ICCS news: In this issue you can read about the latest developments in European religion and education networks that took place at the most recent events: IV General Assembly in Bratislava/ Slovakia IV study trip to Budapest International Congress on Education for Sustainable Development in Nuremberg Celebration of 50 years of CEEC in Strasbourg General […]
Introduction of the two new CoGREE team members Stephanie Polzhofer (representing EuFRES) and Bert Roebben (representing EFTRE)
ICCS news: Religiously neutral education? Media and teachers, especially before Christmas, discuss heavily the role of schools in relation to a religious, secular or neutral marking or celebration. It is a reflex of a more general debate on the role of religion in schools. So-called neutral and secularistic argumentation is increasingly dominant. Politically decided values […]
When working in the field of Religious Education, you are most probably very familiar with the RE model, classroom practice and more general framework of the legal and religious landscape in your country. But could you say so about another country in Europe or beyond? Since July 2024, the European Forum for Teachers of Religious […]
One year ago, PILGRIM celebrated its 10th anniversary in Poland. In the eleventh year, the focus is on in-depth topics on how PILGRIM can affect students and schools. These questions were discussed at an international research conference on 18 November 2024 at the Faculty of Humanities and Educational Sciences of the University of Silesia in […]
At the end of September 2024, a three-day international academic forum took place in Nuremberg (Germany), organised by the department of ‘Religious Education and Didactics of Protestant Religious Education’ at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg. The representative of PILGRIM at CoGREE, Michael Holzwieser from the University College of Agrarian and Environmental Pedagogy (Vienna; https://haup.ac.at), held a workshop […]
ICCS news: ICCS was created in 1958 with the aim of providing a framework for cooperation in monitoring and developing church and school issues in Europe. It brings together representatives and experts from research, practice and policy working on Religion and Education. Since 1994, ICCS has been registered as a charity in England and Wales, […]
ICCS news: The European Wergeland Centre offers multiple courses for teachers. Most of he are 10-to-20-hour courses and may be studies individually. Available themes are (https://theewc.org/online-courses): What is Digital Citizenship Education? Controversial Issues Disinformation ICCS Newsletter recommends the online course on Disinformation. This course prepares teachers to be able to teach to develop their students […]
ICCS news: In the context of the research project ‘What Covid-19 reveals to RE specialists’ the research team of five women from five countries (Ireland, Wales, Germany, Austria, Hungary) have published a new article. Among them are Tania ap Siôn and Bianca Kappelhoff from the ICCS board as well as three colleagues from the EFTRE network, […]
What are our goals? How do we want to work together? Who is involved? The CoGREE team is currently addressing these fundamental questions. At its meeting in Nuremberg at the beginning of November 2024, a number of decisions were taken in this regard: For example, the statement of CoGREE’s mission, which dates back to its […]