The Rights of Religious Persons in Public Education - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Rights of Religious Persons in Public Education write by John W. Whitehead. This book was released on 1991. The Rights of Religious Persons in Public Education available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Shows parents, students, teachers and administrators how to implement policies that will allow the free expression of religious views in public schools.
Law, Education, and the Place of Religion in Public Schools
Law, Education, and the Place of Religion in Public Schools - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Law, Education, and the Place of Religion in Public Schools write by Charles Russo. This book was released on 2021-09-30. Law, Education, and the Place of Religion in Public Schools available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This text presents a comparative, cross-cultural analysis of the legal status of religion in public education in eighteen different nations while offering recommendations for the future improvement of religious education in public schools. Offering rich, analytical insights from a range of renowned scholars with expertise in law, education, and religion, this volume provides detailed consideration of legal complexities impacting the place of religion and religious education in public education. The volume pays attention to issues of national and international relevance including the separation of the church and state; public funding of religious education; the accommodation of students’ devotional needs; and compulsory religious education. The volume thus highlights the increasingly complex interplay of religion, law, and education in diverse educational settings and cultures across developing and developed nations. Providing a valuable contribution to the field of religious secondary education research, this volume will be of interest to researchers, academics, and educators with an interest in religion and law, international and comparative education, and those involved with educational policy at all levels. Those more broadly interested in moral and values education will also benefit from the discussions the book contains.
Religion and the Public Schools
Religion and the Public Schools - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Religion and the Public Schools write by Marc D. Stern. This book was released on 1997-02. Religion and the Public Schools available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Explains what the law is on common religious liberty and church-state questions in the public school context. Covers: prayer in the schools; teaching about religion; use of classroom space for student-initiated religious activities; holiday observances; released time programs; physical facilities; dual enrollment; distribution of Gideon bibles or religious literature; scientific creationism; curriculum content; secular humanism; compulsory attendance and religious holidays; dress codes; vaccination requirements; and teachers' rights and responsibilities.
Religious Expression in Public Schools
Religious Expression in Public Schools - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Religious Expression in Public Schools write by . This book was released on 1998. Religious Expression in Public Schools available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Parents' Rights Concerning Religious Observances in Public Schools
Parents' Rights Concerning Religious Observances in Public Schools - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Parents' Rights Concerning Religious Observances in Public Schools write by Constance Thulisile Destiny Malatji. This book was released on 2019. Parents' Rights Concerning Religious Observances in Public Schools available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Religion plays a significant role among people. Human beings have always turned to religion for answers to critical questions about life such as reasons for existence. Religious beliefs also inform people's conceptions about morality and justice. However, religion is also a very controversial topic. It has both the potential to divide or unite nations. Hence, the global view of religious freedom as a fundamental human right. Among contestations involving religious freedom is the issue of parents' primary right to determine religious observances for their children at public schools. A right which is protected internationally, by among others, Article 5 of the 1981 Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and Discrimination Based on Religion and Belief; Article 26(1) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948); and Article 18 (4) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) (1966). These covenants emphasise the inalienable right of parents to have their children educated in accordance with their own religious convictions or beliefs. In South Africa, this a priori right of parents is protected by the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (Gov. za, 2017); and the South African Schools Act 84 of 1996 (SASA), respectively. Section 15(2) of the Constitution provides for religious observances to be conducted at public schools provided that such observances follow rules made by the appropriate public authorities; are conducted on an equitable basis; and, attendance at them is free and voluntary. The South African Schools Act 84 of 1996 (SASA) entrusts the authority to determine such rules to parents through the School Governing Body (SGB). However, the National Policy on Religion and Education (2003) has generated much confusion around the issue of religious observances, because it imposes a multi-faith approach to religious observances in public schools. It was therefore, rejected by many who viewed it as a usurpation of parents' rights, and an imposition of secularism on schools, while embraced by others, who perceived it as a welcome relief from what they perceived to be learner indoctrination in public schools. The apparent confusion generated by the policy resulted in SGBs adopting a laissez-faire attitude towards religious observances policy design at public schools. For example, some SGBs banished all forms of religious observances from their schools, while others continued with the pre-democracy status quo of single faith religious observances. Against this backdrop, the object of this study was to determine the constructions of SGB members, particularly, parents, on how they realise their constitutionally mandated function of determining religious observances policy at public schools, given such a confusion riddled environment.
