Rethinking religious education and plurality : issues in diversity and pedagogy / / Robert Jackson

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910783996303321
• Autore: Jackson Robert <1945-, >
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeFalmer, , 2004
• ISBN: 1-134-41450-1; 0-415-30272-2; 1-134-41451-X; 1-280-07673-9; 0-203-46516-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (233 p.)
• Disciplina: 207/.5
• Soggetti: Religious education; Religious pluralism
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [190] -213) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Religious education in the context of plurality; 2 Religious and cultural heritage; 3 State funding for religious schools?; 4 Postmodernist approaches to religious education; 5 Religious education as religious literacy; 6 Interpretive approaches to religious education; 7 Dialogical approaches to religious education; 8 Religious education's contribution to intercultural education, citizenship education and values education; 9 The relevance of research to religious education; 10 Towards a pluralistic religious educationNotes; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: How should schools deal with religions in matters of curriculum, procedure and policy?As Western society becomes increasingly multicultural in character, schools must reassess the provision of religious education and look at how they might adapt in order to accommodate students' diverse experiences of plurality. This book offers a critical view of approaches to the treatment of different religions in contemporary education, in order to devise approaches to teaching and learning, and to formulate policies and procedures that are fair and just to all. Beginning with a contextual overview