Head Teachers' Attitudes towards Religious Diversity and Interreligious Dialogue and Their Implications for Secondary Schools in Catalonia

Autor/inn/en	Vilà Baños, Ruth; Freixa Niella, Montserrat; Sánchez-Martí, Angelina; Rubio Hurtado, María José
Titel	Head Teachers' Attitudes towards Religious Diversity and Interreligious Dialogue and Their Implications for Secondary Schools in Catalonia
Quelle	In: British Journal of Religious Education, 42 (2020) 2, S.180-192 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Vilà Baños, Ruth) ORCID (Freixa Niella, Montserrat) ORCID (Sánchez-Martí, Angelina) ORCID (Rubio Hurtado, María José)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0141-6200
DOI	10.1080/01416200.2019.1584742
Schlagwörter	Teacher Attitudes; Cultural Pluralism; Intergroup Relations; Dialogs (Language); Secondary School Teachers; Foreign Countries; Intercultural Communication; Religion; Religious Cultural Groups; Institutional Characteristics; Correlation; Catholics; Religious Education; Educational History; Role of Education; Profiles; Spain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehrerverhalten; Kulturpluralismus; Intergruppenbeziehungen; Dialog; Dialogs; Dialogue; Dialogues; Ausland; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Kirchliche Gruppe; Religionszugehörigkeit; Korrelation; Katholik; Kirchliche Erziehung; Religionserziehung; Religionspädagogik; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Bildungsauftrag; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Spanien
Abstract	This paper explores the attitudes of secondary-school head teachers towards religious diversity, intercultural and interreligious dialogue and the role of education in fostering intercultural and interreligious dialogue. A sample comprising 275 head teachers in Catalan secondary schools answered an online questionnaire. The results revealed attitudes which were moderately favourable towards cultural and religious diversity, more strongly favourable towards interreligious dialogue, and less favourable towards education playing a major role in managing religious and cultural diversity and in fostering interreligious dialogue. We found significant differences in head teachers' attitudes in line with the specific features of the schools where they worked. Amongst these differences, it was noticeable that heads of religious and private-public schools had more positive attitudes towards managing religious and cultural diversity and towards education playing a leading role in promoting dialogue. Also, we identified three groups of head teachers who showed differing degrees of positivity according to the perceived religious diversity of their schools. The more diverse the school, the less favourable the attitude, and vice-versa; the most moderate favourability was also associated with the most moderate diversity. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01