CLASS 8: Faith
Key Notions
- Global citizenship and world religions
- Plurality and complexity
- What is religious tolerance?
- Addressing religious and non-religious conflicts
- How can we talk to our students about religious tolerance?
- How does learning about other people and differences help dispel stereotypes?
Required Readings
- GROUP A: Yusuf, O.H. (2013). Promoting peaceful co-existence and religious tolerance through supplementary readers and reading comprehension passages in basic education curriculum. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 3(8), 224-232. http://www.ijhssnet.com/journals/Vol_3_No_8_Special_Issue_April_2013/23.pdf
- GROUP B: Olawale, S. K. D., & Yemisi, M. O. M. (2012). The Roles of Religious Education to Peace, Security and Sustainable Development in Nigeria. http://iosrjournals.org/iosr-jhss/papers/Vol3-issue6/A0360105.pdf?id=5729. (pp. 1-5)
- GROUP C: Brock-Utne (2001). Indigenous conflict resolution in Africa. A draft presented to the week-end seminar on indigenous solutions to conflicts held at the University of Oslo, Institute for Educational Research 23 – 24 of February 2001 (pp.1-15) http://www.africavenir.org/fileadmin/_migrated/content_uploads/BrockUtneTradConflictResolution_06.pdf
Recommended
- Ajayi, A. T., & Buhari, L. O. (2014). Methods of conflict resolution in African traditional society. African research review, 8(2), 138-157. www.ajol.info/index.php/afrrev/article/download/104273/94361
- Nussbaum, M. (2007). Cultivating humanity and world citizenship. Forum Futures, 37-40. https://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ff0709s.pdf
- Promoting tolerance: How to make change http://www.gtbe.org/news/images/promoting_tolerance.pdf