Representations and concepts of professional ethos among Swiss religious education teacher trainers

Rota, Andrea; Bleisch Bouzar, Petra (2017). Representations and concepts of professional ethos among Swiss religious education teacher trainers. British journal of religious education, 39(1), pp. 75-92. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/01416200.2015.1128388

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Over the past two decades, the organisation of religious education classes in Switzerland has undergone profound reforms. Amid the increasing secularisation and pluralisation of the religious landscape, many cantons have introduced a compulsory course that falls under the responsibility of the state and is aimed at teaching basic knowledge about a variety of religions. These reforms have enabled a harmonisation of the syllabi for religious education across the country and have prompted the adaptation of teacher training programmes. Because of the many diverse social expectations surrounding these new courses and the diverse academic tra- ditions in the field of religious education, however, a unified conception of these courses is still absent. In this article, we discuss the ongoing construction of religious education teachers’ professional ethos within this fluid context. In particular, we discuss the perspective of teacher trainers on pragmatic questions concerning religious plurality and the place of teachers’ and pupils’ personal (religious) experiences in the classroom, and pay attention to different representations of ‘religion’ and distinct ideas regarding the purpose of these courses as they have a major impact on the professional attitudes expected from teachers.
Keywords: professional ethos; teacher trainers; Switzerland; concepts of religion; impartiality

Item Type:	Journal Article (Original Article)
Division/Institute:	06 Faculty of Humanities > Other Institutions > Walter Benjamin Kolleg (WBKolleg) 06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of Art and Cultural Studies > Institute for the Science of Religion
UniBE Contributor:	Rota, Andrea
Subjects:	200 Religion 300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 370 Education
ISSN:	0141-6200
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Language:	English
Submitter:	Andrea Rota
Date Deposited:	10 Apr 2018 15:57
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2022 15:08
Publisher DOI:	10.1080/01416200.2015.1128388
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/107928