Forum on Teaching Asian Religions in the American South

Autor/inn/en	Mikles, Natasha L.; Esaki, Brett J.; Battaglia, Lisa
Titel	Forum on Teaching Asian Religions in the American South
Quelle	In: Teaching Theology & Religion, 22 (2019) 3, S.208-222 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1368-4868
DOI	10.1111/teth.12497
Schlagwörter	Asian Culture; Religious Education; Geographic Regions; Teaching Methods; African American Students; Religion; Student Interests; Social Isolation; White Students; Mexican Americans; Vietnamese People; Asian Americans; Racial Bias; World Views; Foreign Countries; Phenomenology; Georgia; Alabama + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kirchliche Erziehung; Religionserziehung; Religionspädagogik; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Studieninteresse; Soziale Isolation; Hispanoamerikaner; Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; World view; Weltanschauung; Ausland; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie
Abstract	This series of three essays by educators from Georgia, Texas, and Alabama examines teaching Asian Religions in the American South. Through reflection on individual experience, each essay offers concrete strategies for the classroom that can be utilized by fellow educators working in the American South, but can also inform pedagogy in other North American regions. Introducing the idea of the "imagined student," Esaki discusses teaching African American students and tailoring Asian religions courses towards their interests by producing positive buy-in, while also acknowledging their potential isolation from White peers interested in similar topics. Mikles builds on Esaki's idea of the imagined student to discuss her own experience teaching Mexican and Vietnamese American students in Texas, while presenting specific strategies to overcome preconceived educator bias about students in Southern classrooms. Battaglia closes out the series by suggesting the use of a phenomenological approach for students to sympathetically enter into an Asian religious worldview. She offers specific exercises that can help students unpack their own assumptions -- their "invisible backpack" -- and approach Asian religions on their own terms. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01