Full Description
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.
Contents
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
