As the British expanded their dominions in India, political and administrative needs made it imperative for them to acquire more information about their subjects. Hence, systematic and meticulous surveys began to be commissioned by the East India Company as it assumed charge of educating the natives. These surveys were an integral part of what…

This article interacts with a recent article by Denise Cush and Catherine Robinson in which they call for a new dialogue between religious studies in universities and religious education, and identify a number of developments in religious studies that have implications for the practice of religious education in schools. Cush and Robinson are…

Ethical dilemmas are experienced by all individuals, but are especially prevalent among healthcare professionals. Universities and colleges preparing students to work and provide care in this arena are currently addressing this challenge through traditional ethics courses and lectures. However, student perspectives of the major ethical dilemmas in…

Draws a distinction between moral education and moral training. Maintains that a moral education should provide secondary school students with an understanding of the transcultural essence of morality which could first be approached through the writings of Plato. (JDH)

Examines the nature and significance of the relationship between race, culture and morality. Draws implications for the classroom teacher in relation to schooling generally and moral education in particular. (Author/JDH)

Reviews the contents of the March, 1985 "Swann Report" which looked at the task of educating British children for a just and harmonious multicultural society. Gives special attention to the moral and ethical dimensions of this task. (JDH)

Reviews the literature advocating tolerance in moral education as a response to an increasingly pluralistic British society. The author analyzes the relationship between tolerance and pluralism. (AM)

Discusses: (1) extrinsic ethics; (2) intrinsic ethics; (3) why ethics should be taught in science; and (4) ethics in the Science in Society course. (JN)

Provides an overview of the issues surrounding multicultural and antiracist education as aspects of moral education. Introduces the remaining articles in this issue. (JDH)

Maintains that the great need in moral education is to consider general moral standards and arguments first and apply these to behavior affecting racial inequality, rather than to start from a concentration on racism, working back towards morality. Considers the consequences of confusing race with culture or viewing religion only as a…

Describes the dilemma in multiethnic education that arises when demands for equal opportunity for women are in conflict with the special status accorded to the moral education of women in some cultures. Urges teachers to adopt a positive attitude toward the protection of individual freedoms. (Author/JDH)

It is argued that the main function of English as a Second Language (ESL) in Britain is to maintain white power in the United Kingdom. Some of the processes and mechanics at work behind the benign ESL facade are explained. (Author/JDH)

The development of a curriculum for moral education in Great Britain is discussed, from agreement on objectives, through research and development (aided by publications) to teacher education. The role of parents and the public in supporting the school programs is viewed as an absolute necessity. (JB)

Explains the anomalous character of approaches to moral education that focus on love and an ethic of care. Argues that if moral education is to foster generative love, education itself must be redefined and moral education as we know it must be transformed. (Author/DH)

Discusses government proposals to do away with compulsory worship in British schools and speculates on the role and content of religious education without worship. Concludes that the study of religious phenomena and underlying principles (theology) may prove too superficial to provide a deep understanding of the significance of religion. (GEA)