Religion in Education Innovation in International Research [Hardcover]

This volume explores numerous themes (including the influence of ethnography on religious education research and pedagogy, the interpretive approach to religious education, the relationship between research and classroom practice in religious education), providing a critique of contemporary religious education and exploring the implications of this critique for initial and continuing teacher education. 

1. Robert Jackson and Warwick Research: an Introduction Kevin OGrady, Ursula McKenna and Joyce Miller  Part 1: Ethnography, Religion and Education  2. Ethnography, Religious Education and The Fifth Cup  Eleanor Nesbitt  3. Muslim Education and the Hifz Process: Some Images and Issues Bill Gent  4. State-funded Muslim Schools: Stakeholders and Legitimacy in the UK Context Damian Breen  5. Diversity and Citizenship  In a Context of Islamophobia Sissel Ostberg 6. Very Sad, But It Works: One Pupils Assessment Career in Religious Education  Part 2: Student Perspectives 6. Religious Education Influencing Students Attitudes: A Threat to Freedom? Olga Schihalejev  7. The Language of Inter Faith Encounter among Inner City Primary School Children Julia Ipgrave  8. Very Sad, But it Works : One Pupils Assessment Career in Religious Education Nigel Fancourt  Part 3: RE and Pedagogy  9. Religious Extremism, Religious Education and the Interpretive Approach Joyce Miller  10. Action Research and the Interpretive Approach to Religious Education Kevin OGrady  11. The Interpretive Approach and Bridging the Theory-Practice Gap: Action Research lsY