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Jackson, Robert (2016) Inclusive study of religions and world views in schools : signposts from the Council of Europe. Social Inclusion, 4 (2). pp. 14-25. doi:10.17645/si.v4i2.493 ISSN 2183-2803.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/si.v4i2.493
Abstract
This article outlines some issues in incorporating the study of religions, together with non-religious world views, into the curricula of publicly funded schools in Western democratic states. Attention is given to examples from work on this topic conducted within the Council of Europe since 2002, with a particular focus on Signposts: Policy and Practice for Teaching about Religions and Nonreligious World Views in Intercultural Education, a text published by the Council of Europe in 2014. Signposts is designed to assist policy makers and practitioners in interpreting and applying ideas from the 2008 Recommendation from the Committee of Ministers (the Foreign Ministers of the 47 member states) dealing with education about religions and non-religious convictions. Various issues raised by the Signposts document are considered. Towards the end of the article, recent UK and Council of Europe policies which emphasise the study of religions and beliefs as a means to counter extremism, and which have appeared since the publication of Signposts, are summarised and discussed critically. Attention is drawn to the dangers of certain policies, and also to the plurality of aims which studies of religions and non-religious world views need to have in providing a balanced educational programme.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion L Education > LC Special aspects of education |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Education Studies (2013- ) | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Council of Europe, Multicultural education, Globalization, Religion -- Study and teaching, Radicalism, Education and state, Foreign ministers -- European Union Countries, Terrorism -- Prevention | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Social Inclusion | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Cogitatio Press | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 2183-2803 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 19 April 2016 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 4 | ||||||||
| Number: | 2 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 14-25 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.17645/si.v4i2.493 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 18 July 2016 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 18 July 2016 | ||||||||
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