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Swimming against the tide : the new independent Christian schools and their teenage pupils / Sylvia Baker. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Religion, education and values ; v. 4.Publication details: Bern : Peter Lang AG, 2013.Description: x, 249 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 3034309422
  • 9783034309424
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • LC431.B168.B354 2013
  • LC431
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Contents:
Chapter 2. The new Christian schools: their origins and history -- Chapter 3. The new Christian schools: why were they founded? -- Chapter 4. The new Christian schools: overwhelmed by the secular tide? -- Chapter 5. The teenage pupils of the new Christian schools: who are they? -- Chapter 6. The teenage pupils: what do they believe? -- Chapter 7. The teenage pupils and the creation/evolution controversy -- Chapter 8. The teenage pupils: what are their personal concerns? -- Chapter 9. The teenage pupils: how do they view their unusual schooling? -- Chapter 10. The teenage pupils: what are their views and values? -- Chapter 11. The teenage pupils: what of those with 'no religion'? -- Chapter 12. The survey findings: their wider implications -- Conclusion.
Subject: "This book addresses an issue of considerable current interest and importance: what is and what should be the role of religion in the education process of a modern, secular society? The subject is tackled through an indepth investigation of a recently established network of small independent Christian schools. First, the controversy itself is examined: what are the arguments for and against faith-based schools in the unique setting of the United Kingdom? Subsequently, the schools themselves are introduced and the key issues are described in detail. The focus then shifts to the teenage population of the schools. Who are these young people? How do they think and what do they believe? These questions are answered by analysing the results of an extensive survey and, where possible, comparisions are made with the attitudes and beliefs of wider population of British teenagers. The findings show that the young people in the new Christian schools hold different values from many of their peers, and it is argued that the differences are of a positive rather that a negative nature."--Page 4. of cover.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Chapter 1. 'Faith' schools: the controversy -- Chapter 2. The new Christian schools: their origins and history -- Chapter 3. The new Christian schools: why were they founded? -- Chapter 4. The new Christian schools: overwhelmed by the secular tide? -- Chapter 5. The teenage pupils of the new Christian schools: who are they? -- Chapter 6. The teenage pupils: what do they believe? -- Chapter 7. The teenage pupils and the creation/evolution controversy -- Chapter 8. The teenage pupils: what are their personal concerns? -- Chapter 9. The teenage pupils: how do they view their unusual schooling? -- Chapter 10. The teenage pupils: what are their views and values? -- Chapter 11. The teenage pupils: what of those with 'no religion'? -- Chapter 12. The survey findings: their wider implications -- Conclusion.

"This book addresses an issue of considerable current interest and importance: what is and what should be the role of religion in the education process of a modern, secular society? The subject is tackled through an indepth investigation of a recently established network of small independent Christian schools. First, the controversy itself is examined: what are the arguments for and against faith-based schools in the unique setting of the United Kingdom? Subsequently, the schools themselves are introduced and the key issues are described in detail. The focus then shifts to the teenage population of the schools. Who are these young people? How do they think and what do they believe? These questions are answered by analysing the results of an extensive survey and, where possible, comparisions are made with the attitudes and beliefs of wider population of British teenagers. The findings show that the young people in the new Christian schools hold different values from many of their peers, and it is argued that the differences are of a positive rather that a negative nature."--Page 4. of cover.

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