Interreligious Contextual Learning (IRCL) Model to Improve Students' Understanding and Attitudes towards Religious Tolerance
This study aims to develop a learning model to improve students’ understanding and attitudes towards religious tolerance, and to assess its effectiveness in the learning process. The study is grounded in the urgency of addressing learning challenges – particularly, how to transform learning environm...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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| In: |
Studies in interreligious dialogue
Year: 2025, Volume: 35, Issue: 1, Pages: 99-146 |
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| Summary: | This study aims to develop a learning model to improve students’ understanding and attitudes towards religious tolerance, and to assess its effectiveness in the learning process. The study is grounded in the urgency of addressing learning challenges – particularly, how to transform learning environments in religiously homogeneous classrooms so that students grow into tolerant individuals. Drawing inspiration from the story of Zacchaeus in the Gospel of Luke 19:1-10, and incorporating both interreligious dialogue and contextual learning approaches, the model was developed using the Dick and Carey instructional design framework. The Interreligious Contextual Learning (IRCL) model developed in this study has been validated by two experts: one in instructional design and one in interfaith relations. To test its effectiveness in the learning process, a prototype of the IRCL Model was implemented through field research using a quasi-experimental design. The model showed significantly greater improvement in both understanding and attitudes towards religious tolerance compared to the control class using conventional learning models. |
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| ISSN: | 1783-1806 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studies in interreligious dialogue
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2143/SID.35.1.3294948 |
