Accepted Visibility of Worldviews in Finnish Basic Education – Teachers’ Attitudes in Boundary Setting

This study examines the attitudes of teachers toward the visibility of worldviews in public education as well as how teachers negotiate the boundaries of acceptability based on these attitudes. The question raised several issues: on the one hand, the clashing of increasingly complex, diverse, and se...

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Published in:Religious education
Authors: Lipiäinen, Tuuli (Author) ; Ubani, Martin (Author) ; Kallioniemi, Arto (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2022
In: Religious education
Further subjects:B Worldviews
B Teachers
B teachers’ autonomy
B visibility of worldviews
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Summary:This study examines the attitudes of teachers toward the visibility of worldviews in public education as well as how teachers negotiate the boundaries of acceptability based on these attitudes. The question raised several issues: on the one hand, the clashing of increasingly complex, diverse, and secularized worldviews and, on the other hand, the strong roots of Christian hegemony in Finland. Twenty in-service teachers were interviewed for this study. The study was implemented using a qualitative attitude approach. The results show that teachers’ attitudes differ in setting boundaries around the visibility of worldviews in schools.
ISSN:1547-3201
Contains:Enthalten in: Religious education
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/00344087.2021.2012047