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"Krav Maga" and Chicken Soup: Symbolic Jewish Identities within and beyond the Jewish School
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Samson, Maxim G. M. – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2019
Faith schools may play an important role in reproducing ethnoreligious identities, yet research into Jewish schools has tended to overlook students' personalised conceptualisations of faith. Instead, it has regularly utilised restrictive 'indicators' of ethnoreligious practice in order to gauge these institutions' effectiveness in 'strengthening'…
Descriptors: Jews, Judaism, Religious Education, Religious Factors
Religious Affiliation, Ethnicity, and Power in Admission Policies to Jewish Religious Schools
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Perry-Hazan, Lotem – Critical Studies in Education, 2019
This paper analyzes the challenges embedded in the conflict between the right to accessible education, which implies a prohibition on discriminatory practices in school admission, and the right to adaptable education, which accommodates children's cultural affiliations. It shows that a normative lens, which examines the ways by which legal rules…
Descriptors: Judaism, Religious Education, Admission Criteria, Admission (School)
Bridging Separate Communities: The Aspirations and Experiences of Minority Ethnic Religious Education Teachers in England
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Everington, Judith – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2015
This article takes as its starting point concerns about community separation that arose in 2001, following outbreaks of violence in English urban centres, and again in 2014, following the so-called "Trojan Horse" case. Despite a series of reports which have highlighted the need to address "separation", promote "meaningful…
Descriptors: Religious Education, Qualitative Research, Ethnicity, World Views
The Contribution of Nonconformity to Elementary Education in Swansea from the Mid-Victorian Era to the End of the Nineteenth Century.
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Cook, Lorainne A. – History of Education, 1997
Attempts a comprehensive investigation into the impact of nonconformity on the development of elementary education in Swansea, Wales, between 1851 and 1900. Nonconformity was a dissenting strand of English Protestant theology popular among the working class. Recounts the early efforts of the nonconformists in establishing Sunday schools. (MJP)
Descriptors: Educational History, Elementary Education, Ethnicity, Foreign Countries