English Archive
Teaching About Religion in Support of Civic Pluralism
The aim of this resource is to provide background information and classroom materials related to teaching about religion in public schools in support of pluralism, acknowleding that public schools are for students of all worldviews whether religious or nonreligious, and … Continue reading
Critical Multicultural Pavilion
Multicultural Pavilion provides resources for teachers, educators, and activists to explore multicultural education; facilitates opportunities for educators to work toward self-awareness and development.It serves as a forum for educators to collaborate toward a critical, transformative approach to multicultural education.The site … Continue reading
Millie Brown Sees Music
Trying to Fit In
Brooke Bemowski of Robert A. Millikan High School, was selected as the first-place winner of the 2010 Diverse Minds Youth Writing Challenge in Los Angeles. In addition to the publication and distribution of her book, Brooke will receive a $5,000 … Continue reading
Islam is peace
I have been asked to shed some light on Islam as a peaceful religion. In view of the shortage of time, I can only address this subject briefly. Whenever one wishes to speak about Islam as a religion of peace, … Continue reading
Report on European intercultural education practices
The research has been conducted on the basis of theoretical reflection given to the Project by authors and partners involved1 during meetings and contributions exchanged and shared in the preliminary steps of the research concerning the evaluation results of different … Continue reading
Love & Compassion; to children, parents & those whom we invite to do good
The article focuses on the fact that Holy Quran is full with verses and phrases of love and compassion. In fact, according the authors, “the variations of the word “rahmah” (i.e. mercy and compassion) can be found around 178 times … Continue reading
Faith, Identity and Belonging: Educating for Shared Citizenship
Some of the major issues that this text focuses on are identity, belonging, participation and engagement in multi-faith and multicultural UK, handling of the sometimes difficult issues that arise when dealing with faith and citizenship in the classroom, theoretical underpining … Continue reading
Mutual Vulnerability: a key issue in humanising pedagogy in post-conflict societies
This article published in 2009 argues about the needs that face the education programmes in post-conflict societies, focusing as well in the intercultural, ethnic and religious perspective. The authors introduce the principle of mutual vulnerability.
Interview with Ms. Thoraya Obaid, Executive Director
The interview offers an approach to the female genital mutilation and tries to focus on several aspects related with religion and beliefs. The author considers that the justification of female mutilation based on religion (Islam) is wrong interpretation of the … Continue reading