Recent Observations on Religion Education in South Africa

Autor/in	Nogueira-Godsey, Elaine
Titel	Recent Observations on Religion Education in South Africa
Quelle	In: British Journal of Religious Education, 38 (2016) 3, S.229-235 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0141-6200
DOI	10.1080/01416200.2016.1205847
Schlagwörter	Religious Education; Foreign Countries; Educational Policy; Social Discrimination; Curriculum Implementation; High School Students; Racial Segregation; Religious Cultural Groups; Cultural Pluralism; Citizenship Education; Outcomes of Education; Literacy; Social Change; Guidelines; Christianity; Interviews; Teacher Attitudes; Elementary School Teachers; Secondary School Teachers; Elementary School Students; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kirchliche Erziehung; Religionserziehung; Religionspädagogik; Ausland; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Soziale Benachteiligung; Soziale Schließung; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Rassentrennung; Kirchliche Gruppe; Religionszugehörigkeit; Kulturpluralismus; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Sozialer Wandel; Richtlinien; Christentum; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Lehrerverhalten; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	Thirteen years have passed since the Minister of Education, Kader Asmal, implemented the National Policy on Religion and Education in 2003 (South African Government 2003). The policy provided a new framework to promote diversity by educating young people about the religions of others as well as respect towards freedom of religious expression, a topic embedded in the South African Constitution. It aimed at denouncing religious forms of discrimination and prejudice fostered by the former regime. The new policy implemented a new curriculum on religion education integrated into a subject named Life Orientation. Life Orientation is part of both primary and high school educational programmes. Unlike the religious education during apartheid, the new policy prescribed a non-confessional and multi-religious approach. It therefore made a distinction between the newly adopted secular religion education and the formerly used nurturing (or confessional) approach to religious education (see Chidester 2003). Specifically, the new curriculum is South Africa's attempt to assist in the nation building process through teaching students about what citizenship means in the post-apartheid era. In this spirit, the subject Life Orientation provides specific learning outcomes for each grade and estimates a minimum level of religious literacy necessary for learners to engage with the diversity of the new South Africa. (ERIC).
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Update	2020/1/01