scispace - formally typeset
Search or ask a question
Topic

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.


Papers
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
TL;DR: This paper argued that there are some common concerns shared by those on all sides of the debate, namely rights, social cohesion and identity, and they also shared a desire to defend their identity and have it respected by others.
Abstract: The debate over the state funding of Muslim schools in Britain often appears polarised, as those on opposing sides are portrayed as holding fundamentally conflicting values and desires. In this article I challenge this position by arguing that there are some common concerns shared by those on all sides of the debate, namely rights, social cohesion and identity. Advocates and opponents of Muslim schools are united in their concern with the rights that should be afforded to religious and non‐religious groups, parents and children in multifaith Britain. Both wish to find the appropriate balance between maintaining distinct cultural communities and developing a sense of common British citizenship. They also share a desire to defend their identity and have it respected by others. This indicates that, underneath the antagonism and misunderstanding which often pervades the Muslim schools debate, there are some key desires and concerns that unite those on opposing sides. This realisation could potentially open up...

34 citations

Book
01 Nov 1982

34 citations

Journal ArticleDOI
TL;DR: In this paper, a new curriculum for Roman-Catholic religious education was introduced in Flemish primary and secondary schools, taking into account both the growing de-Christianisation and religious pluralisation of pupils in the classroom.
Abstract: In 1999, a new curriculum for Roman-Catholic religious education was introduced in Flemish primary and secondary schools, taking into account both the growing de-Christianisation and religious pluralisation of pupils in the classroom. Recently, this new curriculum has been subjected to diverging criticisms: first it is considered still too Christian, and therefore not able to appropriately deal with religious plurality, and, second, quite contrary to the first criticism, because it deals too much with religious plurality the curriculum is criticised for being no longer sufficiently Christian. In view of this double criticism, in this contribution I first shed some light on the analysis of the current post-Christian and post-secular religious situation, upon which the Religious Education (RE) curriculum is based – i.e. an analysis in terms of detraditionalisation and pluralisation (rather than secularisation). Afterwards I evaluate whether the fundamental goals, which were set 10 years ago, are still adequ...

34 citations

Book
01 Jan 2013
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a critical engagement in the world of Arab education: critical engagements, Andre E. Mazawi and Ronald G. Sultana, focusing on the challenges of education reform in the Arab world.
Abstract: 1. Editorial introduction: Situating the world of Arab education: Critical engagements, Andre E. Mazawi & Ronald G. Sultana Section A: Contested Policyscapes 2. Privatizing education in the Maghreb: a path for a two-tiered education system, Abdeljalil Akkari 3. TVET reforms in the Arab region: The 'push' and 'pull' in policy development, Borhene Chakroun & Eva Jimeno Sicilia 4. The contested terrain of educational reform in Egypt, Fatma Sayed 5. Pressure groups, education policy and curriculum development in Lebanon: a policy maker's retrospective and introspective standpoint, Nemer Frayha Section B: Re-calling Voices 6. Education and ethnography: insiders, outsiders and gatekeepers, Linda Herrera 7. Performing patriotism: rituals and moral authority in a Jordanian high school, Fida Adely 8. 'To Educate an Iraqi-Jew' or: What can we learn from Hebrew autobiographies about Arab Nationalism and the Iraqi education system (1921-1952)? Orit Bashkin 9. Doing 'identity work' in teacher education: The case of a UAE teacher, Matthew Clarke Section C: Suspended Visibilities 10. The human right to education in Arab countries: an international law perspective, Sawsan Zaher 11. Inclusive education and children with disabilities in the Gulf Cooperation Council member states, Sara Ashencaen Crabtree & Richard Williams 12. The teaching of Amazigh in France and in Morocco: language and citizenship between pedagogy and power politics, Abdelouahad Mabrour & Khalil Mgharfaoui 13. Educational provision and spatial dis-[o]rientation among pastoralist communities in the Middle East and North Africa, Steven C. Dinero 14. Citizenship, difference and the schooling of Muslim children in Malta, Louise Chircop Section D: Knowledge Imaginaries 15. Nationalism, Islamic Political Activism, and Religious Education in the Arab Region, Rukhsana Zia 16. Going international: the politics of educational reform in Egypt, Iman Farag 17. Higher Education and Differentiation Based on Knowledge: Algeria's Aborted Dream, Hocine Khelfaoui 18. Arab youth, education and satellite broadcasting, Imad Karam Section E: Geopolitical Predicaments 19. American dreams of reinventing the 'Orient': 'digital democracy' and Arab youth cultures in a regional perspective, Omar El-Khairy 20. Palestinians, education, and the Israeli 'Industry of Fear', Nadera Shalhoub- Kevorkian 21. War, state collapse and the predicament of education in Iraq, Nabil Al-Tikriti 22. Representations of Arabs in Iranian elementary school text books, Golnar Mehran

34 citations

Journal ArticleDOI
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss two perspectives in relation to intercultural education and diversity in Sweden, one of the perspectives concerns the historical and current situation of the five Swedish national minorities with a special focus on education, and the second perspective is related to religious diversity and education, as connected to an increasingly democratic, plural and inclusive society.
Abstract: The aim of this paper is to discuss two perspectives in relation to intercultural education and diversity in Sweden. One of the perspectives concerns the historical and current situation of the five Swedish national minorities with a special focus on education. The second perspective is related to religious diversity and education, as connected to an increasingly democratic, plural and inclusive society. Both perspectives are highly relevant when analysing intercultural education in a specific national context. The last section highlights two main discourses which have been predominant during the last century in relation to education and diversity in Sweden.

33 citations


Network Information
Related Topics (5)
Teacher education
70.5K papers, 1.2M citations
76% related
Citizenship
29.4K papers, 575.7K citations
76% related
Educational research
38.5K papers, 1.3M citations
74% related
Higher education
244.3K papers, 3.5M citations
74% related
Social theory
11.4K papers, 624.8K citations
73% related
Performance
Metrics
No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
2023206
2022447
2021407
2020591
2019550
2018512