Schools and Religions: Imagining the Real

by Julian Stern

Overview

The link between schools and religions is an area of lively and passionate debate. In this meticulously researched volume, Julian Stern analyzes the role that religion can play in fostering communities in schools and its implications for social, cultural and political developments in both national and international contexts. Drawing heavily on Vygoyskyan social contructivism and Buber's research into human relationships, Stern constructs an innovative and challenging philosophy of schooling which places schools at the heart of two of the main challenges of the twenty-first century - social inclusion and globalization.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826485045
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	05/08/2007
Series:	Continuum Studies in Research in Education
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

Julian Stern is Professor of Education and Religion at Bishop Grosseteste University, UK. He is General Secretary of ISREV - the International Seminar on Religious Education and Values - an association of religious education scholars from more than 34 countries, and Editor of the British Jourbanal of Religious Education.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Professor John Hull1. Introduction: The Philosophy of SchoolingSection A: Dialogue, Community, Society and Learning Chapter 2: Inclusion as Imagining the Real Chapter 3: Community and Society Chapter 4: Schooling and Learning Chapter 5: Inclusive Research Section B: Religion and Education Chapter 6: Investigating Text and Context Chapter 7: Dialogue Within and Between Chapter 8: Inclusions and Religious Education Chapter 9: Teaching and LearningChapter 10: Religious Education & CitizenshipsSection C: Learning, Research and Practice Chapter 11: Creativity and CreationChapter 12: Blinded by the Vision Chapter 13: Learning Beyond School Chapter 14: Sincerity in Research
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