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Defending Religious Diversity in Public Schools

Nathan Kollar
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      This volume shows how and why our public schools should prepare to understand and deal with religious diversity in the United States and the world.Defending Religious Diversity in Public Schools: A Practical Guide for Building Our Democracy and Deepening Our Education makes a powerful case for exposing students to the multiplicity of faiths practiced in the United States and around the world—then offers a range of practical solutions for promoting religious understanding and tolerance in the school environment.Nathan Kollar’s timely volume centers on the common issues associated with respecting religion in people’s lives, including religious identities, the religious rights of students, bullying and other acts of intolerance, and legal perspectives on what should and should not happen in the classroom. It then focuses on the skills teachers, counselors, and administrators need to master to address those issues, including forming an advocacy coalition, listening, cultural analysis, conflict resolution, institutional development, choosing a leader, and keeping up to date with all the latest research developments from both the legal and educational communities.A cultural toolbox for discerning the values and culture of an institutionA true/false exam for legal knowledge about religion in the schoolsSteps for organizing a Religions Advocacy CoalitionEvaluative bibliography that provides Internet sites for current information on issues surrounding religious education in the public schoolsEasy cross references that link the bibliography and the text
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Nathan Kollar EAN: 9780313359972 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 0 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: ABC-CLIO DATE PUBLISHED: 2009-07-22 CITY: GENRE: EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion WIDTH: 0 cm SPINE:

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      Social groups: religious groups and communities, Philosophy and theory of education, Educational strategies and policy

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      Nathan R. Kollar is professor emeritus of religious studies at St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY, adjunct professor in the Graduate School of Education, University of Rochester, NY, and cofounder and chair of the Board of the Center for Interfaith Studies and Dialogue at Nazareth College, Rochester, NY.
      This volume shows how and why our public schools should prepare to understand and deal with religious diversity in the United States and the world.Defending Religious Diversity in Public Schools: A Practical Guide for Building Our Democracy and Deepening Our Education makes a powerful case for exposing students to the multiplicity of faiths practiced in the United States and around the world—then offers a range of practical solutions for promoting religious understanding and tolerance in the school environment.Nathan Kollar’s timely volume centers on the common issues associated with respecting religion in people’s lives, including religious identities, the religious rights of students, bullying and other acts of intolerance, and legal perspectives on what should and should not happen in the classroom. It then focuses on the skills teachers, counselors, and administrators need to master to address those issues, including forming an advocacy coalition, listening, cultural analysis, conflict resolution, institutional development, choosing a leader, and keeping up to date with all the latest research developments from both the legal and educational communities.A cultural toolbox for discerning the values and culture of an institutionA true/false exam for legal knowledge about religion in the schoolsSteps for organizing a Religions Advocacy CoalitionEvaluative bibliography that provides Internet sites for current information on issues surrounding religious education in the public schoolsEasy cross references that link the bibliography and the text
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Nathan Kollar EAN: 9780313359972 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 0 cm
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      Social groups: religious groups and communities, Philosophy and theory of education, Educational strategies and policy

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      Nathan R. Kollar is professor emeritus of religious studies at St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY, adjunct professor in the Graduate School of Education, University of Rochester, NY, and cofounder and chair of the Board of the Center for Interfaith Studies and Dialogue at Nazareth College, Rochester, NY.

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