| StorageSite | UCL Institute of Education |
| Level | File |
| Reference Number | UWT/D/28/19 |
| Title | 'Religious Education' |
| Date | 1923 - 1952 |
| Description | Correspondence between Ethel Froud (NUWT), various Local Education Committees, Member's of Parliament including the Rt. Hon. Lord Eustace Percy of the Board of Education, the Association of Labour Teachers, Conservative and Unionist Central Office, and the Council of Christians and Jews regarding the teaching of religious instruction in schools. The correspondence covers:
Dual Control and questions over the Dual School system
Place of Church schools after the 1944 Education Act
Invitations to events, lectures and conferences organised by various groups on the subject of religious instruction in education
National Union of Teachers (NUT) policy on the dual system of control in education and on religious instruction in schools
NUWT requests for the religious syllabuses used by different Local Education Committees and replies from various Local Education Committees and Officers
York Education Scheme - plans for establishing Central Schools and opposition to this from the Anglican church (includes report by the City of York Education Committee)
NUWT concerns that the transfer of pupils from denominational schools to Local Authority schools under the 1944 Education Act might mean the introduction of religious tests for teachers and the appointment of teacher based on their religious views
NUWT resolution opposing the principle of sectarian religious teaching in public provided schools
NUWT request that they be included in a Board of Education conference on the subject of training of teachers to give religious instruction in schools (the request for refused on the grounds that there was already a good representative of teacher's organisations invited)
Fees in Roman Catholic schools
Reports of cases of dismissal of teachers on religious grounds
Reports and extracts from meetings of the NUWT Education Committee relating to religious instruction in schools
NUWT responses to a statement on religious education issued by the Archbishop
Requests for clarification of NUWT policy on position of Catholic schools under the 1944 Education Act
Press cuttings and typed extracts regarding:
Statements and views of various teacher's organisations on the place of religious instruction in schools
Church schools
Dual sytem
Various examples of experiments and changes in the teaching of religious instruction in schools
Rights of teachers to refuse to give or take part in religious instruction and religious services
National funding of denominational schools
Reports and analysis of the 1944 Education Act
Cases of unfair dismissal of teachers on religious grounds
Publications:
'Report of conference at the Board of Education on the Provision of Improved Opportunities for Teachers to equip themselves for giving Religious Instruction', Board of Education, 1934
'Why Christian Education matters', Christian Educatiom Movement
'The Oxford Group and the Campaign for Moral Re-Armament'
'Statement of Conservative Policy on Voluntary Schools'
'Education after the War - Chapter 9 - the Dual System and Allied Problems' (there is no note of the name of the book this is taken from)
Various syllabuses of religious instruction in Public Elementary Schools, 1923 - 1929
'The Teacher's Case for Religious Instruction', Charles T. Smith, 1944
'Notes on Adult Religious Education', Press and Publications Board of the Church Assembly, 1939
'The Bible and Modern Religious Thought - a half-yearly magazine for university extension students, teachers, clergy and others', 1934
'The Case for Secular Education', Secular Education League, 1928
'Tolerance: Can it be taught?', Albert I. Polack, 1951
Various leaflets and publications from the Council of Christians and Jews promoting tolerance and understanding |
| Extent | 4 folders |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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