RE Teachers' Religious Literacy

A qualitative analysis of RE teachers’ interpretations of the biblical narrative The Prodigal Son

von Ole K. Kjørven

202 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The author conducted an empirical study on RE teachers’ religious literacy, more specifically, on how they interpret a religious narrative. The transactional analysis of the RE teachers’ interpretations of The Prodigal Son brought forth four categories or typologies: the immanent approach, the ethical, the Christian, and the dialogical approach. The typologies reflect that the RE teachers’ interpretations are determined by different factors, more precisely, by the decisions made in the actual text-reader transactions. Kjørven therefore argues that it is important for RE teachers and RE teacher students to develop an awareness of and knowledge about the complexity of what is involved in meaning-making processes. A literacy of this kind, he concludes, will promote critical skills and thinking in school and in education.

• Reihe: Religious Diversity and Education in Europe
• Themen: Kinder, Jugendliche und Bildung Unterrichtsmaterial Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften, allgemein Religion Christentum
• ISBN: 9783830934882
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 15.12.2016
• Größe: 23.5 x 16.5 cm
• Verlag: Waxmann