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The Role of Teachers' Religious Beliefs in Their Classroom Practice -- A Personal or Public Concern?
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Nelson, James; Yang, Yue – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2023
This article reports on research into the influence of teachers' religious beliefs in religious education. Drawing on accounts from eleven teachers in Controlled Schools in Northern Ireland, it shows the contested space many of them occupy in relation to handling personal beliefs, teaching about diverse religions and articulating a public…
Descriptors: Teacher Role, Beliefs, Religious Education, Ethics
Managerialism and Human Rights in a Post-Conflict Society: Challenges for Educational Leaders in Northern Ireland
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Donnelly, Caitlin; McAuley, Clare; Lundy, Laura – School Leadership & Management, 2021
International human rights instruments provide a legal basis for an agreed set of human values globally. These 'values' are expected to underpin the purposes and content of education. This paper aims to explore how compliance with human rights instruments and values is balanced by educational leaders in Northern Ireland where diverse…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, School Administration, Compliance (Legal), Educational Policy
Deconfessionalising RE in Pillarised Education Systems: A Case Study of Belgium and the Netherlands
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Franken, Leni; Vermeer, Paul – British Journal of Religious Education, 2019
This article reflects on the place of RE in a pillarised education context, taking into account the fact of religious diversity and pluralisation among the school population on the one hand, and the freedom of religion and education of faith-based schools on the other. Particular attention will be given to Belgium and the Netherlands, which do not…
Descriptors: Religious Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, Cultural Pluralism
English as a Medium of Teaching and Learning in a Resource-Poor Country: The Case of Malawi's New Language Policy
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Kamwendo, Gregory H. – Africa Education Review, 2019
This article discusses the resource implications of Malawi's new language-in-education policy. Whilst previous publications on the English as a medium of teaching and learning policy, which was announced in Malawi in 2014, have sharply criticised and dismissed the new language policy from pedagogical and other educational grounds, the current…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language of Instruction
"The Worst Part of the Dead Past": Language Attitudes, Policies, and Pedagogies at Syrian Protestant College, 1866-1902
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Lisa R. Arnold – College Composition and Communication, 2014
To underline the value of composition's international and multilingual history, this article presents an account of language attitudes, policies, and pedagogies at Syrian Protestant College (Beirut) between 1866 and 1902, which also provides a historical dimension to contemporary conversations about international and translingual approaches to…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, Educational Policy, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries
Pedagogy and Pictorial Evidence: Interpreting Post-Reformation English Prints in Context
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Ormond, Barbara – Curriculum Journal, 2011
This article discusses the increasing emphasis on using pictorial sources in teaching, learning and assessment in history and asserts that pedagogies for interpreting visual imagery need to be purposefully aligned in relation to the particular media or production contexts under study. Expecting students to be able to glean meaning from images…
Descriptors: Imagery, Visual Aids, Foreign Countries, Historians