Measuring the Academic Aspects of Religious Literacy of Estonian Basic School Graduates
This paper reports on two domains of a survey to map the religious literacy of Estonian basic school graduates undertaken in 2022 to understand how well the respondents distinguish religion as a discursive category and how much they know about basic concepts of world religions and the Estonian relig...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2023
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Journal of empirical theology
Year: 2023, Volume: 36, Issue: 2, Pages: 207-237 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Estonia
/ Religious education
/ World religion
/ Elementary school
/ Geschichte 2022
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| RelBib Classification: | AH Religious education BG World religions KBK Europe (East) TK Recent history |
| Further subjects: | B
Secular Society
B intercultural competencies B Religious Education B Religious Literacy |
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| Summary: | This paper reports on two domains of a survey to map the religious literacy of Estonian basic school graduates undertaken in 2022 to understand how well the respondents distinguish religion as a discursive category and how much they know about basic concepts of world religions and the Estonian religious landscape. The sample consisted of 392 respondents from schools all over Estonia, both from large urban and small rural schools. The survey was conducted with an original instrument designed according to the Estonian religious landscape, the content of the National Curriculum for basic schools, the educational model of religious literacy according to Francis and Dinham, and the characterization of religious literacy by Moore, Prothero, Francis and Dinham. The results reflect the reality of the Estonian situation. Being one of the least religious countries in the world and with almost no education about religions and worldviews in public education, the students do not have enough competencies in the examined areas to operate well in a religiously diverse world. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-9256 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of empirical theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15709256-20231157 |