Three Steps Back Toward the Future: On the "Path Dependency" of Teaching Religious Education in a Globalized World

In the wake of the so called "PISA-shock," which was caused by the underwhelming scores of German pupils in the first PISA study in the year 2000, this debate was strongly dominated by the policy-driven introduction of competence-based curricula. But in recent years, the focus has turned m...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Religious education 2016-05, Vol.111 (3), p.256-261
Main Author: Simojoki, Henrik
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Curricula
Quality of education
Teachers
Teaching methods
Citations: Items that this one cites
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:In the wake of the so called "PISA-shock," which was caused by the underwhelming scores of German pupils in the first PISA study in the year 2000, this debate was strongly dominated by the policy-driven introduction of competence-based curricula. But in recent years, the focus has turned much more toward the quality of teaching and the professional expertise of the teachers.
ISSN:0034-4087
1547-3201
DOI:10.1080/00344087.2016.1172859