What Kind of Tensions Are Involved in the Pedagogical Use of Religious Narratives? Perspectives from Finnish Evangelic Lutheran and Islamic Religious Education

Autor/inn/en	Keränen-Pantsu, Raili; Rissanen, Inkeri
Titel	What Kind of Tensions Are Involved in the Pedagogical Use of Religious Narratives? Perspectives from Finnish Evangelic Lutheran and Islamic Religious Education
Quelle	In: Journal of Beliefs & Values, 39 (2018) 2, S.157-168 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1361 7672
DOI	10.1080/13617672.2018.1450804
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Islam; Religious Education; Christianity; Protestants; Religious Factors; Comparative Education; Teaching Methods; Educational Objectives; Qualitative Research; Content Analysis; Student Centered Learning; Experiential Learning; Creative Activities; Case Studies; Ethnography; Biblical Literature; Interviews; Teacher Attitudes; Ethics; World Views; Observation; Finland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Kirchliche Erziehung; Religionserziehung; Religionspädagogik; Christentum; Protestantism; Protestantismus; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Qualitative Forschung; Inhaltsanalyse; Group work; Student-entered learning; Student-centred learning; Student centred learning; Schülerorientierter Unterricht; Schülerzentrierter Unterricht; Gruppenarbeit; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Ethnografie; Bibel; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Lehrerverhalten; Ethik; World view; Weltanschauung; Beobachtung; Finnland
Abstract	In this article, we examine how narratives of religious traditions are used as resources in religious education (RE) and compare practices from Evangelic Lutheran religious education (LRE) and Islamic religious education (IRE) in Finnish public schools. The sacredness of narratives from holy books entails that there can be contestations over their pedagogical use, and teachers need to negotiate the possible tensions between the pedagogical aims of liberal RE and the integrity of the holy narratives. The research data consists of interviews with teachers of LRE (n = 4) and IRE (n = 5) as well as classroom observations. The results of qualitative content analysis show that teachers use narratives as pedagogical resources when teaching about and from religion. However, tensions occurred between the ideals of student-centred, experiential and creative learning, on one hand, and respecting the sacredness of the narratives, on the other. We also present teachers' ways of negotiating the tensions as well as some differences between LRE and IRE in the pedagogical use of narratives. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01