Religious Intolerance: The Case of Principals in Multi-faith Schools
This article reports on a qualitative study framed in a phenomenological research design and aimed at investigating how school principals describe their mediating role when implementing religion-in-education policy at schools. Data were collected by means of narrative interviews. Stories of twelve s...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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[2016]
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Journal for the study of religion
Year: 2016, Volume: 29, Issue: 1, Pages: 167-186 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
University of Pretoria
/ Interfaith dialogue
/ Mentoring in education
/ Intolerance
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RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion AH Religious education AX Inter-religious relations KBN Sub-Saharan Africa |
Further subjects: | B
policy implementation
B Religious Intolerance B multi-faith schools B Religious Tolerance B Teacher Training |
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Summary: | This article reports on a qualitative study framed in a phenomenological research design and aimed at investigating how school principals describe their mediating role when implementing religion-in-education policy at schools. Data were collected by means of narrative interviews. Stories of twelve school principals pursuing postgraduate studies at the University of Pretoria, all of whom had been in education for at least fifteen years at the time of the study, were collected, transcribed, analyzed and interpreted. Research findings indicate that, irrespective of the laws and policies laid down for them in implementing the policy, these school principals were unable to reconcile the requirements of the constitution with their own traditions and school rules. |
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ISSN: | 2413-3027 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of religion
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