Values, Religions and Education in Changing Societies

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sporre, Karin (Editor), Mannberg, Jan (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Subjects: Education.; Religion.; Educational sociology.; Teaching.; Church and education.; Sociology.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; Sociology of Education.; Religious Studies, general.; Sociology, general.; Religion and Education.; Teaching and Teacher Education.

Education is a societal matter and takes place in relation to societal changes. Today, in many countries, it has to grapple with diversity and differences brought about by migration and changes in gender relations. Questions of values, human rights and the role of religions are raised. In this book...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction; K. Sporre and Jan Mannberg
• 2. From excellence in dealing with similarities to learning how to handle differences. Scandinavian democracies at a crossroads; E. Amnå
• 3. Islam in education: A contribution to dialogue or a factor of conflict?; D. Jozsa
• 4. Global citizenship education: a new gender ethic, gender hegemony and a gendered collective conscience?; M. Arnot
• 5. Diversity in South African classrooms and teacher preparedness: findings from research in the teacher education sector. What can be learnt?; D. Zinn
• 6. Religions, Values, Worldviews and Knowledges in Educational Dialogue; Christo Lombard et al.
• Index.