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'Why Can't You Just Eat Pork?' Teachers' Perspectives on Criticism of Religion in Norwegian Religious Education
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Hammer, Aina; Schanke, Åge J. – Journal of Religious Education, 2018
Over the last 20 years, religious education in Norway has received massive public and academic attention, due in part to clashing opinions regarding the role of such education in a generally secular society. As a result, the subject's name and curricula have been changed or modified several times. Currently, the curricula for 'Knowledge of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Religious Education, Christianity, Philosophy
Reading Religion in Norwegian Textbooks: Are Individual Religions Ideas or People?
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Thomas, Andrew; Rolin, Alf – British Journal of Religious Education, 2019
Different religions are treated in different ways in Norwegian sixth form textbooks. We carried out an exhaustive content analysis of the chapters devoted to individual religions in textbooks for the Religion and Ethics course currently available in Norway, using rigorous indicators to code each word, image and question according to whether they…
Descriptors: Ethics, Religious Education, Buddhism, Christianity
Presenting the Iterative Curriculum Discourse Analysis (ICDA) Approach
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Iversen, Lars Laird – British Journal of Religious Education, 2014
The article presents a method for analysing recurring curriculum documents using discourse theory inspired by Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe. The article includes a presentation of the method in seven practical steps, and is illustrated and discussed throughout using the author's recent case study on religion, identity and values in Norwegian…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Discourse Analysis, Religion, Self Concept
A Values Base for the Norwegian Kindergarten: Common Ground across Cultural Affiliations?
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Hovdelien, Olav – Journal of Moral Education, 2013
One of the major challenges facing modern-day secular states is the issue of social integration. The issue discussed in this article is how it is possible to arrive at unifying values in a multicultural society that is characterised by secularisation and disintegration of the Christian hegemony of former times on the one hand and by the emergence…
Descriptors: Social Integration, Civil Rights, Kindergarten, Foreign Countries
The Limitations of Multiculturalism in Norwegian Early Childhood Education
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Hovdelien, Olav – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2014
In Norway, 9 out of 10 children between the ages of one and five participate in an educational formation programme which, despite around half of the kindergartens being privately owned, is regulated by a common law and relatively detailed regulations describing what the content of kindergartens should be. Norwegian kindergartens therefore…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ethnic Diversity, Kindergarten, Social Values
Religion--Icing on the Cake?
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Sandsmark, Signe – Religious Education, 1995
Criticizes the notion that secular humanists and religious educators can equitably agree on a common or middle ground. Maintains that the so-called middle ground is often primarily secular ideology with a token acknowledgment of the validity of religious thought. Argues for a more open discussion with both positions receiving equal consideration.…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Christianity, Cultural Pluralism, Ethical Instruction