Religion in Education: Innovation in International Research

ISBN-13: 9780415659499 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 220 str.

Joyce Miller

Opis

This volume explores numerous themes (including the influence of ethnography on religious education research and pedagogy, the interpretive approach to religious education, the relationship between research and classroom practice in religious education), providing a critique of contemporary religious education and exploring the implications of this critique for initial and continuing teacher education.

Spis treści

1. Robert Jackson and Warwick Research: an Introduction Kevin O’Grady, Ursula McKenna and Joyce Miller  Part 1: Ethnography, Religion and Education  2. Ethnography, Religious Education and The Fifth Cup  Eleanor Nesbitt  3. Muslim Education and the Hifz Process: Some Images and Issues Bill Gent  4. State-funded Muslim Schools: Stakeholders and Legitimacy in the UK Context Damian Breen  5. Diversity and Citizenship – In a Context of Islamophobia Sissel Ostberg 6. “Very Sad, But It Works”: One Pupil’s Assessment Career in Religious Education  Part 2: Student Perspectives 6. Religious Education Influencing Students’ Attitudes: A Threat to Freedom? Olga Schihalejev  7. The Language of Inter Faith Encounter among Inner City Primary School Children Julia Ipgrave  8. "Very Sad, But it Works": One Pupil’s Assessment Career in Religious Education Nigel Fancourt  Part 3: RE and Pedagogy  9. Religious Extremism, Religious Education and the Interpretive Approach Joyce Miller  10. Action Research and the Interpretive Approach to Religious Education Kevin O’Grady  11. The Interpretive Approach and Bridging the ‘Theory-Practice Gap’: Action Research with Student Teachers of Religious Education in England Judith Everington 12. "Can You Be a Muslim and Not Believe in God?" How Fluid or Solid Are Religions? Introducing Viscosity to the Interpretive Approach Lars Laird Iversen  Part 4: Theoretical Perspectives  13. Comparative Studies in RE: The Issue of Methodology Oddrun M. H. Bråten  14. Reflections on the Future of Religion in Education  Joyce Miller, Kevin O’Grady and Ursula McKenna

O autorze

Joyce Miller is an Associate Fellow at the Warwick Religions and Education Research Unit at the University of Warwick.

Ursula McKenna is a part-time Research Fellow in Warwick Religions and Education Research Unit based in the Institute of Education at the University of Warwick, England.

Kevin O’Grady is Faculty Leader for Religious Education, Personal, Health and Social Education, Citizenship and Careers at Aston Academy and Associate Fellow in the Warwick Religious and Education Research Unit.