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Publication Date: 2006
Pages: 16
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Imaginative Engagement with Religious Diversity in Public School Classrooms
Kunzman, Robert
Religious Education, v101 n4 p516-531 Fall 2006
Helping students learn how to engage thoughtfully with religious diversity is a vital component of democratic citizenship. This article argues for the importance of such a curriculum and considers the challenges and potential inherent in fostering "imaginative engagement" with religion in public school classrooms. It first explores conceptual issues such as our capacity for empathic understanding and whether it is appropriate to use students as sources of "insider understanding" of religious perspectives. It then evaluates three common curricular choices for stirring the ethical imagination in students: role plays, field experiences, and the use of art and literature. (Contains 4 footnotes.)
Descriptors: Public Schools, Field Experience Programs, Democracy, Religion, Creative Teaching, Cultural Pluralism, Democratic Values, Consciousness Raising, Empathy, Ethics, Role Playing, Art Activities, Literature, Citizenship Education, Imagination, Role of Education
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Language: English
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