<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Neo-liberal voices are still very strong in education broadly speaking and have a marginalizing impact on normative pedagogies like religious, worldview, moral and civic education. But there are clear and hopeful signs that pedagogy is coming back. After sketching the current situation and its antecedents, the author addresses the views and ideas here provided by pedagogical spokespersons, teacher-leaders and teachers – most of them working in the domain of religious education or worldview education. How do they perceive the current changes in more normative and pedagogical-laden directions? What precisely has caused these changes? Is the return of pedagogy just a temporal hype or is it a real revitalization? What have been the consequences for them professionally and personally speaking? It is the author’s intention and hope that this article will encourage educators in general and religious and worldview educators in particular with an eye on fostering sustainable pedagogical approaches.</p></abstract>

Neo-liberal voices are still very strong in education broadly speaking and have a marginalizing impact on normative pedagogies like religious, worldview, moral and civic education. But there are clear and hopeful signs that pedagogy is coming back. After sketching the current situation and its antecedents, the author addresses the views and ideas here provided by pedagogical spokespersons, teacher-leaders and teachers – most of them working in the domain of religious education or worldview education. How do they perceive the current changes in more normative and pedagogical-laden directions? What precisely has caused these changes? Is the return of pedagogy just a temporal hype or is it a real revitalization? What have been the consequences for them professionally and personally speaking? It is the author’s intention and hope that this article will encourage educators in general and religious and worldview educators in particular with an eye on fostering sustainable pedagogical approaches.

Pedagogy is Coming Back! Some Hopeful Signs for Sustainable General Education and Worldview Education

Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education

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Neo-liberal voices are still very strong in education broadly speaking and have a marginalizing impact on normative pedagogies like religious, worldview, moral...

Pedagogy is Coming Back! Some Hopeful Signs for Sustainable General Education and Worldview Education

Published Online: Jun 06, 2017

Page range: 121 - 128

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/dcse-2017-0009

Keywords
pedagogy, general education, worldview education, social sustainability, public intellectuals, normativity

© 2017 Daugavpils University

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Pedagogy is Coming Back! Some Hopeful Signs for Sustainable General Education and Worldview Education

Published Online: Jun 06, 2017

Page range: 121 - 128

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/dcse-2017-0009

Keywordspedagogy, general education, worldview education, social sustainability, public intellectuals, normativity

© 2017 Daugavpils University

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
pedagogy, general education, worldview education, social sustainability, public intellectuals, normativity