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- Buchardt, Mette, 1969, et al.
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Epistemologies of Religious Education – Examples from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden
- 2015
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In: The 13th Nordic Conference on Religious Education, Tartu, Estonia, 15-18 June.
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Conference paper (other academic/artistic)abstract
- “Epistemologies of Religious Education – Examples from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden” General subject didactics in the Nordic countries has developed in relation to teacher education and the need to bring questions about teaching and learning closer to specific subject‐content areas. The discussions started at slightly different times in the different countries, for instance in the 1970s in Norway and in the 1980s in Sweden (Kroksmark, 1989; Ongstad, 2006). However, at that time religious education was already an academic field in the faculties of theology in many of the Nordic countries, namely as religionspedagogik[k](e.g. Osbeck & Lied, 2012). Since then the development of RE and its current position have been rather different in the separate countries, but also the conditions within the same country have varied largely. The aim of this symposium is to examine different conditions for knowledge re/production concerning Religious Education in the Nordic countries and discuss how disciplines work as frames for ongoing developments of knowledge, primarily research contributions. There are several academic disciplines related to RE, and an interesting question is of course how these scholarly communities influence RE. What consequences does it have for the contribution of knowledge – e.g. for research questions asked, examined and answered – if the study is done in history of religion, comparative religion, sociology of religion, theology, pedagogy of religion in a faculty of theology, sociology, communication studies, or psychology or in the educational sciences, and thus in e.g. sociology, history, psychology or philosophy of education? What does it mean for the discussion of quality in the field and the direction of the development that the research area is that varied? And how does that affect the applied didactics of religion? The presentation will draw on current examples from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden and be discussed in relation to different theories of re/construction of knowledge.
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- Lilja, Annika, et al.
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Barns existentiella frågor idag - och för 50 år sedan
- 2020
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In: Existentiella frågor i barns och ungas liv. - Malmö : Föreningen lärare i religionskunskap (FLR). ; , s. 29-39
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Book chapter (other academic/artistic)abstract
- I texten presenteras forskningsprojektet Barn och läroplan. Existentiella frågor och skolans svar. I projektet besvarar barn i årskurs 5 i 10 skolklasser frågor om vad de funderar över. Samma frågor har riktats till barn från och med sent 1960-tal fram till och med 2000-talets början. I den publicerade texten ges exempel på den forskningsmetodik som använts och några jämförande exempel ges med barns svar idag och för 50 år sedan. Exemplen utgör några första mycket preliminära analyser. I forskningsprojektet ingår tillika läroplansanalyser och lärarintervjuer i ett studium av didaktiska förhållningssätt till barns frågor.
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- Dalevi, Sören, et al.
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Kyrkopedagogik i Munkfors : En utvärdering av ett samarbetsprojekt skola-kyrka
- 2012
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Reports (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Svenska kyrkor och kyrkogårdar bär ofta på ett unikt arv av bygdens kulturella och religiösa historia. Men frågan är om och i så fall hur svenska skolelever kan tillgodogöra sig kyrkorum?Under åren 2009 till 2011 arbetade Thomas Pfitzinger-Drewes och ett arbetslag i Svenska kyrkan, Munkfors församling i Värmland, med att inhämta kunskap om och omsätta den tyska kyrkopedagogiska metoden till svenska förhållanden. De arbetade kontinuerligt i nära samarbete med skolor i Munkfors kommun. Kyrkopedagogikens målsättning är att ge människor möjlighet att få en relation till och förståelse av kyrkorummet utan att för den skull behöva bekänna sig till någon tro. I den här boken beskriver Sören Dalevi och Christina Osbeck hur framförallt elever på de skolor som deltog upplevde dessa kyrkopedagogiska visningar men också lärares och skolledares perspektiv synliggörs.I ett avslutande kapitel diskuteras projektet i relation till den svenska skolans läroplan. Erfarenheterna från projektet, exempelvis om förarbetets betydelse för deltagarnas upplevelse, är intressanta att uppmärksamma både då det gäller studiebesöksmetodik generellt och för skolans relation till andra trossamfund.
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Didactic classroom studies - A potential research direction.
- 2018
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Editorial collection (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Genom konkreta studier som sätter klassrumsarbetet i fokus visar en grupp didaktikforskare vid Göteborgs universitet hur klassrummets händelser och möjligheter ramas in av givna förutsättningar och på så sätt får olika didaktiska konsekvenser för undervisning och lärande i olika ämnen. I sina texter undersöker skribenterna klassrummens karaktär på olika utbildningsnivåer och i skiftande ämnen såsom matematik, svenska, samhälls- och naturvetenskap samt hem- och konsumentkunskap. Redaktörerna diskuterar och analyserar betydelsen av klassrumsstudier i ett övergripande och framåtsyftande kapitel där de skissar denna orientering som en möjlig forskningsinriktning. Bokens innehåll sätts även i ett internationellt och historiskt sammanhang. Författarna i Didactic classroom studies har ambitionen att på ett praktiknära sätt visa på styrkan i klassrumsstudiernas bidrag till didaktisk forskning. Samtidigt vill de med utgångspunkt i sitt empiriska material bidra till en vidare utveckling av just didaktiska klassrumsstudier som forskningsinriktning.
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Ethical Literacies and Education for Sustainable Development Young People, Subjectivity and Democratic Participation
- 2017
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Editorial collection (other academic/artistic)abstract
- This book explores the ethical dimensions surrounding the development of education for sustainable development within schools, and examines these issues through the lens of ethical literacy. The book argues that teaching children to engage with nature is crucial if they are to develop a true understanding of sustainability and climate issues, and claims that sustainability education is much more successful when pupils are treated as moral agents rather than being passive subjects of testing and assessment. The collection brings together a range of fresh and creative perspectives on how issues around ethical literacies can be elaborated and expanded with regard to democratic sustainability education. The use of children´s books in teaching about sustainability is carefully explored, as are the ethical and aesthetic dimensions of environmental education. The book will be of great interest to students and researchers in the field of sustainability education.
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- Franck, Olof, 1958, et al.
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Challenging the concept of ethical literacy for sustainable development (ESD): Storytelling as a method within sustainability didactics
- 2015
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In: 8th WEEC World Environmental Education Congress, Planet and People - how can they develop together?, Gothenburg 29th 0f June - 2nd of July http://weec2015.org/programme-2/abstract-database.
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Conference paper (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Challenging the concept of ethical literacy in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD): storytelling as a method within sustainability didactics Introduction: Ethical literacy seems, within ESD, to be used in various ways, some more general, others morally specific, pressing individuals´ responsibility. The aim of this paper is to analyze the presuppositions for developing narrative methods which focus the vision of a good society without compromising with individual integrity. Objectives: ESD highlights teaching and learning related to environmental, economic and social dimensions where value issues and ethics are discussed in relation to global challenges of various kinds. Often, however, the ethical themes seem to be polarized between two extremes: either holistic expressions in general terms of “responsibility”, or morally pressing and pushing expressions of responsibility of individuals as citizens of the society - and the world. In the former case, no one specific person seems to be addressed, in the second each one of us is called for action. In neither case the concept of sustainability is problematized with regard to the variation of interpretations that express different agendas. Both extremes seem further to presuppose that ethics primarily has to do with moral judgments of right and wrong, rather than elaborating the concept of a good society and a good world. Moreover, while, according to the first extreme, no individual person seems to be called to do anything specific with regard to the striving for a socially sustainable world, the second seems to express demands of individuals´ action of competence and responsibility for making the world a better place for humans generally. Are there possibilities for the development of ESD which highlight global challenges with a focus on justice and equity without either, as within post-political romanticism, pretending that social sustainability is a non-controversial ethical goal, or, as within liberal individualistic approaches, claiming that no one may escape from the demand of action competence which is claimed to shape the way to make social sustainability come true? Methods: This paper examines critically and constructively, with reference to narrative theory, as well as to communitarian approaches, storytelling as one method to inspire young people to reflect upon what a good society and a good world may be, to catch sight of visions of a sustainable world and of challenges which exist between “now” and “then” – a method that, at the same time, may preserve respect for individuals´ integrity. Results: The examination highlights narrative structures and ethically relevant contents which may contribute to new strategies for the development of holistic and integrative narrative methods, forming approaches for sustainability didactics. Conclusion: There is a need for further research regarding the analysis of the frequent references of "ethics" and "ethical dimensions" within ESD-related contexts, and one highly relevant and constructive area for this research concerns narrative methods related to sustainability didactics.
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- Franck, Olof, 1958, et al.
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Challenging the concept of ethical literacy in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD): storytelling as a method within sustainability didactics
- 2015
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In: Abstract book, NERA Gothenburg 2015-03-04 - 2015-03-06.
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Conference paper (other academic/artistic)abstract
- ESD highlights teaching and learning related to environmental, economic and social dimensions where value issues and ethics are discussed in relation to global challenges of various kinds. Often, however, the ethical themes seem to be polarized between two extremes: either holistic expressions in general terms of “responsibility”, or morally pressing and pushing expressions of responsibility of individuals as citizens of the society - and the world. In the former case, no one specific person seems to be addressed, in the second each one of us is called for action. In neither case the concept of sustainability is problematized with regard to the variation of interpretations that express different agendas. Both extremes seem further to presuppose that ethics primarily has to do with moral judgments of right and wrong, rather than elaborating the concept of a good society and a good world. Moreover, while, according to the first extreme, no individual person seems to be called to do anything specific with regard to the striving for a socially sustainable world, the second seems to express demands of individuals´ action of competence and responsibility for making the world a better place for humans generally. Are there possibilities for the development of ESD which highlight global challenges with a focus on justice and equity without either, as within post-political romanticism, pretending that social sustainability is a non-controversial ethical goal, or, as within liberal individualistic approaches, claiming that no one may escape from the demand of action competence which is claimed to shape the way to make social sustainability come true? This paper examines critically and constructively, with reference to narrative theory, as well as to communitarian approaches, storytelling as one method to inspire young people to reflect upon what a good society and a good world may be, to catch sight of visions of a sustainable world and of challenges which exist between “now” and “then” – a method that, at the same time, may preserve respect for individuals´ integrity.
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- Franck, Olof, 1958, et al.
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Challenging the concept of ethical literacy within Education for Sustainable Development (ESD): storytelling as a method within sustainability didactics
- 2018
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In: Education 3 - 13: International Journal of Primary, Elementary and Early Years Education. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0300-4279 .- 1475-7575. ; 46:2, s. 133-142
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Ethical literacy seems to be used, within Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), in various ways, some more general and others morally specific, emphasising individuals’ responsibility. The overarching aim of this paper is to present some prerequisites for the development of narrative methods that focus on the vision of a good society without compromising individual integrity. Is it possible to develop ESD in a ways that highlight global challenges with a focus on justice and equity without either, as within post-political romanticism, pretending that social sustainability is a non-controversial ethical goal, or, as within liberal individualistic approaches, claiming that no one may escape from the demands of action competence, which, it is claimed, paves the way for making social sustainability a reality? With reference to some threads in narrative theory and by an analysis of six children’s books, this paper critically and constructively examines storytelling as one method to inspire young people to reflect upon what a good society and a good world might be, to catch sight of visions of a sustainable world and of the differences between how things are and how things could be – a method that may also preserve respect for individuals’ integrity.
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- Franck, Olof, 1958, et al.
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Editorial 2018:3
- 2018
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In: Nordidactica - Journal of Humanities and Social Science Education. - 2000-9879. ; 2018:3
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- Franck, Olof, 1958, et al.
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Editorial 2018:4
- 2018
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In: Nordidactica - Journal of Humanities and Social Science Education. - 2000-9879. ; :4
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- Franck, Olof, 1958
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Editorial Nordidactica 2017:4
- 2017
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In: Nordidactica. - Karlstad : CSD Karlstad. - 2000-9879. ; :2017:4, s. i-ii
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- Franck, Olof, 1958, et al.
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Editorial Nordidactica 2018:2
- 2018
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In: Nordidactica. - Karlstad : CSD Karlstad. - 2000-9879. ; :2018:2, s. i-ii
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- Franck, Olof, 1958, et al.
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Inledning
- 2023
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In: Franck, O., Osbeck, C. & von Brömssen, K. (red), Religioner, livsåskådningar och etik: För lärare 4-9 och gymnasiet. - Malmö : Gleerups. - 9789151109169 ; , s. 13-16
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- Franck, Olof, 1958, et al.
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Preface
- 2017
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In: Franck, O., & Osbeck, C. (Eds.). Ethical Literacies and Education for Sustainable Development: Young People, Subjectivity and Democratic Participation. - London : Palgrave Macmillan. - 9783319490090
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- Franck, Olof, 1958, et al.
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Religioner, livsåskådningar och etik. För lärare årskurs 4 - 6 (red)
- 2016
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Book (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Att undervisa i ämnet religionskunskap är både spännande och roligt. Det är ett ämne där lärare och elever kan mötas i samtal om tro, mening, rätt och orätt, gott och ont. Det är också ett ämne där elevers erfarenheter är viktiga att ta vara på. Alla människor funderar över etiska och existentiella frågor och för religionskunskapsundervisningen utgör de en nödvändig grund. Samtidigt finns i nuvarande kursplan ett centralt innehåll för undervisningen, samt kunskapskrav utifrån vilka elevers ämneskunskaper ska bedömas. Detta ställer krav på en strukturerad, vederhäftig och klok undervisning. Det centrala innehållets rubriker i kursplanen är inte förhandlingsbara, men lärare har frihet att planera och genomföra sin undervisning på olika sätt. Det är en frihet som är viktig att ta vara på. Samtidigt ställer denna frihet krav på att man som lärare är påläst och försöker följa vad som händer i aktuell debatt och forskning. Den här boken är tänkt att vara en källa till att utveckla de ämnesteoretiska kunskaperna i religionskunskap. Boken är uppbyggd kring de fyra delarna i det centrala innehållet: Religioner och andra livsåskådningar, Religion och samhälle, Identitet och livsfrågor och Etik. Författarna är alla ämnesteoretiker, verksamma i högskole- och universitetsutbildning och forskning. Genom att presentera sina ämnesteoretiska perspektiv på hur det centrala innehållet kan uppfattas, vilka frågor som kan vara viktiga att uppmärksamma och vilka forskningsperspektiv som kan bidra till en djupare och mer dynamisk förståelse, ger de en grund för hur man som lärare kan utveckla sina ämneskunskaper.
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- Franck, Olof, 1958, et al.
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Teaching and learning Ethics at intermediate stage in Sweden
- 2014
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In: Nationell Ämnesdidaktisk konferens (NÄD) i Göteborg den 9 -11 april.
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This paper reports findings from two research projects in Religious Education (RE), one ethnographic study in three Swedish school classes in grade six and one textbook study focussing on intermediate stage. Previous research indicates that ethics is one of the areas that attend least attention in RE. The reasons for this we do not know. The character of teaching, teaching tools and pupil responses in ethics at intermediate stage is almost not researched. This paper starts by discussing important ethical competences of tweens. The Swedish syllabus of RE is here related to other European syllabuses and to ethical perspectives and theories. On this base we report findings from the ethnographical study, and its questionnaire with one larger ethical task given to the pupils in the beginning of the academic year as well as in the end of the second term. Skills which seem to be present to lesser and larger degree are accounted. Perspectives that seem to be more present in the end of the academic year - which could have been developed during the academic year - are emphasised. In relation to these findings we pay attention to available and absent perspectives in some textbooks and some lessons in ethics. The paper is ended with an overarching discussion about to which degree the current perspectives of the pupils can be related to offered and absent perspectives of the textbooks and the lessons. What kind of offer of meaning, in the field of ethics, would the pupils need in order to develop such an ethical competence that the questionnaires indicate as present in a lesser degree? This question may also be seen as relevant to research concerning challenges related to an education for sustainable development.
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- Franck, Olof, 1958, et al.
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Teaching and learning in Ethics at Intermediate Stage in Sweden
- 2014
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In: Konferensbidrag. ECER 1 - 5 september 2014 i Porto. "The Past, Present and Future of Educational Research in Europe"..
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Conference paper (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Abstract Teaching and learning Ethics at intermediate stage in Sweden This paper reports findings from two research projects in Religious Education (RE), one ethnographic study in three Swedish school classes in grade six and one textbook study focussing on intermediate stage. Previous research indicates that ethics is one of the areas that attend least attention in RE. The reasons for this we do not know. The character of teaching, teaching tools and pupil responses in ethics at intermediate stage is almost not researched. This paper starts by discussing important ethical competences of tweens. The Swedish syllabus of RE is here related to other European syllabuses and to ethical perspectives and theories. On this base we report findings from the ethnographical study, and its questionnaire with one larger ethical task given to the pupils in the beginning of the academic year as well as in the end of the second term. Skills which seem to be present to lesser and larger degree are accounted. Perspectives that seem to be more present in the end of the academic year – which could have been developed during the academic year – are emphasised. In relation to these findings we pay attention to available and absent perspectives in some textbooks and some lessons in ethics. The paper is ended with an overarching discussion about to which degree the current perspectives of the pupils can be related to offered and absent perspectives of the textbooks and the lessons. What kind of offer of meaning, in the field of ethics, would the pupils need in order to develop such an ethical competence that the questionnaires indicate as present in a lesser degree? This question may also be seen as relevant to research concerning challenges related to an education for sustainable development. In the first project three Swedish school classes in grade 6 have been followed for one academic year, autumn 2011until spring 2012. The three classes have been located in different schools and housing areas and the focus of the observations has been “social studies” – a knowledge area which includes history, geography, civics, and religious education. The main interest, however, has been RE. Besides observations the field work has included interviews with teachers and pupils as well as collection of material used and produced in the classroom practices. The study has also included a sort of “pre test-post test design” where the same questionnaires focusing central themes in the curriculum of RE in Sweden have been used. The overarching aim of the project is to describe changes and developments in expressed perspectives of the pupils in relation to teaching and potential learning during lessons, i.e. collectively constructed meaning. In the second project, textbooks in RE for grades 4 – 6 and 7 – 9, respectively, is analyzed with a focus on how the wordings in the new curriculum, falling under the heads of core content and knowledge requirements, are treated and highlighted within relevant parts. Ethics in RE in Sweden includes teaching about ethical concepts and theoretically founded perspectives as well as specific questions concerning normative arguments and virtue ethical reasoning. The overarching aim of this project is to map some details and, perhaps, patterns regarding how ethical issues, anchored in the new curriculum and its syllabus for RE, are presented and elucidated in textbooks used within RE. Both projects may give important contributions to common research regarding ethics education for grades 4 – 6 in Swedish RE. The ethnographic study and the intertextual study both highlight important dimensions with possible relevance also in relation to a diskcussion concerning ethics education in general.
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- Franck, Olof, 1958, et al.
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What may be learnt in ethics? Varieties of conceptions of ethical competence to be taught in compulsory school
- 2015
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In: The 5th NoFa-Conference (Nordisk Fagdidaktisk konferens), Helsinki, Finland, 27-29 May.
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Conference paper (other academic/artistic)abstract
- The aim of the paper is to present the framework of this newly started project and report some initial findings. Questions about a compulsory school teaching ethics has regained urgency in Sweden since national tests are given in ethics. Every fourth child in grade six and nine are evaluated every year as having/not having approved knowledge of ethics, and one can ask if it is reasonable to be forced to undertake a test assessing your skills in ethics and risk being evaluated as not passing. This raises the question of what constitutes relevant knowledge in this field, a question which to a large extent has been absent in research. The purpose of the project is to identify and elucidate varieties of conceptions of ethical competence and critically analyse and discuss them, in relation to each other and in relation to ethical theory, as potential educational content in compulsory school.
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- FranzénJohnson, Anna, 1975, et al.
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Discourses onreligion inresearch thatfocuses onstudents’ perspectives
- 2024
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In: Journal of Religious Education. - 1442-018X.
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- In this article, the aim is twofold: firstly, to explore, through a systematic literature review, what discourses on religion may be identified in previous research that focuses on students’ perspectives, and secondly, to discuss this in relation to reseocrarch concerning challenges and opportunities in Scandinavian religious education (RE) and classroom negotiations, which is presented as a background to and scientific landscape for the study. Seven dis-courses relating to students’ understanding of religionhave been identified in the text sam-ple from the systematic review, religion as: threatening, a relic, needing to be tolerated, truth claims, plastic, a source of existential curiosity,and security and comfort. The find-ings show how these discourses together constitute a broader repertoire of discourses on religion than can be found in the Scandinavian RE classroom research presented as a frame for the study, especially when taking into account current orders of discourse and domi-nance structures. As stressed by discourse theory and sociocultural perspectives on learn-ing, having access to broad repertoires of discourses on religion provides a basis for more nuanced ways of thinking about religion. It is vital that teachers are aware of this and can challenge dominant discourses and broaden existing repertoires. An important step in such a direction is an awareness of discourses on religion, such as the seven presented here, which may potentially be present in the classroom, even in practices other than the ones these discourses emanated from.
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- Larsson, Bengt, 1966-, et al.
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Bringing environmentalism home : Children’s influence on family consumption in the Nordic countries and beyond
- 2010
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In: Childhood. - : Sage Publications. - 0907-5682 .- 1461-7013. ; 17:1, s. 129-147
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This article discusses children as contributors to sustainable ecological development. The aim of the article is to develop a framework for researching two questions: What are the prerequisites for children to become responsible environmentalists? What actual and potential influence do children have on their family’s consumption? Three theoretical perspectives are elaborated in relation to relevant empirical research: children as cosmopolitan actors and world citizens, children as ‘subjects of responsibilization’ in relation to the discourse on sustainable development and children as actors influencing family negotiations about consumption. The article concludes by suggesting methodological implications that follow from this framework.
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