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Ireland is in the grip of a postmodern cultural deconstruction on
many levels. The traditional 'grand narratives' are increasingly
viewed with suspicion and disenchantment as Ireland struggles to
understand its evolving identity. There is a growing need for
comprehensive interdisciplinary research that will facilitate
teaching and learning in this rapidly changing cultural and
societal context. This book brings a fresh approach to Irish
educational debates, in which qualified educational specialists
engage collaboratively in interdisciplinary reflection on their own
teaching and learning. The volume addresses a multiplicity of key
issues in Irish education (with a particular focus on the primary
sector), including teacher formation, curriculum development,
teaching and learning methods, educational policy, philosophy,
history, religious education, ethics, special needs education and
transformative education. The book aims both to critique new
educational policy and practice and to identify the key challenges
in providing innovative, imaginative and cutting-edge teaching and
learning in contemporary Irish schools.
In contemporary Ireland, the seeds of dialogue grow and flourish in
communities that accept difference and work positively to promote
each other's rights and well-being. These are communities that
gather together to engage in open-ended, respectful encounters with
people from a range of belief and religious traditions. Interbelief
dialogue involves positive communication, cooperation and energetic
collaboration among people of religious faiths and secular,
humanist, agnostic and atheist stances. Though not a panacea for
all society's ills, and often profoundly challenging, inter-belief
dialogue offers the opportunity for constructive engagement,
cooperation and peace-building. Connecting Lives is a wide-ranging
and informative introduction to interbelief dialogue in
contemporary Ireland. Divided into three sections, the volume first
considers the nature and relevance of interbelief dialogue in
education and in the public square, underscoring the importance of
respectful dialogue in building a healthy intercultural society.
The book then gives voice to members of various belief and faith
communities as they live out their beliefs in contemporary Ireland,
before exploring key challenges and opportunities in interbelief
dialogue in a world often marred by intolerance.
Gives an overview and critical analysis of some major aspects of a
Catholic approach to religious education at the primary level.
Themes and topics examined in the book include: the spirituality of
the child; the language of religious education; the history of
primary religious education in Ireland; the challenge of teaching
in a religiously diverse context; the purposes and processes of
Christian religious education; a Catholic vision of education; and
gender and religious education.The book provides a valuable
resource for students at undergraduate or postgraduate level as
well as those with a general interest in the area of religious
education.
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