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Berglund, Jenny – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2011
My paper focuses on the formulation of Islamic Religious Education (IRE) at two Swedish Muslim schools where fieldwork was conducted in 2005-2008. Its aim is to contribute knowledge to ways in which IRE is formed as a confessional school subject within the framework and under the jurisdiction of the Swedish school system. Even though the general…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Muslims, Islam, Foreign Countries
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Berglund, Jenny – Ethnography and Education, 2008
We can note a varied use and attitudes to song and music in Islam. In the classroom of Sana--a primary school teacher of Islamic religious education (IRE) in a Muslim school in Sweden--music is an important but not uncontested part of IRE. The music not only supports themes discussed in the classroom but also gives variation to the education. A…
Descriptors: Music Education, Role Models, Muslims, Music Activities