Abstract

HERNANDEZ PRADOS, María Ángeles  and  BORDALLO IBANEZ, David. Teacher’s training regarding diversity of religion beliefs. Teachers’ perception. Cuad. Investig. Educ. [online]. 2018, vol.9, n.1, pp.59-73. ISSN 1510-2432.  https://doi.org/10.18861/cied.2018.9.1.2821.

Our current context is facing a rich outlook in the matter of diversity of beliefs, manifested in many different ways and that is also present at schools. This research tries to analyze, in a descriptive way, the training situation that future teachers are receiving through the “Máster Universitario en Formación del Profesorado de Educación Secundaria Obligatoria y Bachillerato, Formación Profesional, Enseñanza de Idiomas y Enseñanzas Artísticas” (Master's Degree in Teacher Training for Compulsory Secondary Education and Baccalaureate, Vocational Training, Language Teaching and Artistic Teaching) offered by the University of Murcia regarding the management of diversity of beliefs from the point of view of Intercultural Education for secular education. By means of a survey validated by a group of experts as the starting point, all the members of academic faculty lecturing during the academic year 2013-2014 were invited to express their perceptions. Even though it was scarcely answered, the results point out that this specific kind of training is currently in a precarious situation. The analysis revealed a series of difficulties and controversies that based on the data provided, and in view of the school needs, pose a problem which deserves special consideration. In conclusion, this research shows a remarkable deficit in respect of the arguments mentioned in the first part of the article concerning multiculturalism and promotion of a more unifying and democratic education. This situation requires then a transforming and profound reconsideration, even more in a context in which education for coexistence and peace is primarily necessary.

Keywords : Diversity; Religion; Multicultural Education; Teacher Education; education; university teaching.

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