عنوان

Unity in Diversity:

شماره

LA122603

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Unity in Diversity:

نام عام مواد

[Article]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

Religion Education and Public Pedagogy in South Africa

نام نخستين پديدآور

David Chidester

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

"On 12 September 2003, Minister of Education, Kader Asmal, presented to Parliament South Africa's new national policy on religion and education. Breaking with the confessional religious instruction of the past, the policy established a new educational agenda for teaching and learning about religion, religions, and religious diversity in South African schools. Although this policy was the focus of many years of educational debate and religious controversy, it was also part of broader post-apartheid efforts in nation building. The policy was based on an inclusive definition of citizenship; it enacted the state's commitment to constitutional values, respect for cultural diversity, and transformational promise of moving a divided society towards national unity. In this broader context, I want to link South Africa's national policy for religion and education with post-apartheid initiatives in cultural heritage. As public pedagogy, state-driven and market-driven heritage projects have created an expanding classroom for "celebrating diversity and building national unity." Heritage projects have been criticized for manufacturing uniformity and privileging the extraordinary. In working out a curriculum for religion education in schools, these criticisms also need to be addressed. This article proposes that fruitful exchanges in theory and pedagogical practice can emerge at the intersection of religion education, heritage studies, and the history of religions. On 12 September 2003, Minister of Education, Kader Asmal, presented to Parliament South Africa's new national policy on religion and education. Breaking with the confessional religious instruction of the past, the policy established a new educational agenda for teaching and learning about religion, religions, and religious diversity in South African schools. Although this policy was the focus of many years of educational debate and religious controversy, it was also part of broader post-apartheid efforts in nation building. The policy was based on an inclusive definition of citizenship; it enacted the state's commitment to constitutional values, respect for cultural diversity, and transformational promise of moving a divided society towards national unity. In this broader context, I want to link South Africa's national policy for religion and education with post-apartheid initiatives in cultural heritage. As public pedagogy, state-driven and market-driven heritage projects have created an expanding classroom for "celebrating diversity and building national unity." Heritage projects have been criticized for manufacturing uniformity and privileging the extraordinary. In working out a curriculum for religion education in schools, these criticisms also need to be addressed. This article proposes that fruitful exchanges in theory and pedagogical practice can emerge at the intersection of religion education, heritage studies, and the history of religions."

تاريخ نشر

2008

توصيف ظاهري

272-299

عنوان

Numen

شماره جلد

55/2-3

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1568-5276

اصطلاح موضوعی

CULTURAL HERITAGE

اصطلاح موضوعی

EDUCATIONAL POLICY

اصطلاح موضوعی

NATION-BUILDING

اصطلاح موضوعی

PUBLIC PEDAGOGY

اصطلاح موضوعی

RELIGION EDUCATION

اصطلاح موضوعی

SOUTH AFRICA

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

David Chidester

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/156852708X283078

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y