The Challenge for Religious Education in Zambia’s Formal Education System

Religious education has long been part of Zambia’s primary and secondary education curriculum. It will be argued that, though its role has changed, it has never been highly educational. This is seen to be a major challenge today in the light of a swiftly expanding urban population who find themselve...

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Published in:Religious education
Main Author: Carmody, Brendan 1947- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2022
In: Religious education
Further subjects:B Religious Education
B Learning from / Choice Freedom / Primary / Zambia / secondary school / transformation / Learning about
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Summary:Religious education has long been part of Zambia’s primary and secondary education curriculum. It will be argued that, though its role has changed, it has never been highly educational. This is seen to be a major challenge today in the light of a swiftly expanding urban population who find themselves ever more rootless. To address it, it is contended that religious education needs to assume a better ‘learning from’ dimension. Failure to do so means continued disservice to the Zambian school population and may lead to the disappearance of religious education from the national curriculum.
ISSN:1547-3201
Contains:Enthalten in: Religious education
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/00344087.2021.1989176