Buch, Englisch, Band 6, 136 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 235 mm
An Evaluation of the Building E-Bridges Project
Buch, Englisch, Band 6, 136 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 235 mm
Reihe: Religious Diversity and Education in Europe
ISBN: 978-3-8309-1980-3
Verlag: Waxmann
In a process-oriented way, teachers in schools situated in quite different contexts - urban as well as rural - have a role in the evaluation as well as themselves being subjects of research. The competence of the pupils is taken seriously and provides the basis for a well-structured analysis of different levels of learning via email contact. The voices of the pupils, cited from interviews and their email conversations, provide fascinating research data. In a fresh, direct and non-discriminatory way, they ask themselves questions about their different daily life experiences and their religious backgrounds. The report shows the capacity of pupils to com bine a dialogue of life with a dialogue of faiths. A growing familiarity with their partners facilitates explanation of their own religious practices and sometimes enables theological reasoning. The authors' systematic evaluation of Building E-Bridges points to strengths and weaknesses in the project and leads to careful recommendations for future developments of the approach.
Although the book will be of immediate value to the participants in the UK and to others who might develop the approach, it will also inspire international researchers and curriculum developers concerned with children's dialogue. The findings of the study contribute valuable data to the European Commission research project 'Religion in Education: A contribution to dialogue or a factor of conflict in transforming societies of European countries?' (REDCo), to which the authors of this report are contributors.
Wolfram Weisse
Professor of Religious Education, University of Hamburg,
and Co-ordinator of the EC research project REDCo