TY - BOOK ID - 14305465 TI - Values, religions and education in changing societies AU - Sporre, Karin. AU - Mannberg, Jan. AU - Jackson, Robert. PY - 2010 SN - 9048196272 9786612995729 9048196280 1282995723 9400798237 PB - New York : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Educational sociology. KW - Religion -- Sociological aspects. KW - Social values. KW - Sociology. KW - Educational sociology KW - Religious education KW - Moral education KW - Religion and sociology KW - Education KW - Social Sciences KW - Education, Special Topics KW - Religious education. KW - Moral education. KW - Religion and sociology. KW - Education. KW - Religion. KW - Teaching. KW - Church and education. KW - Education and sociology. KW - Sociology, Educational. KW - Sociology of Education. KW - Religious Studies, general. KW - Sociology, general. KW - Religion and Education. KW - Teaching and Teacher Education. KW - Education and sociology KW - Social problems in education KW - Society and education KW - Sociology, Educational KW - Sociology KW - Aims and objectives KW - Religion and society KW - Religious sociology KW - Society and religion KW - Sociology, Religious KW - Sociology and religion KW - Sociology of religion KW - Character education KW - Ethical education KW - Child rearing KW - Ethics KW - Theological education KW - Religion and education. KW - Religion, Primitive KW - Atheism KW - God KW - Irreligion KW - Religions KW - Theology KW - Didactics KW - Instruction KW - Pedagogy KW - School teaching KW - Schoolteaching KW - Instructional systems KW - Pedagogical content knowledge KW - Training KW - Education and church KW - Social theory KW - Social sciences UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:14305465 AB - Education is a societal matter and takes place in relation to societal changes. Today, in many countries, it has to grapple with diversity and differences brought about by migration and changes in gender relations. Questions of values, human rights and the role of religions are raised. In this book scholars from Sweden, Norway, Germany, Great Britain, Canada, Namibia and South Africa discuss the issues above. Similarities as well as differences are highlighted. The varied contributors engage in a North-South dialogue. Among the questions addressed are: Can the Scandinavian countries be understood as more religious than their up-to-date, seemingly secularist reputation has led us to believe? How do some European, Muslim, Christian and secular pupils understand the religious education they receive? Could a global citizenship education, with a gendered understanding as an integral part, be accomplished? ‘Diversity’ and ‘social justice’: what does it take to theoretically integrate these two crucial parameters in education, in South Africa, and in Sweden? The role of religious and values education under changing circumstances is explored through the diverse contributions, that also challenge the hegemony of a Western understanding of democracy, among other values. The purpose of this is to assess what could now constitute global educational common ground. ER -