UN calls for an end to religion bias in schools

[CopyBoy]

A report on Ireland from the committee of independent international human rights experts, expresses concern that schools “continue to practise discriminatory admissions policies on the basis of the child’s religion”.

It says that children “are not ensured the right to effectively opt out of religious classes and access appropriate alternatives to such classes”.

There is a need for “concrete measures” to increase the number of non-denominational or multi-denominational schools and to change the law to eliminate discrimination in school admissions, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child said.

The report makes a wide range of findings in relation to how Ireland treats children and young people.

independent.ie/irish-news/un-calls-for-an-end-to-religion-bias-in-schools-34425630.html

 

[Servant19]

A wonderful proposal

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[Elizium23]

Any competent Catholic school is going to weave religion into every single subject because it permeates our lives. Mathematics, literature, music, all can and should have an evangelistic edge.

 

[Padres1969]

Any competent Catholic school is going to weave religion into every single subject because it permeates our lives. Mathematics, literature, music, all can and should have an evangelistic edge.

Not that any Catholic schools I’ve ever been to or heard of do what you suggest, or should… but I’d be curious to hear how you think religion can be weaved into Math class.

 

[Elizium23]

Not that any Catholic schools I’ve ever been to or heard of do what you suggest, or should… but I’d be curious to hear how you think religion can be weaved into Math class.

Ideas for Applying Catholicism to your Subject Area

• Can I integrate Bible stories into word problems?

• Can I integrate saint biographies into word problems?

• Can my lessons invite students to encounter and reflect on the beauty of geometry, calculus, etc.?

• Can I challenge my students with such questions as:

• Do numbers exist?

• Are facts and truth the same thing?

• Which is more important: clarity, or reality and goodness?

• It is difficult to incorporate explicit Faith lessons into math classes (unless you’re studying Euclid or the pre-Socratics) Can I begin class with a prayer that reminds students the source of all knowledge is God and that coming to any truth, even if it’s about algebra, is good?

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