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{"title":"Review: International Knowledge Transfer in Religious Education","authors":"Kristian Niemi","doi":"10.1080/15507394.2021.2006539","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15507394.2021.2006539","url":null,"abstract":"In the spring of 2019, a manifesto for discussion was published on international knowledge transfer [IKT] in religious education. It was the result of a meeting between scholars in the field of religious education [RE]. According to the authors, although international knowledge transfer is an ideal in all fields of knowledge, it is not clear that the field of religious education is an integrated field of research which produces common, cumulative knowledge. There seems, they argue, to be a general presumption that research results concerning religious education from one country would either not be of interest or importance, or that said results would not be transferable due to context-dependency. Through the Manifesto, the authors want to address the issue; they offer suggestions of what could be done, how, and invite colleagues “from the field of religious education (and beyond)” to contribute. It is not clear from the Manifesto nor the description of its background why the particular format of a “Manifesto” was chosen, instead of a research article or some such. Perhaps it enabled the text to be spread more readily—as it was, in various national channels for research on religious education. It was later published verbatim in the journal of Religious Education, and was followed up by an article where some matters are elaborated further; background, the question of validity, as well as a suggestion for typology of shared knowledge for the field of religious education. This has sparked some academic replies, as well as the main topic of this text: International Knowledge Transfer in Religious Education. The editors claim that it is “the first book on international knowledge transfer in religious education in the history of this discipline”. It should be said that there have been numerous international publications on religious education; the REDCo project comes to mind, as well as titles on religious education in various countries, such as REL-EDU, The Routledge international handbook of religious education, Religious education in the European context; and methodologies developed for the specific purpose of discussing and analyzing religious education from an international perspective. Many more titles could be mentioned; indeed, some are, in the chapters of the book. However, the editors do seem to have a point; no book has previously been published on the specific topic of international knowledge transfer of religious education.","PeriodicalId":43359,"journal":{"name":"Religion & Education","volume":"48 1","pages":"490 - 495"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2021-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47488732","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Open Education","authors":"S. Mora","doi":"10.1093/obo/9780199756810-0284","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/obo/9780199756810-0284","url":null,"abstract":"Open education expands access to learning resources, tools, and research through collaboration and connection in a flexible learning framework that removes technical, legal, and financial barriers so that learners can share and adapt content to build upon existing knowledge. The foundation of “open education” first emerged in England when the Oxford Extension Movement was established in 1878 to provide education to the general masses. Following the success of these extension centers, the US Congress passed the Smith-Lever Act in 1914 to create a system of cooperative extension services connected to land grant universities. These extension cooperatives provided courses in agriculture, administrative policy, economics, and other subjects at little or no cost. Participants were given flexibility to direct their own learning by accessing instructional materials as they needed. In the late 1960s, theories regarding the value of this self-directed learning began to transform traditional classroom practice and again, interest in open learning gained popularity. By 1969, Prime Minister Harold Wilson garnered support to establish the British Open University, which globalized education through television and radio instruction. During the 1970s, even though open learning practices were favored in K-12 schools, ongoing criticism redirected educators back to standardized teaching methods. In the 1980s, the invention of the Wide World Web (1989) led to the creation of applications and networks that could deliver web-based education. The development of online “social” networks fostered the expansion of collaborative projects such as Wikipedia (2001) and the Budapest Open Access Initiative (2001), which broadened the educational landscape to support barrier-free learning. The emergence of online participatory platforms enabled several leading academic institutions who had been using web-based applications to curate and share their learning materials. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) created the MIT Open Courseware Project (2002), which led to the creation of massive open online courses (MOOCs). As educators worked together on the development of open educational content, the Cape Town Open Education Declaration (2009) was written as a statement to promote the use of open resources and open teaching practices in education. This declaration catalyzed further emphasis of Open Educational Resources (OERs), which included freely adaptable textbooks, journals, and open data projects. To share these resources, instructional repositories such as MERLOT and the OER Commons evolved. Open repositories enable educators to find instructional materials they can adopt, adapt, and create without financial or legal constraints. In some cases, OER projects focus on a disciplinary area such as digital humanities, open science, and open courses. To protect the rights of content creators, Creative Commons licenses assist with the attribution of these resources. The exp","PeriodicalId":43359,"journal":{"name":"Religion & Education","volume":"83 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2021-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75165374","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Role of Space and Time: A Comparative Exploration of Religion and Education, Introduction to the Special Issue","authors":"Oddrun M. H. Bråten","doi":"10.1080/15507394.2021.1963162","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15507394.2021.1963162","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The question of how religion in different contexts, including history, impact (religious) education systems will be discussed, to set the scene for further exploration by contributors in this special issue. I present a hypothesis: that new social patterns reflecting the present plurality are not sufficiently accounted for in educational systems, as they rather reflect the traditional religious landscapes. Our focus is Religion and Education, but findings are relevant also for the broader field of Education because of the historic and even present close links between religion, state, and educational systems of different countries.","PeriodicalId":43359,"journal":{"name":"Religion & Education","volume":"48 1","pages":"367 - 383"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2021-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49492618","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Effects of Judgements by the European Court of Human Rights on Religious Education in England and Turkey","authors":"Abdurrahman Hendek, N. Fancourt","doi":"10.1080/15507394.2021.1961658","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15507394.2021.1961658","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In this paper, we consider the differences between national and supranational space and time by focusing on one important strand within supranational processes: the European Court of Human Rights, which has given several judgements on religious education. We compare how the ECtHR’s decisions and guidance are represented and interpreted in Turkey and England. This analysis shows that these decisions are deployed as catalysts for change as well as bulwarks of the status quo. We also consider how the two countries’ responses are different, notably because Turkey has been a responding state in several proceedings, but England has not.","PeriodicalId":43359,"journal":{"name":"Religion & Education","volume":"48 1","pages":"436 - 457"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2021-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15507394.2021.1961658","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48466450","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"International Perspectives on Academic Freedom","authors":"","doi":"10.1093/obo/9780199756810-0285","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/obo/9780199756810-0285","url":null,"abstract":"The beginnings of academic freedom are testimony to internationalism. European universities in the Middle Ages were self-governing to a degree, but the Church or the state controlled them for centuries. As modern science emerged in 17th-century England and as partaking in research and scholarship began to spread in the 18th and 19th centuries throughout Europe, an interest in the protection of free inquiry intensified. Students who pursued advanced education did so in Europe where many of them became professors, and where, consequently, the idea of Lehrfreiheit emerged: the right of the university professor to freedom of inquiry and teaching. Modern notions of academic freedom began to coalesce in the 19th century and on into the early and mid-20th century with the ascendancy of the research role performed by academics. Yet the point should not be lost that a broader interest in freedom of thought and teaching predates this process of formalization. Assertions of scholarly freedom in the 13th and 14th centuries at the University of Paris constitute a legacy of protections in the pursuit of knowledge, and the term scholastic freedom is traceable to Pope Honorius III in the 13th century. Owing to its span across time and cultural contexts, it is unsurprising that understandings of academic freedom have evolved and are thereby also susceptible to misunderstanding and misapplication. That there might be simply one way to construe academic freedom is a modern paradox. More accurately, academic freedom is nestled in a constellation of cultural, social, and political settings and traditions and histories. Academic freedom is often assumed to be a necessary condition for an authentic academic profession wherever professors are employed. In only a limited number of national systems, particularly the United States, academic freedom is strongly associated with tenure. But globally, most systems of higher education do not have tenure. This fact begs the question of how academic freedom, however construed, can exist in an absence of tenure protections. Answers to the question are again conditioned by histories and traditions, long or limited, that situate professors’ work in a relationship between the state and higher education. The reality that academic freedom is understood differently in different parts of world makes comparison difficult. This likely accounts for the relative paucity of explicitly empirical treatment of academic freedom in international comparative focus. In actuality it is challenging to offer a universal definition of “academic freedom.”","PeriodicalId":43359,"journal":{"name":"Religion & Education","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2021-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80880681","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Should Philosophy Be the Tool for Inquiry-Based Learning in Religious Education?","authors":"Rosemary Laoulach","doi":"10.1080/15507394.2021.1932399","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15507394.2021.1932399","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This paper will identify some studies which suggest that Religious Education (RE), at least in the West, has problems in its ability to engage students in deep learning. In order to posit a suitable pedagogy, we need to ask, what are the aims of RE? These vary, but some common goals include, promoting values, personal meaning, moral behavior and spiritual or religious faith. The pedagogy best suited to these aims remains a contentious issue. This paper will add to the ongoing discussions that support the view that RE can benefit from inquiry learning, and the methodology and content of philosophy.","PeriodicalId":43359,"journal":{"name":"Religion & Education","volume":"48 1","pages":"265 - 283"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2021-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44239181","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Review of Mason Marshall’s Reading Plato’s Dialogues to Enhance Learning and Enquiry","authors":"N. Tubbs","doi":"10.1080/15507394.2021.1961659","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15507394.2021.1961659","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43359,"journal":{"name":"Religion & Education","volume":"48 1","pages":"364 - 365"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2021-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15507394.2021.1961659","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47299838","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Ethical Autonomy at Religious Schools: Students’ Experiences at a Christian School in Norway, 1990–2015, Compared to Majority Schools","authors":"S. Tuastad","doi":"10.1080/15507394.2021.1958651","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15507394.2021.1958651","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In Scandinavia, religious schools are both rarer and more controversial than in many other European countries and the United States. Scandinavian politicians fear that these schools foster social division and undermine personal autonomy. However, researchers have not paid much attention to these political concerns. In this study, the ethical autonomy of students at religious schools is scrutinized and compared to the experiences of students at non-religious schools based on interviews with 35 recent and former Norwegian high school students. Deep ethical confrontations occurred regularly only at the religious school, but it paradoxically also had a stronger sense of ethical belonging.","PeriodicalId":43359,"journal":{"name":"Religion & Education","volume":"48 1","pages":"305 - 323"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2021-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48813570","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Country’s Religious Freedom and Graduate School Attendance in the U.S","authors":"Giselle C. M. Greenidge","doi":"10.1080/15507394.2021.1953915","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15507394.2021.1953915","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Due to large numbers of students arriving in the U.S. with different religious beliefs/backgrounds, it is necessary to analyze the religious environment of students’ home country and examine how it affects educational attainment. This research examines the relationship between religious freedom/restrictions and international enrollment rates in graduate school programs in the U.S. This study uses a quantitative cross-sectional research design that represent a total of 78 countries. The results demonstrate that students from countries with high levels of government restrictions enroll in graduate school at a relatively lower rate than students from countries with low levels of such government restrictions.","PeriodicalId":43359,"journal":{"name":"Religion & Education","volume":"48 1","pages":"324 - 346"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2021-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15507394.2021.1953915","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47964429","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Unearthing Ecumenical Influences on Education Policy in England and Norway using Statement Archaeology","authors":"J. Doney","doi":"10.1080/15507394.2021.1943271","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15507394.2021.1943271","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This paper focuses on the development of Religious Education in England and Norway examining changes that took place in the 1960s. Using Statement Archaeology, the influence of the Christian ecumenical movement on English RE is identified. This movement has mostly been overlooked in the historiographies of RE, yet it appears to play a key role in creating circumstances in which the legitimate study of non-Christian worldviews becomes possible. The paper presents existing research that demonstrates how these global ecumenical discourses affected educational policies in England, setting out a compelling case for further exploration of the developments in Norway.","PeriodicalId":43359,"journal":{"name":"Religion & Education","volume":"48 1","pages":"384 - 396"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2021-06-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15507394.2021.1943271","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43587698","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}