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Education, Culture and Values Volume IV Moral Education and Pluralism Edited by Mal Leicester, Celia Modgil and Sohan Modgil London and New York First published 2000 by Falmer Press 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Falmer Press, 19 Union Square West, New York, NY 10003 Falmer Press is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005. “To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk.” © 2000 Selection and editorial material, Mal Leicester, Celia Modgil, Sohan Modgil; individual chapters, the contributors The rights of the editors and contributors to be identified as the Authors of this Work have been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Moral education and pluralism/edited by Mal Leicester, Celia Modgil, Sohan Modgil. p. cm. (Education, culture, and values; v. 4) Includes indexes. 1. Moral education. 2. Multicultural education—Moral and ethical aspects. I. Leicester, Mal. II. Modgil, Celia. III. Modgil, Sohan. IV. Series. LC268.M683 1999 370.11•4–dc21 99–36828 CIP ISBN 0-203-98071-9 Master e-book ISBN ISBN 0-7507-1018-7 (Print Edition) (6-volume set) 0-7507-1002-0 (Print Edition) (volume I) 0-7507-1003-9 (Print Edition) (volume II) 0-7507-1004-7 (Print Edition) (volume III) 0-7507-1005-5 (Print Edition) (volume IV) 0-7507-1006-3 (Print Edition) (volume V) 0-7507-1007-1 (Print Edition) (volume VI) Education, Culture and Values The six volumes that comprise the Education, Culture and Values series bring together contributions from experts around the world to form, for the first time, a comprehensive treatment of the current concern with values in education. The series seeks to address this concern in the context of cultural and values diversity. The first three volumes provide a wide-ranging consideration of the diversity of values in education at all levels, and thus represent a framework for the second three volumes which focus more specifically on values education (moral, religious, spiritual and political) per se. The six volumes, therefore, bring the fundamental domain of values together with the important issue of pluralism to generate new, fruitful and progressive reflection and exemplars of good practice. The series will be of huge benefit and interest to educators, policy makers, parents, academics, researchers and student teachers. The six volumes contain: • diverse and challenging opinions about current educational concerns and reforms in values education • chapters from more than 120 contributors of international repute from 23 different countries • conceptual clarification and theoretical analysis • empirical studies, reports of practical projects and guidance for good practice. Volumes I-III: Values Diversity in Education Volume I—Systems of Education: Theories, Policies and Implicit Values is concerned with the theoretical and conceptual framework for reflecting about values, culture and education and thus provides an introduction to the series as a whole. It is concerned with state and policy level analysis across the world. Volume II—Institutional Issues: Pupils, Schools and Teacher Education considers values and culture at the institutional level. Wh