Value Learning Trajectories - Theory, Method, Context

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Contents

Introduction

On Theory: Framing Value Learning in the Life Trajectory. Epistemology, Ethics, the Existential (Liam Gearon and Arniika Kuusisto)

1 Introduction

2 The Ontological-Epistemological Frame of Value Learning and the Life Trajectory

3 The Ethical Frame (and Moral Precipices) of Value Learning and the Life Trajectory

4 The Existential Frame of Value Learning and the Life Trajectory

5 Conclusion

References

The Enduring Contribution of Religious Education to Reason’s Good Functioning. The Case of Moral Excellence (Daniel J. Fleming)

1 Introduction

2 Jean Porter’s Theory of Human Flourishing

3 Interrupting a Dominant Rationality – Levinas and Kierkegaard

4 Theoretical Example – Liberation Theology

5 The Enduring Contribution of Religious Education to Reason’s Good Functioning: The Case of Moral Excellence

References

Experiencing Values in Religious Education (Konstantin Lindner)

1 Introduction

2 Values Education: Challenges

2.1 Adolescents and their values

2.2 Values Education in School

3 Values Education in RE

3.1 Religious Values?

3.2 Goals for RE

4 “Values Experience” in RE

4.1 Status Quo

4.2 SAT Approach as a Role Model

4.3 Adaption and Modification of SAT to RE

References

Maps and Landscapes of Meaning. Othering, Transculturality and ‘Lebenswelt ’in Interreligious Learning (Janosch Freuding)

1 Introduction

2 Political Sensitivity and Practices of Exclusion

3 Presentations of Islam in Textbooks for Catholic Education

4 Othering and its Production of Knowledge about the Other

5 Transculturality and Transcultural Lebenswelt

6 Othering and Transculturality in Comparison

7 Maps of Meaning and Landscapes of Meaning

8 Conclusion

References

The Impact of Spaces and Places on Theories of Religious Education and Socialisation (Angela Kaupp)

1 Introduction

2 The Dimension of Space – a Largely Unexplored Aspect in Religious Education and Socialisation

3 The Interplay between Religious Education or Socialisation and Space

a) Places in nature

b) Liturgical places

c) Everyday spaces

d) Museums

e) Virtual spaces

4 Biography, Religiosity and Space

a) The biographical perspective

b) The social perspective

5 The Spatial Dimension and its Impact on the Research of Religion and Spirituality

a) Analysis of spaces as an entry point into biography

b) Examining the meaning of sacred spaces for life stories

c) Concepts of space as cultural and social givens

References

Changing “Diffuse” to “Profiled” Positions by Facing Religious Truth-Claims? Contexts of Belonging as Conditions of Religious “Matching-Processes” (Stefanie Lorenzen)

1 Introduction

2 Standing on the Threshold of “Religion”: Recent Empirical Studies as a Sign of “Undecided” Religiosity among European Youngsters

3 Religious “Decision-Making” by Facing Religious Truth-Claims – two Spotlights on the German Theoretical Landscape

4 The Empirical Question: How Do Young Adults conceive Processes of “Religious Self-Positioning”?

5 A Closer Look on Different Forms of (Non-)Religious Self-Positioning: The Feeling of “Belonging” as a Condition of Matching-Processes

6 Conclusion

References

On Method: Researching Value Learning and Life Trajectories. Dialogue, Diversity and Inter-Disciplinarity (Arniika Kuusisto and Liam Gearon)

1 Introduction

2 Dialogue

3 Diversity

4 Inter-disciplinarity

5 Conclusion

References

Countering Radical Islamist Discourse through Intertheological Education. An Australian Case Study (Terence Lovat)

1 Introduction

2 The Essential Theologies of Islam and their Practical Effects

3 Radicalization and De-radicalization in Australia

4 Inter-Theological Education: The Scope and Content

5 Inter-Theological Education: Method and Practical Exemplar

6 Conclusion

References

Longitudinal Research in Values Studies amongst Youth (Monique van Dijk-Groeneboer)

1 Introduction

2 Quantitative Research

2.1 Preconditions for Quantitative Research

2.2 Pros and Cons for Quantitative Research

3 Qualitative Research

3.1 Preconditions for Qualitative Research

3.2 Pros and Cons for Qualitative Research

4 Empirical Cycle of Research

5 Longitudinal Research

6 Longitudinal Research as Value Learning Trajectory

6.1 Typology of Youth

6.2 New Religious Education Strategies

7 Conclusion

References

How to Assess the Mediation of Religious Truth Claims in RE via Video Analysis? Methodological Considerations (Ulrich Riegel and Eva-Maria Leven)

1 Introduction

2 Video Analysis as Analytical Method

3 Video Rating as Method of Assessing Mediation of Truth Claims

4 The Documentary Method to Assess Mediation of Truth Claims

5 Discussion

References

On Context: Value Learning and Life Trajectories. Research In Situ. Historical-Political Systems, Spectrums of Value Biographical Positionings (Liam Gearon and Arniika Kuusisto)

1 Introduction

2 Historical-Political Systems

3 Spectrums of Value

4 Biographical Positionings

5 Conclusion

References

Value Learning Trajectories in Iranian Educational System (Nasibeh Hedayati, Elina Kuusisto, Khalil Gholami and Kirsi Tirri)

1 Introduction

2 Teacher Education in Iran before the Islamic Revolution (1918–1979)

3 Teacher Education in Iran after the Islamic Revolution

4 Conclusions

5 Limitations

Appendix A

References

Religious Education in Kindergartens in Light of Religious Diversity (Helena Stockinger)

1 Research Questions and Design

2 Considerations about Religious Education among the Staff

2.1 Description of Findings

2.2 Discussion

3 Religious Education Content in Kindergartens

3.1 Description of Findings

3.2 Discussion

4 Striving for Justice in Religious Education

5 More Questions Need to be Asked

References

Values in Finnish and Estonian Vocational Teacher Education Curricula (Heidi Paju, Kirsi Tirri and Tero Autio)

1 Introduction

2 Review of Terminology

3 Vocational Teacher Education in Estonia and Finland

4 Theoretical Approach

5 Procedure and Data Analysis

6 Findings

7 Conclusion

References

The State of Caring Relationship in the Interaction between Teachers and Students (Molalign Tamiru)

1 Introduction

1.1 Statement of the Problem

1.2 Objective of the Study

1.3 Research Questions

2 Research Design and Methodology

3 Data Analysis

3.1 Out of Classrooms

3.2 Inside Classrooms

4 Findings

4.1 Practices Contradict Understandings

4.2 Teacher Centered Instruction Challenges Caring Relationship

5 Conclusion

References

Socio-political Value Tensions in Teachers’ Career Trajectories. Teaching Religious Education in the 1960s and 1970s Finland (Juha Luodeslampi and Arniika Kuusisto)

1 Introduction

1.1 Tensions and Changes in the 1960s-1970s Finnish Societal and Educational Landscape

1.2 Changes to the Finnish School System in the 1960s and 1970s

2 Method

2.1 Gathering of the Life History Narrative Data

3 Results

3.1 Value Struggle in the Church Lobby

3.2 Tensions and Challenges According to the Teachers’ Narratives

3.3 How Did the Teachers Negotiate and Cope with the Challenges?

4 Conclusion

References

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