Shared Religious Education through Christian–Islamic Team Teaching

The article, which is written by an interreligious team, provides comprehensive insights into the conception, implementation and accompanying research of a project on Christian–Islamic religious education in team teaching. The aim of the project is to expand the denominational religious education le...

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Main Authors: Agnes Gmoser, Michael Kramer, Mevlida Mešanović, Wolfgang Weirer, Eva Wenig, Şenol Yağdı
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-09-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/15/9/1068
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description The article, which is written by an interreligious team, provides comprehensive insights into the conception, implementation and accompanying research of a project on Christian–Islamic religious education in team teaching. The aim of the project is to expand the denominational religious education lessons anchored in Austrian schools through religious-cooperative units taught jointly by a Christian and an Islamic teacher. The analysis of the teaching units is carried out in the format of design-based research and thus encompasses numerous aspects of interreligious educational processes, which are examined in this article. Firstly, the design of the project is described and the legal framework associated with it is explained in the context of the Austrian school system. Subsequently, learning requirements on the part of Christian and Muslim pupils are presented, with a particular focus on their preconceptions and attitudes towards religion in general as well as other religions. Special attention is paid to the specific framework conditions of Islamic religious education teachers, which differ in many aspects from those of Catholic religious education teachers. Furthermore, interreligious competences they consider necessary are described. Specific insights into the teaching units and the complementary research provide information about the opportunities and challenges of interreligious education in team teaching by two teachers. After this focus on the teachers, an outline of the students’ perspectives on the teaching units completes the presentation of the research results. In the concluding summary, the local theories developed from the overall project are presented and discussed.
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spelling doaj-art-e504dd2fd3d145a7a2cec545f9210ae12025-08-20T01:55:49ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442024-09-01159106810.3390/rel15091068Shared Religious Education through Christian–Islamic Team TeachingAgnes Gmoser0Michael Kramer1Mevlida Mešanović2Wolfgang Weirer3Eva Wenig4Şenol Yağdı5Department for Catechetics and Religious Education, University of Graz, 8010 Graz, AustriaDepartment of Islamic-Theological Studies, University of Vienna, 1010 Vienna, AustriaDepartment for Catechetics and Religious Education, University of Graz, 8010 Graz, AustriaDepartment for Catechetics and Religious Education, University of Graz, 8010 Graz, AustriaDepartment for Catechetics and Religious Education, University of Graz, 8010 Graz, AustriaDepartment of Islamic-Theological Studies, University of Vienna, 1010 Vienna, AustriaThe article, which is written by an interreligious team, provides comprehensive insights into the conception, implementation and accompanying research of a project on Christian–Islamic religious education in team teaching. The aim of the project is to expand the denominational religious education lessons anchored in Austrian schools through religious-cooperative units taught jointly by a Christian and an Islamic teacher. The analysis of the teaching units is carried out in the format of design-based research and thus encompasses numerous aspects of interreligious educational processes, which are examined in this article. Firstly, the design of the project is described and the legal framework associated with it is explained in the context of the Austrian school system. Subsequently, learning requirements on the part of Christian and Muslim pupils are presented, with a particular focus on their preconceptions and attitudes towards religion in general as well as other religions. Special attention is paid to the specific framework conditions of Islamic religious education teachers, which differ in many aspects from those of Catholic religious education teachers. Furthermore, interreligious competences they consider necessary are described. Specific insights into the teaching units and the complementary research provide information about the opportunities and challenges of interreligious education in team teaching by two teachers. After this focus on the teachers, an outline of the students’ perspectives on the teaching units completes the presentation of the research results. In the concluding summary, the local theories developed from the overall project are presented and discussed.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/15/9/1068interreligious learninginterfaith dialogueteam teachingreligious educationChristiansMuslims
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Shared Religious Education through Christian–Islamic Team Teaching
Religions
interreligious learning
interfaith dialogue
team teaching
religious education
Christians
Muslims
title Shared Religious Education through Christian–Islamic Team Teaching
title_full Shared Religious Education through Christian–Islamic Team Teaching
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title_short Shared Religious Education through Christian–Islamic Team Teaching
title_sort shared religious education through christian islamic team teaching
topic interreligious learning
interfaith dialogue
team teaching
religious education
Christians
Muslims
url https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/15/9/1068
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