Teaching Orthodox religious education on the border

Berglund, Jenny

doi:10.1080/01416200.2014.902805

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“…Compared with other newer minority RE curriculums, it has an established status and history in the Finnish educational system. Schools have to organise Orthodox RE if there are at least three Orthodox pupils in the area of one municipality (Berglund 2014;). The minimum requirement for forming an Orthodox RE group is met in the majority of the schools in Finland.…”

Section: Orthodox Re In Finnish Public Schoolsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Often, children in nearby schools are brought together to form a larger group. RE teachers face the challenge of incorporating curricula for different classes simultaneously and supervising a heterogeneous group consisting of children of different ages-and increasingly, of different languages and cultural backgrounds (Berglund 2014; Huurinainen-Kosunen and Lyhykäinen s.a.). In contrast, this is a good chance to foster group spirit and Orthodox identity when otherwise separate Orthodox pupils come together and form one group around a subject common only to them (cf.…”

Section: Orthodox Re In Finnish Public Schoolsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The goals of Orthodox RE include strengthening and supporting Orthodox identity, and broadening pupils' understanding of their own religious tradition and other religions. Central to the perspective of identity formation is the objective of enabling pupils to deepen their religious minority (Orthodox) identity (Aikonen 2012;Berglund 2014). A study on Finnish Orthodox RE teachers' concepts of the aim of RE (n = 94) indicates that teachers follow the guidelines for Orthodox RE.…”

Section: Orthodox Re In Finnish Public Schoolsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Several other studies among children with non-Finnish backgrounds have shown that there is a relationship between integration and attending minority RE classes. Their own RE groups, most often Islam or Orthodox RE, provide children with non-Finnish backgrounds with familiar elements of their religious and cultural backgrounds, thus strengthening their sense of security and enhancing integration (Alitoppa-Niitamo 2002;Berglund 2014;Rissanen 2014;Sakaranaho 2006;Tuutti and Vainio 2007).…”

Section: Re and Minority Identity Formationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Despite official recognition by the state, the Finnish Orthodox population has often faced social pressure to hide their religious traditions, and at least until the late 20th century, oftentimes seen by the majority as strange and even un-Finnish (Aikonen 2012, pp. 63-64;Laitila 2008;Berglund 2014).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Making minority faith (in)visible through religious education: parents’ experiences of the identification of their children’s Orthodox identity in Finnish public schools

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The focus of this article is on parents' experiences with and perceptions of their children's religious education (RE). The data consist of letters from 41 parents of Finnish Orthodox children and youth. In the letters, the parents describe their understanding of minority religious upbringing and how it is affected by different factors like RE. RE is a mandatory subject in Finnish schools, and it is taught in groups consisting of children with the same religious backgrounds. The main questions in this article are (1) how do the parents view the arrangements for Orthodox RE to make their children's minority religious affiliation visible at school, and (2) what is the effect of RE on the formation of their children's minority identity? The analyses show that parents perceive RE as an important factor in their children's identity formation. Despite the sometimes inadequate arrangements for Orthodox RE in school, the parents are mostly happy with the subject and with their children's RE teachers. RE makes the minority religious affiliation of Orthodox children both visible and invisible: their difference from the majority is exposed, but minority RE classes often take place outside of regular school hours and even outside of school premises.

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Section: Orthodox Re In Finnish Public Schoolsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Orthodox Re In Finnish Public Schoolsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Orthodox Re In Finnish Public Schoolsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Re and Minority Identity Formationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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2017

Educational Philosophy and Theory

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State-Funded Faith-Based Schooling for Muslims in the North

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2019

Religion & Education

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An emerging option in several European countries has been the state provision of publicly funded Islamic education. It is an alternative that lies at the heart of concerns over religious freedom, equal rights to education, integration, and social cohesion, but that is also connected to matters of securitization and the state's attempt to control Islam. This article compares the provision of faith-based schooling in general, but publicly funded Islamic education in particular, in Finland and Sweden-two neighboring countries, historically and culturally connected, but with a different approach to faith based schooling.

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Teaching Orthodox religious education on the border

Cited by 3 publications

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Making minority faith (in)visible through religious education: parents’ experiences of the identification of their children’s Orthodox identity in Finnish public schools

Making minority faith (in)visible through religious education: parents’ experiences of the identification of their children’s Orthodox identity in Finnish public schools

Disciplinarity and normative education

State-Funded Faith-Based Schooling for Muslims in the North

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