支持学校教授有争议的问题

Contents Acknowledgements...................................................................................................................................................1Executive Summary........................................................................................................................................................2Introduction..................................................................................................................................................................2What is a Controversial Issue?...............................................................................................................................2Why is This Topic Important?.................................................................................................................................2Methods.........................................................................................................................................................................3Research Ethics...........................................................................................................................................................4Mapping the Landscape: Third Sector Organisations....................................................................................4Organisations’ Aims...................................................................................................................................................5Organisations’ Offer..................................................................................................................................................6Perspectives of Organisations’ Staff....................................................................................................................7Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................................................8Policy and Practice Recommendations...............................................................................................................8Supporting Schools to Teach Controversial Issues..........................................................................................11Introduction...............................................................................................................................................................11What is a Controversial Issue?............................................................................................................................11Why is This Topic Important?..............................................................................................................................12The Research.............................................................................................................................................................13 SupportingSchools toTeachControversialIssues Participating Organisations’ Offer.........................................................................................................................28Being an ‘Outside’ Organisation.........................................................................................................................29The Perspectives of Organisations’ Staff.............................................................................................................34Conclusion......................................................................................................................................................................37 Acknowledgements We are very grateful to the Sir Halley Stewart Trust for funding this research. The viewsexpressed within this report are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Trust. Particular thanks go to all the participants from third sector organisations for giving up theirvaluable time and offering us valuable insights into their work. We are also very grateful to ourAdvisory Board members for their guidance–Prof Reza Gholami, University of Birmingham; DrPeter Hemming, University of Surrey; Prof Lee Jerome, University of Middlesex; Dr Bronwen Executive Summary Introduction Amidst concerns about growing political polarisation in the UK, this report considers the role playedby schools in discussing social and political issues with children and young people. Specifically, weset out here the findings from a research project exploring the work of third sector organisationsthat offer support to schools–through resources, workshops, and/or teacher training-for teaching What is aControversialIssue? •The AssociationforCitizenship Teaching (ACT) defines a controversial issue as one that istopical, emotive, disputed in terms of evidence, and on which there are major conflicts ofvalues and interests (ACT 2025 p.19). Issues that implicate student identities are •A range of social and political issues could be defined as ‘controversial’, and these