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Teachers at Islamic primary schools, have to wor k with the interplay between religious identity, political debate and social expectations. Jamal Ahajjaj investigated how they deal with t his challenge and translate it into concrete lessons: "Islamic school s are workshops for modern citizenship."
"Islamic prim ary schools are under a magnifying glass, especially when it comes to citizenship and integration. Politicians, media and society often ex press doubts about whether these schools are transmitting the 'right' democratic values. The public debate about this mainly takes place o n the basis of incidents at some schools, but there is as yet little insight into the actual educational practice. With my research, I wan t to fill this gap.
"I visited several schools and observed les sons, especially class discussions on social issues, and talked to te achers about how they see citizenship and deal with sensitive themes. My most important conclusion is that teachers at Islamic schools pre pare their pupils to engage with and actively participate in a societ y that is becoming increasingly diverse and do not a priori assume an opposition between Islam and citizenship education."
D ifficult topics
"In the classroom, the pupils, in inte raction with each other and with the teacher, learn to reflect on and exchange opinions about difficult and sensitive social topics, such as discrimination and Islamophobia, exclusion, homosexuality or weari ng a headscarf. Pupils learn how such topics should be discussed in a nd outside of the classroom, without hardening the conversations or c reating feelings of exclusion.
"The teachers ensure this by sho wing pupils how to agree or disagree with each other and how to liste n to each other and remain respectful in conversation. Religious beli efs and citizenship may sometimes cause tensions but can also align t o one another."
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DESCRIPTION: Geloof in burgerschap Teachers at Islamic primary schools, have to work with the interplay between religious identity, political debate and social expectations. Jamal Ahajjaj investigated how they deal with this challenge and translate it into concrete les sons: "Islamic schools are workshops for modern citizenship.""Islamic primary schools are under a magnifying glass, especially wh en it comes to citizenship and integration. Politicians, media and so ciety often express doubts about whether these schools are transmitti ng the 'right' democratic values. The public debate about this mainly takes place on the basis of incidents at some schools, but there is as yet little insight into the actual educational practice. With my r esearch, I want to fill this gap."I visited several schools and obser ved lessons, especially class discussions on social issues, and talke d to teachers about how they see citizenship and deal with sensitive themes. My most important conclusion is that teachers at Islamic scho ols prepare their pupils to engage with and actively participate in a society that is becoming increasingly diverse and do not a priori as sume an opposition between Islam and citizenship education."D ifficult topics"In the classroom, the pupils, in interaction with each other and with the teacher, learn to reflect on and exchan ge opinions about difficult and sensitive social topics, such as disc rimination and Islamophobia, exclusion, homosexuality or wearing a he adscarf. Pupils learn how such topics should be discussed in and outs ide of the classroom, without hardening the conversations or creating feelings of exclusion."The teachers ensure this by showing pupils ho w to agree or disagree with each other and how to listen to each othe r and remain respectful in conversation. Religious beliefs and citize nship may sometimes cause tensions but can also align to one another. "More information on the thesis END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR