Disputed plurality of religions in the Kindergarten: A thirdspace for early childhood education

Disputed plurality of religions in the Kindergarten

A thirdspace for early childhood education

Authors

  • Bettina Brandstetter, Dr.in Universität Salzburg

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25364/10.26:2018.1.2

Keywords:

early childhood education, identity, thirdspace, discours analysis in religious education

Abstract

At the Kindergarten it is not possible to avoid confrontation with religious plurality. This locus demonstrates how much religious belonging is mixed with politics of identity and how much it is burdened by public assessment. At the same time people working there as pedagogues want to support all children and so they open up a thirdspace about identity and power. So, the Kindergarten is a contact zone for discourses about different religious identities and a locus to develop pedagogy sensitive for plurality in religion.

 

Author Biography

Bettina Brandstetter, Dr.in, Universität Salzburg

Dr.in Bettina Brandstetter, Lehrende und Forschende am Zentrum Theologie Interkulturell und Studium der Religionen der Katholisch-Theologischen Fakultät der Universität Salzburg sowie im Schwerpunkt Elementarpädagogik an der Privaten Pädagogischen Hochschule der Diözese Linz, BAfEP Lehrerin für Katholische Religion sowie Didaktik und Praxis der Kindergartenpädagogik.

 

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Published

2018-05-06

How to Cite

Brandstetter, B. (2018) “Disputed plurality of religions in the Kindergarten: A thirdspace for early childhood education”, Austrian Journal of Religious Education, 26(1), pp. 7–14. doi: 10.25364/10.26:2018.1.2.

Issue

Vol. 26 No. 1 (2018): Wie plural muss/soll religiöses Lernen in Bildungseinrichtungen sein?

Section

Article - topic oriented