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Paradigm Shift in Religious Education? A Reply to Gearon, or When Is A Paradigm Not A Paradigm?
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Jackson, Robert – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2018
This article responds to Liam Gearon's reply to my article "Misrepresenting Religious Education's Past and Present in Looking Forward: Gearon Using Kuhn's Concepts of Paradigm, Paradigm Shift and Incommensurability." In maintaining my critique of Gearon's use of Kuhn's terminology, I question his claim that 'incommensurability' does not…
Descriptors: Religious Education, Models, Change, World Views
Human Rights in Relation to Education about Religions and World Views: The Contribution of The Council of Europe to Classroom Religious Education
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Jackson, Robert – Journal of Religious Education, 2018
The article considers human rights and their relevance to an impartial and inclusive form of religious and world views education. Such a form of education is justified because of its intrinsic worth as part of a liberal education, and its instrumental value to the personal development of students and to their social development as members of…
Descriptors: Religious Education, Civil Rights, World Views, International Organizations
The Religious and Worldview Dimension of Intercultural Education: The Council of Europe's Contribution
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Jackson, Robert; O'Grady, Kevin – Intercultural Education, 2019
This article traces the Council of Europe's work on teaching about religions and non-religious worldviews, regarded as an important contributor to intercultural education. It explains why studies of religions came late in the Council of Europe's educational work and traces the development of a project which led to a Recommendation from its…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Religious Education, World Views, Teacher Education Programs
A Retrospective Introduction to Religious Education: An Interpretive Approach
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Jackson, Robert – Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education, 2016
The author takes a retrospective look at his book "Religious Education: An Interpretive Approach," first published in 1997, and now available to readers, open access, via the European Wergeland Centre website (http://www.theewc.org/Content/Library/Research-Development/Literature/Introducing-Religious-Education-an-Interpretive-Approach).…
Descriptors: Religious Education, Minority Groups, Language Usage, Contrastive Linguistics
The Politicisation and Securitisation of Religious Education? A Rejoinder
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Jackson, Robert – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2015
I consider Liam Gearon's critique of what he calls the politicisation and securitisation of religious education, focusing on his criticisms of a European research project, the Religion in Education: a Contribution to Dialogue or a Factor of Conflict in Transforming Societies of European Countries? (REDCo) project funded by the European Commission…
Descriptors: Politics of Education, Religious Education, Guidelines, National Security
The Development and Dissemination of Council of Europe Policy on Education about Religions and Non-Religious Convictions
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Jackson, Robert – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2014
This article, written from an insider perspective, and in a personal capacity (the author has been involved with the Council of Europe's work on religion and education since its inception in 2002), gives an account of the developing interest in the study of religions (and latterly non-religious convictions) in publicly funded schools by the…
Descriptors: Religion, Religious Education, Advisory Committees, Teaching Methods