Learning from the Past: An Historical Perspective on Indoctrination and Citizenship

Autor/in	Humes, Walter
Titel	Learning from the Past: An Historical Perspective on Indoctrination and Citizenship
Quelle	In: Citizenship, Social and Economics Education, 22 (2023) 1, S.18-32 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Humes, Walter)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
DOI	10.1177/14788047231156090
Schlagwörter	Educational History; Political Attitudes; Meetings; Publications; Criticism; Clergy; Public Officials; Christianity; Religious Factors; Social Change; Social Systems; Citizenship Education; Foreign Countries; Teaching Methods; Propaganda; Laws; Government Role; Educational Legislation; Unions; Institutional Characteristics; Public Schools; Elementary Schools; Reading Materials; Curriculum; Fiction; Nonfiction; United Kingdom (Scotland) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Meeting; Tagung; Kritik; Klerus; Christentum; Sozialer Wandel; Social system; Soziales System; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Ausland; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Law; Recht; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Curricula; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan; Fiktion; Non-fiction; Nichtfiktionaler Text
Abstract	This paper shows how a significant, but short-lived, episode in Scotland's educational history--the rise and decline of Socialist Sunday Schools (SSSs) in the first half of the twentieth century--provoked controversial debates about issues that continue to have relevance today. The first half of the paper explains the origins of SSSs, their links to adult political groups, the form and content of their meetings, and publications designed to advance their agenda. It also describes the criticisms they received from religious leaders and Conservative politicians, on the grounds that they undermined faith and preached revolution. This leads into the second part, which considers whether SSSs might be regarded as agencies of indoctrination, promoting a version of citizenship that sought to subvert existing institutions and disrupt the social order. It is argued that complete neutrality in educational systems is not possible and that a study of the SSS movement has considerable potential as an educational resource, particularly for teachers of history, politics and social studies. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01