| StorageSite | UCL Institute of Education |
| Level | File |
| Reference Number | UWT/D/28/36 |
| Title | 'Religious Education' |
| Date | 1926 - 1959 |
| Description | Correspondence between Ethel Froud and A. Muriel Pierotti (NUWT), NUWT members including Sybil Burls and Hilda R. Walmesley, the Society for the Ministry of Women in the Church (SMWC) ( formerly the Society for the Equal Ministry of Men and Women in the Church), the Rationalist Education Circle, the League of the Church Militant, the Theosophical Society in England and the Association of Adult Religious Education regarding proposed changes to the Education system (plans for the 1944 Education Act) and the implications for religious education in schools.
The correspondence covers:
NUWT representation at SMWC conferences and events
Admission of women to the Ministry in Sweden
Newsletters from the SMWC
Handwritten report of a conference organised by the SMWC regarding women's work in the church (written by Miss V. E. Fletcher of the NUWT)
Details of the aims and objectives of the Rationalist Education Circle
Religious education in schools and the place of religion in education
NUWT request for leaflets advertising conferences relating to religious education
Church schools
Enquiry if the NUWT would like to continue to receive the syllabus of lectures at the Theosophical Society in England
Invitations to various events relating to religious education in schools
NUWT policy on Dual Control in the Education system, 1943
Concerns from NUWT members over what they see as the Government's and Board of Education's tendencies to priorities the views of the Church over the views of Educationalists
Questionnaire from London County Council sent to schools regarding religious education
NUWT objections to the inspection of religious education in schools
NUWT requests for the religious syllabuses used by different Local Education Committees and replies from various Local Education Committees and Officers
Religious teaching in state-aided schools
NUWT statement on their attitude to Voluntary Schools, including Roman Catholic Schools
Circulars, Reports and Memorandums from the Board of Education relating to the teaching of Religious Education in schools
Publications and pamphlets including:
Report of a conference on 'Equal Opportunity and Practice', organised by the SMWC
Report of a conference on 'Women in the Church of To-morrow', organised by the SMWC
Various pamphlets produced by the SMWC outlining their aims and objectives and advertising events and meetings
Various leaflets from organisations concerned with religions freedom and the teaching of religion in schools
'Roman Catholic Schools and Democratic Rights', The Thinker's Forum
'Education: a Novel Solution', Catholic Truth Society
'Christian Education of Youth', Catholic Truth Society
'Church and state: Marriage, Divorce and the New Testament', Annie C. Bill
'How long with the Nation stand it? National Education and the Churches', Secular Education League
'Report of a conference held at the Board of Education on the provision of improved opportunities for teachers to equip themselves for giving religious instruction', 1934 |
| Extent | 3 folders |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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