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Key values of a Dutch cooperation school and the practice of religious education |
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| Authors: | Erik Renkema André Mulder Marcel Barnard |
| Institution: | 1. Research Programme Practices, Protestant Theological University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;2. Practical Theology, Windesheim University of Applied Sciences, Zwolle, The Netherlands;3. Practical Theology, Windesheim University of Applied Sciences, Zwolle, The Netherlands;4. Practical Theology, Protestant Theological University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;5. Practical Theology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa;6. Liturgical Studies, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| Abstract: | This article presents the results of a single case study from a cooperation school in the Netherlands. A cooperation school is the result of a merger between a public and a denominational school. Pupils from secular and religious backgrounds meet in the classroom. This religious diversity in this school is explored by an empirical research study. The research question was how key values of the school and of its teachers are exerted in religious education. Content analysis of interviews and videos of the ‘moment of contemplation’ show that there is a discrepancy between the school values and the practice of this moment. Conclusions concerning a social and a substantive perspective are drawn in the light of theoretical insight concerning diversity in religious education. |
| Keywords: | Religious education diversity school identity merging schools |