secular education
Godless academic instruction
Secular education is schooling that operates independently of religious doctrine or institutions.
The curriculum emphasizes science, critical thinking, and civic values rather than theological instruction.
Public schools in many countries are secular by law, though the boundary between secular and religious content remains contested: The debate over prayer in schools reflects tensions around secular education.
- humanismPhilosophy prioritizing earthly reason
- Enlightenment idealsAge of Reason values
- moral philosophyStudy of right conduct
- nonsectarianNot tied to any creed
- rationalismReason as knowledge source
literacy campaigns · freethought · free inquiry · media literacy · philosophy of science · church and state · critical thinking · naturalism · pluralism · objectivity · global citizenship · world religions · public school · public schooling · state curriculum · academic integrity · science · inquiry
- church-statechurch-state, separation, church-state separation, establishment clause, religious accommodation
- education historypublic schooling, school reform, educational reforms, one-room school, medieval universities
- Education Policycurriculum reform, K-12, school reform, curriculum standards, school funding
- French Schoolspremiere, CP, school inspector, philosophy class
- religious educationBible college, Bible stories, religious instruction, Sunday school, church teachings
- school religionschool prayer, prayer in schools, religious instruction, religious studies, church-state separation
secular educationreligious education
Instruction in spiritual traditions
parochial education · faith-based education · Catholic education · Christian education · Islamic education