Challenging Life: Existential Questions as a Resource for Education

Download or read book Challenging Life: Existential Questions as a Resource for Education written by Jari Ristiniemi and published by Waxmann Verlag. This book was released on 2018 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is an increasing recognition today that young people need to have knowledge about religions and world views in order to live and work in diverse societies. What kind of 'maps' are they provided with through religious, values and ethics education? Does education address the challenging existential questions that children and adolescents ask about life and the world? This volume addresses different aspects of how existential questions have been dealt with in educational research. It especially draws attention to the Swedish research tradition of focusing on life questions and the interpretation of life in education, but with contemporary international research added. It also addresses issues of ethics education and discusses possible options for the future of existential questions as a resource for education.