The Pedagogical Impartiality Requirement in Quebec's Ethics and Religious Culture Curriculum: Is It Consistent with Teacher Autonomy and Charter Rights?

Autor/in	Maxwell, Bruce
Titel	The Pedagogical Impartiality Requirement in Quebec's Ethics and Religious Culture Curriculum: Is It Consistent with Teacher Autonomy and Charter Rights?
Quelle	In: McGill Journal of Education, 54 (2019) 1, S.11-27 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1916-0666
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Ethics; Teacher Behavior; Professional Autonomy; Civil Rights; Freedom of Speech; Teaching Methods; Controversial Issues (Course Content); Legal Responsibility; Curriculum; Religious Education; Beliefs; Teacher Role; Religion; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Ethik; Teacher behaviour; Lehrerverhalten; Berufsfreiheit; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Redefreiheit; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Controversial issues; Kontroverse; Strafmündigkeit; Curricula; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan; Kirchliche Erziehung; Religionserziehung; Religionspädagogik; Belief; Glaube; Lehrerrolle; Kanada
Abstract	Quebec's Ethics and Religious Culture program (ERC) requires teachers to adopt a professional stance of pedagogical impartiality. This article examines the complex regulatory framework surrounding the impartiality requirement from the perspectives of teachers' legally recognized right to professional autonomy, their constitutional rights to religious freedom and freedom of expression, and the related issue of impartiality as a pedagogical device when teaching about controversial issues. The paper's brief review of the jurisprudence does not support a decisive answer to the question of whether the legal basis of the impartiality ERC's impartiality requirement is sound. However, it does reveal that the impartiality requirement is more legally fragile than it might appear at first glance. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01