SIG 19 - Religions and Worldviews in Education

Coordinators

Alexander Unser

TU Dortmund University, Germany
alexander.unser@tu-dortmund.de

SIG Coordinator

Photo of SIG19 Coordinator Martin Ubani

Martin Ubani

University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland
martin.ubani@uef.fi

SIG Coordinator

Sarah Delling

University of Siegen, Germany
sarah.delling@uni-siegen.de

JURE Coordinator

Mission statement

Religions and worldviews are interdisciplinary fields of research into education, learning, development and socialisation at various levels at schools, universities, families or communities with respect to religion and spirituality. Religions and worldviews are closely related fields of interest since both provide resources for identity development and meaning-making in life. While religions can be understood as sets of practices for establishing a relationship to a transcendent reality, for the sake of obtaining human good or avoiding harm, worldviews – as the broader term – also include non-transcended perspectives on the world, e.g. humanism or naturalism.


The Religions and Worldviews in Education SIG brings together researchers from various backgrounds, such as theology, religious studies, psychology, pedagogy, educational studies and philosophy. The SIG 19 is advocating empirical and theoretical research that includes cognitive, social and emotional components. 

The SIG 19 will focus on the following topics and themes:

  • schools, families and communities as contexts for religious and worldview learning and instruction
  • functions of religions and worldviews in learning processes
  • constraints and affordances for religious and worldview development in schools, families and communities
  • educational and formation goals and practices of schools with respect to values, beliefs and worldviews
  • religious and worldview socialisation within families and communities new ways of understanding religions and worldviews as educational fields

Newsletters

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Activities

SIG 19 Biennial Conference 2021

Theme
The Place of Religion in Education
Dates
27-29 October 2021
Place
Stockholm University, Sweden
SIG 19 Conference 2021 Flyer

SIG 19 Conference 2022

Theme
The Significance of Religions and Worldviews in Education for Social Cohesion
Dates
13-15 September 2022
Place
Dortmund
Conference Website
Call for Papers