Patriotism lessons would glorify Britain’s morally dubious past, say teachers
By Chris Brown
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Well one reason, probably the main reason why, is the Teacher Training College. Due to the Marxist style indoctrination that student teachers receive at these hotbeds of political correctness, they emerge into the classrooms with political affiliations and beliefs that mean that they have no idea of the truth behind the history of our country.
Add to this an almost universal refusal to teach basic reading and writing using “phonics,” again due to the attitudes inculcated at Teacher Training Colleges, and it’s a small miracle that any of our children turn out http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=1573.
“Moral failings” in Britain’s past mean pupils should not be taught patriotism, teachers said in a survey.
Nearly 90 per cent opposed plans for history and citizenship lessons aimed at fostering national identity and pride.
One of the 47 London teachers questioned said the lessons might encourage “BNP type thinking.” Another said the idea “reeked of the old British empire.”
In a report based on its findings, the Institute of Education said Britain’s “morally ambiguous” history suggested patriotism should be covered as a “controversial issue” only.
The Left leaning institute polled 47 teachers and 299 students at secondary schools in the capital.
Three quarters of the staff said they felt obliged to alert their pupils to the dangers of patriotic sentiments.
“Praising patriotism excludes non-British pupils,” said one.
“Patriotism about being British in my experience tends to be a white preserve so divides groups along racial lines, when what we aim to do is bring pupils to an understanding of what makes us all the same.”