ERIC Number: EJ1037405
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 23
Abstractor: As Provided
Reference Count: 84
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ISSN: EISSN-1747-5074
Moving out of Conflict into Reconciliation--"Bildung" through Philosophical Dialogue in Intercultural and Interreligious Education
Helskog, Guro Hansen
Educational Action Research, v22 n3 p340-362 2014
The empirical basis of this article is the reconciliation process in a destructive conflict between students of different cultural and religious backgrounds in upper secondary education in Norway. The Dialogos approach to dialogical philosophizing was tried out through an action research process in order to bring about reconciliation, letting the students explore existential, ethical, religious and emotional topics together. The empirical reconciliation process is discussed in relation to elements of the philosophical concept "Bildung," aiming at answering the following overarching questions: how did the movement from conflict to reconciliation come about through the action research process; to what extent might the Reconciliation Project be understood as a process of "Bildung" towards human maturity and wisdom; and how might philosophical dialogues become an institutionalized part of interreligious and intercultural education?
Descriptors: Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Intergroup Relations, Secondary School Students, Foreign Countries, Cultural Differences, Student Diversity, Religion, Religious Cultural Groups, Philosophy, Teaching Methods, Action Research, Multicultural Education, Program Descriptions
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Norway

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