Teaching to Diversities: Religion
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As the reference list at the end of this section indicates, issues of religion and spirituality are increasingly relevant to how we engage with students' learning experiences and needs. Although some of the research and resources focus on students adhering to specific faiths or beliefs, we feel that many of the inclusive principles and practices mentioned below are broadly applicable beyond any particular group.
Teaching Strategies
Inclusive Practice in relation to students of diverse religious backgrounds, with special reference to Muslim Students: Suggested Strategies for Academic Staff (pdf). (Prompts for reflection based on research conducted with Muslim students and staff in Australia and the United States). topReligious feasts and holy days
The University’s EO office has an online Cultural Diversity Calendar giving details of religious feasts and holidays. (You will need a browser such as Java or Firefox to access it).
The NSW Government Community Relations Commission has an online calendar of Days of Religious Significance.
Flinders University’s Cultural Calender also includes general information about religious traditions.
topStudent religious support
The
University’s Multifaith Chaplaincy Centre
Located on Camperdown campus, the Centre hosts chaplains of Anglican, Assemblies
of God, Baptist, Buddhist, Catholic, Coptic Orthodox, Greek Orthodox, Islamic,
Jewish, Presbyterian, Salvation Army and Uniting Church faiths.
References
Ahmad, F. (2001). Modern Traditions? British Muslim Women and Academic Achievement. Gender and Education, 13, 2, 137-152.
Appleton, M. (2005). The political Attitudes of Muslims Studying at British Universities in the Post 9/11 World (part I). Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, 25, 2, 171-191.
Appleton, M. (2005). The political Attitudes of Muslims Studying at British Universities in the Post 9/11 World (part II). Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, 25, 3, 299-316.
Asmar, C. (July 1999). Whose values are valued? Muslim students and the globalised campus. Conference paper, HERDSA Conference, University of Melbourne.
Asmar, C, Proude, E. and Inge, L. (2004). ‘Unwelcome sisters’? An analysis of findings from a study of how Muslim women (and Muslim men) experience university. Australian Journal of Education, 48, 1 (April). 47-63.
Asmar, Christine. (2001). A Community on Campus: Muslim students in Australian universities. In Abdullah Saeed and Shahram Akbarzadeh, S. (Eds.) Muslim Communities in Australia. Kensington, NSW: University of New South Wales Press, 138-160.
Asmar, Christine. (2005). Internationalising Students: Reassessing diasporic and local student difference. Studies in Higher Education, 30, 3, 291-309.
Asmar, C. (2005). Politicising student difference: The Muslim experience. International Perspectives on Higher Education Research, Volume 3: International Relations. Edited by Malcolm Tight. Oxford, UK: Elsevier Ltd, 129-157.
Baydoun, N., Willett, R. (2000). Islamic corporate reports, ABACUS, 36, 1, 71-85.
Donohoue Clyne, I. (1998). Cultural Diversity and the Curriculum: the Muslim experience in Australia. European Journal of Intercultural Studies, 9, 3, 279-289.
Donohoue Clyne, I. (2001). Finding common ground: cross cultural research in the Muslim community. Paper presented at AARE conference, Fremantle, Western Australia, December.
Donohoue Clyne, I. (1998). Cultural Diversity and the Curriculum: The Muslim experience in Australia. European Journal of Intercultural Studies, 9, 3, 279-289.
Dunn, K. (2003). Representations of Islam
in Australia. Paper
presented to Research Institute for Asia and the Pacific, Diversity of
Islam Seminar Series, No.2, University of Sydney, 13 October.
Feinberg, W. (2003). Religious education in liberal democratic societies:
the question of accountability and autonomy, in McDonough, K. & Feinberg,
W (Eds.) Education and citizenship in liberal-democratic societies.
New York: Oxford University Press.
Laird, L. (2000). Encountering Religious Commitments in the Classroom, Washington Center News (Fall), 25-28.
Nash, R.,J. (2001). Religious Pluralism in the Academy: Opening the Dialogue. New York: Peter Lang.
Nebhan, K. (2000). Strategic Representations: Australian Muslims’ critique of the fundamentalist discourse. In Walker, R., Brass, K. & Byron, J. (Eds.) Anatomies of Violence: An interdisciplinary Investigation, Sydney: Postgraduate Arts Research Centre, The University of Sydney).
Pickerden, A. (2002). Muslim women in higher education: new sites of lifelong learning. International Journal of Lifelong Education, 21, 1, 37-43.
Preece, J. (1999). Families into Higher Education Project: An awareness Raising Action Research Project with Schools and Parents. Higher Education Quarterly, 53, 3, 197-210.
Rizvi, F. (2000). International Education and the Production of Global Imagination, in N. Burbules & C. Torres (Eds.) Globalization and Education: Critical Perspectives. (New York, Routledge), 205-225.
Sanjakdar, F. (2001). Educating Muslim Children: A study of the hidden and core curriculum of an Islamic school. Conference paper, AARE Conference, Fremantle, Western Australia, December 2.
Schlosser, L., & Sedlacek, W. (2003). Christian privilege and respect for religious diversity: Religious holidays on campus. About Campus, 7, 6, 31-32.
Speck, B. (1997). Respect for Religious Differences: The Case of Muslim Students. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 70, pp. 39-46.
Sterne, G (2004). Connecting with students of Pacific descent. NZ Education Review (September 22-28), 7.