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This resource provides six articles noting current directions in religious education research. The field of religious education can be very broad and is capable of addressing a wide range of issues. This resource looks at six specific cases. First, a new educational tool that allows students to self-reflect on their religious and worldview journey is presented. A second contribution looks at a quantitative study of how adolescents view religion in Spain, utilizing analytical, empirical and social research methods. A critical component that is studied in this context is gender. The third article presents a creative look at how the Tauhidic elements in Islamic religious education can contribute to understanding the environmental challenges we face, looking at how we can be encouraged to take appropriate action to resolve our ecological problems. The fourth article looks at the suitability of religious education in a post-pandemic world in developing discussions on values, and how students can make sense of which values are right for them within the range of competing values. The fifth article also looks at life in a post-pandemic world. As thousands of families and individuals have experienced first-hand the pain of long-term illness and loss, understanding trauma-informed pedagogies can be extremely valuable. The sixth and final contribution looks at the value of using digital stories to foster global interreligious understanding, as well as deeper theological and spiritual understanding, especially in a world that is saturated with media and devices. Overall, the articles reflect a range of perspectives and research interests in the field of religious education.

Humanities --- Social interaction --- environmental education --- environmental values --- integration --- Islamic values --- tauhidic elements --- psychic trauma --- trauma-informed pedagogy --- trauma-sensitive pedagogy --- trauma-informed education --- embodiment --- secondary traumatization --- vicarious trauma --- higher education --- religious education --- theological education --- moral compass --- resilience --- values --- interreligious --- Christian education --- Islamic education --- Jewish education --- Hindu education --- faith development --- radicalization --- religious positioning --- international research --- self-analysis --- dialogical self theory (DST) --- self confrontation method (SCM) --- digital stories --- world religions --- Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy --- worldview education --- n/a --- Bloom's Revised Taxonomy

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This open access book examines the educational conditions that support cultures of exploration in kindergartens. It conceptualises cultures of exploration, whether those cultures are created through children’s own engagement or are demanded of them through undertaking specific tasks within different institutional settings. It shows how the conditions for children’s exploration form a web of activities in different settings with social relationships, local landscapes and artefacts. The book builds on the understanding of cultural traditions as deeply implicated in the developmental processes, meaning that local considerations must be reflected in education for sustainable futures. Therefore the book examines and conceptualises exploration and cultural formation through locally situated cases and navigates toward global educational concepts. The book provides different windows into how children may explore in everyday practice settings in kindergarten, and contributes to a loci-based, ecological, integral knowledge relevant for early childhood education.

Child development. --- Infant psychology. --- International education . --- Comparative education. --- Child psychology. --- School psychology. --- Early Childhood Education. --- Infancy and Early Childhood Development. --- International and Comparative Education. --- Child and School Psychology. --- Psychology, School --- Psychology, Applied --- Behavior, Child --- Child behavior --- Child study --- Children --- Pediatric psychology --- Child development --- Developmental psychology --- Education, Comparative --- Education --- Global education --- Intellectual cooperation --- Internationalism --- Infants --- Child psychology --- Development, Child --- Developmental biology --- Psychology --- History --- Development --- Early Childhood Education --- Infancy and Early Childhood Development --- International and Comparative Education --- Child and School Psychology --- Clinical Psychology --- School Psychology --- children's learning and development through exploration --- exploration in kindergarten --- children's transcendence to school learning --- "glocal" pedagogy --- froebel and explorative education --- cultural-historical concept of playground activities --- children and teachers as musical explorers --- cultural formation --- dialogical engagement --- children's play and learning activity --- inclusion and exclusion --- pedagogical hybridity through Froebel --- Open Access --- Early childhood care & education --- Child, developmental & lifespan psychology --- Early childhood education. --- Developmental psychology. --- International education. --- School Psychology. --- Child and Adolescence Psychology. --- Development (Psychology) --- Developmental psychobiology --- Life cycle, Human