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Science and religion on the blackboard : exploring schoolmasters’ beliefs and practices in Senegal.

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Nuova numerazione 75986
Collocazione UPS BIBL CENTR 62.90-British Journal of Religious Education
Autore CROCHÉ, S.
Titolo Science and religion on the blackboard : exploring schoolmasters’ beliefs and practices in Senegal. Parte componente di periodico
Descrizione fisica pp. 37-52
Nota generale Estratto da: British Journal of Religious Education 2015, 37, 1
Riassunto This article treats the various forms of adjustment between scientific and religious discourses at school. It aims to analyse the beliefs and practices of schoolmasters and to explore how the oppositions between the ‘dominant’ discourses of Western science and those of religion are addressed in secondary education in Senegal. The analysis leans on the Actor-Network-Theory and the concept of ‘apparatus’ from Foucault. The article shows that, in the secular Republic of Senegal, contradictory messages on some sensitive issues are conveyed to pupils, in the classroom, by the official schoolmaster himself. The schoolmasters, whatever their religion, teachforreligion in public schools (in a devotional sense); they do not teachaboutreligion (in an academic sense). An ‘enrolment’ work is in progress in the official schools whereby pupils adhere to the ‘true’ religious discourse, challenged by the ‘true’ scientific discourse. The schoolmasters do not want to exclude the official curriculum but wish to teach religious knowledge. The State cannot limit each discourse to its own sphere of relevance and fails to impose its criteria on some actors who prefer those offered by their own religious networks. A Senegalese ‘national religious apparatus’ produces effects on schoolmasters’ educational practices and curriculum.
Tipo di documento RICERCA.
Soggetto SCUOLA SECONDARIA.
STUDENTI.
DOCENTI.
RELIGIONE.
SCIENZA.
EDUCAZIONE RELIGIOSA.
DIFFERENZA CULTURALE.
SENEGAL.
Ambito Pedagogico
Catechetico
Titolo correlato British Journal of Religious Education 2015, 37, 1.
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