| Religious Education: Educating for Diversity Contributor(s): Barnes, L. Philip (Author), Halstead, J. Mark (Editor), Davis, Andrew (Author) |
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ISBN: 1472571061 ISBN-13: 9781472571069 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $44.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Education - Education | Educational Policy & Reform |
| Dewey: 207.5 |
| LCCN: 2015015288 |
| Series: Key Debates in Educational Policy |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.3" W x 8.4" (0.45 lbs) 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Religious Education: Educating for Diversity raises issues that are central to the theory and practice of education, and in particular religious education, in modern liberal democracies characterized by diversity in its different forms. What kind of religious education is best equipped both to challenge prejudice and intolerance in society and to develop responsible and respectful relationships between people from different communities or with different commitments? Two eminent educators address this question and propose contrasting answers. Attention is given to the aims of education and the contribution of religious education to the curriculum; historical forms of religious education; the nature of diversity in society; the roots of prejudice; different methodologies in religious education and their philosophical and religious commitments; and to positive strategies to enable religious education to realise its potential and contribute to the social and moral aims of liberal education. |
Contributor Bio(s): Barnes, L. Philip: - L. Philip Barnes is Emeritus Reader in Religious and Theological Education at King's College London, UK.Winch, Christopher: - Christopher Winch is Professor of Educational Philosophy and Policy at King's College London, UK.Halstead, J. Mark: - J. Mark Halstead is Emeritus Professor of Education, University of Huddersfield, UK. He is the author of a number of books and co-author of Values in Sex Education (2003) and Citizenship and Moral Education (2006).Davis, Andrew: - Andrew Davis is Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Education at Durham University, UK. He is an authority on assessment, philosophy and psychology of mathematical learning and primary mathematics. There has been widespread media coverage of his 2014 IMPACT pamphlet 'To Read or Not to Read: Decoding Synthetic Phonics'. |
