Fundamental British Values: What are they and how should we teach them?
The Department for Education is in the process of setting up an expert advisory group to look at how best to develop and resource a curriculum intended to instil fundamental British values in our young people. These values are defined by the DfE as democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, mutual respect, and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs. While we might want to quibble about whether these are the right values (and whether of not they're especially British) this is what has been settled upon, and, however cynical you feel about government diktats about what schools need to [...]