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The Religious and Worldview Dimension of Intercultural Education: The Council of Europe's Contribution
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Jackson, Robert; O'Grady, Kevin – Intercultural Education, 2019
This article traces the Council of Europe's work on teaching about religions and non-religious worldviews, regarded as an important contributor to intercultural education. It explains why studies of religions came late in the Council of Europe's educational work and traces the development of a project which led to a Recommendation from its…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Religious Education, World Views, Teacher Education Programs
"Who's Afraid of Secularisation?" A Response to David Lewin
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Jackson, Robert – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2017
This response to David Lewin states the purpose of my critique of some aspects of Liam Gearon's work. It clarifies my position on the aims of "inclusive" religious education, rejecting Gearon's view that REDCo researchers shared a common pluralistic theology, regarding religious education as having a single political aim. It reinforces…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Religious Education, Role of Religion, Criticism
A Retrospective Introduction to Religious Education: An Interpretive Approach
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Jackson, Robert – Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education, 2016
The author takes a retrospective look at his book "Religious Education: An Interpretive Approach," first published in 1997, and now available to readers, open access, via the European Wergeland Centre website (http://www.theewc.org/Content/Library/Research-Development/Literature/Introducing-Religious-Education-an-Interpretive-Approach).…
Descriptors: Religious Education, Minority Groups, Language Usage, Contrastive Linguistics