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Building a Nation: Religion and Values in the Public Schools of the USA, Australia, and South Africa
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Direct linkMawdsley, Ralph D.; Cumming, Jacqueline Joy; de Waal, Elda – Education and the Law, 2008
Although the systems of public schools differ among Australia, South Africa and the USA, all three countries recognize that religion plays a significant role in determining values. All three countries have written constitutions but only South Africa and the USA have a Bill of Rights that protects persons' exercise of religious beliefs. In…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Role of Religion, Private Education, Public Schools
du Plessis, Pierre; Conley, Lloyd; Loock, Coert – Educational Research and Reviews, 2007
The Constitution provides the ground rules to create obligations on the state and to transform the education system by introducing human rights in line with the best developed democracies. This article is not about state-compelled school attendance, but rather the observe: the right to attend school. So while the right to attend school is part of…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Foreign Countries, Constitutional Law, Civil Rights Legislation
