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Religious education
About: Religious education is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 9554 publications have been published within this topic receiving 65331 citations. The topic is also known as: faith-based education & RE.
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TL;DR: In this article, it is acknowledged that there is a case for giving pupils a say in what affects them most, the content and methodology of what and how they learn, such practice is not widespread.
Abstract: Whilst it is acknowledged that there is a case for giving pupils a say in what affects them most—the content and methodology of what and how they learn, such practice is not widespread. This paper ...
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TL;DR: The authors argue that current South African policy on education and religion has effectively placed a ban on confessional pluralism by relegating religious education to parental homes and religious institutions such as churches, temples and mosques, and conclude that it provides no opportunities for helping learners to understand the religious differences that they will have to engage with in future as adults.
Abstract: Combining Dennett's notion of detached curiosity with Alexander's notion of transcendental pragmatism, we propose in this paper, from a ‘Martian perspective’, that religious understanding and tolerance in education may be pursued from at least two different angles: (a) via the spiritual substrata of religions or via confessional pluralism or (b) via a combination of both. On the basis of a hermeneutic reconstructive interpretation of (a), we subsequently argue that current South African policy on education and religion has effectively placed a ban on confessional pluralism by relegating religious education to parental homes and religious institutions such as churches, temples and mosques. We conclude that it provides no opportunities for helping learners to understand the religious differences that they will have to engage with in future as adults. We suggest that it effectively engineers a pedagogy of religious essentialism and the subsequent reemergence (of an almost Bourdieuian model) of cultu...
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TL;DR: In fact, both public schools and their private school counterparts, fear privatization of education because it draws students and resources away from traditional schools as mentioned in this paper, and recently, the opening of new “religious charter schools” has crossed the lines between church and state, and between private and public education.
Abstract: Supporters of public education fear attempts to privatize schools, while the private sector has always struggled against the monopolistic power of the public schools that educates almost 90% of all K-12 students. This trepidation has recently been intensified by the creation of a “third sector” that includes charter schools, voucher programs, and the increased diversity of private education. This article looks at the dynamics of fear as shaped by increased competition among public, private, and privatized schools. In fact, both public schools and their private school counterparts, fear privatization of education because it draws students and resources away from traditional schools. And recently, the opening of new “religious charter schools” has crossed the lines between church and state, and between private and public education. Thus, the politics of education have become somewhat more confused and unnerving as the distinctions between public and private education are virtually disappearing.
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TL;DR: In the case of Poland, despite a formally warranted separation, the Church retains heavy weight in legal and political debates to the point that currently, in a time of resurgence of populism across the globe, a number of right-wing parties adopt positions based on those of the Church, establishing a dangerous nexus between religion and nationalism as discussed by the authors.
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Book•
01 Jan 1993
TL;DR: A collection of contributions based on the theme of the relationship between faith and knowledge can be found in this paper, where a debate about the nature of learning as a religious phenomenon is discussed.
Abstract: Opening with a debate about the nature of learning as a religious phenomenon, this book includes a collection of contributions based on the theme of the relationship between faith and knowledge.
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