Balancing Differences through Highlighting the Common
Religious Education Teachers' Perceptions of the Diversity of Islam in Islamic Religious Education in Finnish State Schools
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3217402 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Niina Putkonen (0000-0001-7028-6030, University of Helsinki, corresponding author), Saila Poulter (0000-0002-4687-7313, University of Helsinki) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 1069 |
| Publication date | 2023-08-20 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel14081069 |
| OpenAlex | W4386030405 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 41 |
Muslims are Finland's largest and fastest-growing religious minority. In Finnish state schools, the number of pupils studying Islamic religious education (IRE) has almost doubled in a decade, and IRE has its own national curriculum, which is based on the general principles of Islam. Pupils are diverse in terms of their languages, cultures, ethnicities and in their religious and worldview backgrounds, religious diversity being reflected in the religious education curriculum content in which the diversity of Islam is addressed. In this study, we examine the diversity of Islam in IRE. The research results are based on interviews with IRE teachers (N = 17) working in comprehensive schools in the capital region of Finland, and we use data-driven content analysis to explore teachers' perceptions. This study shows that IRE teachers use balancing pedagogical tools in order to deal with the diversity of Islam. According to the findings of our study, dealing with this diversity in religious education requires a dialogicity that both highlights and blurs differences related to diversity. Religion-related dialogue in IRE provides an arena for a balanced discussion about religious differences as well as what they have in common
Content analysis · Curriculum · Ethnic group · Ethnology · Geography · Islam · Pedagogy · Perception · Political science · Religious diversity · Religious education · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Education and Islamic Studies · Psychology · Religion, Theology, and Education · Religious Education and Schools
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Muslims at the Margins of Europe
The qualitative content analysis process
Qualitative content analysis in nursing research
Diverse worldviews education and social inclusion
Finnish teachers’ approaches to personal worldview expressions
Prenatal Care Use Among Women of Low Income
Teacher discourse constructing different social positions of pupils in Finnish separative and integrative religious education
Public Religions in the Modern World
Content Analysis
Taking steps towards institutionalising multicultural education – The national curriculum of Finland
On Being Included
Addressing religious plurality – a teacher perspective on minority religion and secular ethics education
Diversity as the new normal and persistent constructions of the immigrant other – Discourses on multicultural education among teacher educators
Superdiversity
Classifying the Findings in Qualitative Studies
Three Approaches to Qualitative Content Analysis
Islamic Religious Education in Contemporary Austrian Society
Dialogue, Worldview Inclusivity, and Intra-Religious Diversity
Dimensions of Diversity
Super-diversity and its implications
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |