Difference.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Easton, Christina.

Series:

Bloomsbury Philosophy of Education Series

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (259 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2026.

Summary:

Offers a defence, from a democratic/liberal perspective, for education policies that seek to promote liberal values such as tolerance and equality through school education.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Page

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Figures and Tables

Series Editor's Foreword

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 The Liberal Dilemma

Liberal Anxieties About Values Education

'Liberalism' and 'Liberal Values'

The High Justificatory Burden Required for Education Policy

Parental Rights

Homeschooling and Private Schooling

The Importance of Teaching Liberal Values

Conclusion

2 'British Values' in Schools: The Politics and the Policies

The Birth of the Prevent Strategy (2003-7)

'British Values' on the Labour Political Agenda (2006)

Community Cohesion and Schools (2006-7)

Cameron's 'Muscular Liberalism' ( 2011 )

Prevent (2011)

Teachers' Standards (2012)

Events Triggering the 2014 Duty to Promote 'British Values' and the Prevent Duty Being Made Statutory (2013-15)

The Duty to Actively Promote 'British Values' (2014)

The Prevent Duty Made Law (2015)

Ofsted and 'British Values' (2015 Onwards)

Updates to Prevent (2023-4)

Responses to Prevent

The Targeting of Muslims

The Definition of 'Extremism'

A Chilling Effect on Discussion in Schools?

Public Safety

Responses to the British Values Policy

3 Liberalism and Civic Education: A Critical Analysis

'Two Types of Liberalism'

Comprehensive Liberal Views on Education

Against Comprehensive Liberalism, Towards a Public Justification Principle

Political Liberal Views on Education

Against Political Liberalism

4 Thin Comprehensive Liberalism

Public Justifiability as a Desideratum in Political Deliberation

The Values of Thin Comprehensive Liberalism

Individual Autonomy

Basic Equality

Rights

Justice

Avoiding Significant Harms

The Status of the Normative Considerations.

The Role Played by Assessing the Strength of Justification

Minimizing Controversiality Amongst Whom ?

Evaluating Thin Comprehensive Liberalism Against Political Liberalism

Evaluating Thin Comprehensive Liberalism Against Standard Comprehensive Liberalism

Thin Comprehensive Liberalism, Children and Education Policy

5 The Content of Values Education

'British Values' - Abstract Values

Concrete Applications

Expanding the Values

6 Deciding the Content of the Wider Curriculum

Religious Education

Comprehensive Liberal Views

Political Liberal Views

Thin Comprehensive Liberalism and RE

Science

7 Respectful Classroom Discussion

Respect and Neutral Discourse

Political Liberalism and Neutral Discourse in Education

Thin Comprehensive Liberalism, Non-Neutral Discourse and Discussion of Comprehensive Doctrines

Arguments Against Neutral Discourse in the Classroom

Artificially Restricts the Content of Discussion, Pushing Out Important Conversations About Values

Not Conducive to Reaching Good Answers

Too Narrow an Understanding of the Aims of Discussion

Does Not Teach True Respect

Conflicts with the Epistemic Aims of Education

Conflicts with Cultivating Other Civic Virtues

Not the Best Instrument for Teaching the Art of Giving Public Reasons

8 Responding to Harmful Student Speech

An Easy Case

A Hard Case

The Case for Silencing in Hard Cases

The Positive Case for Discussion over Silencing

Addressing Underlying Viewpoints

Rehearsing Arguments

Models a Response Available to Students

Practising the Virtues of Civic Discourse

Evaluating the Positive Case for Discussion over Silencing

Why Discussion over Advocacy?

Is Such Confidence in Discussion Justified?

Guidance for Teachers.

A Precondition for Discussion

When to Silence

9 Approaching the Teaching of Liberal Values in Schools: Rethinking the 'British Values' Policy

A Light-Touch, Discussion-Based Approach

Recommendations for Revisions to the British Values Policy

Avoid the Nationalist Overtones

A Distinct Curriculum Subject, Taught by Experts

Detach from Counter-Extremism Policy

Cultivate Belonging by Other Means

Conclusion: The Value of Values Education

References

Index.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Easton, Christina Teaching Values Whilst Respecting Difference

ISBN:

9781350255197

OCLC:

1602015345