In: Handbuch der Religionen, 2018, vol. 58, no. I - 16.3, p. 1-31
The article addresses the education in religion/s at public school and describes in a first step the history and societal conditions of this school subject in Switzerland. The subsequent presentations of curricula, teaching media and research of classroom interactions show that the education in most cantons of Switzerland has changed in the last decades from a confession-oriented to a study of...
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In: Zeitschrift für Religionskunde / Revue de didactique des sciences des religions, 2015, no. 1, p. 8-25
This article describes the current situation regarding non-denominational religious education in Swiss schools and relates it to the founding of the new journal, Revue de didactique des sciences des religions. The shift that has taken place in compulsory schooling from a denominational or interreligious teaching with opt-outs to a teaching designed for all pupils raises new challenges both for...
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In: Zeitschrift für Religionskunde / Revue de didactique des sciences des religions, 2015, no. 1, p. 63-71
In October 2014, a new harmonized syllabus has been published for the German speaking Swiss school system. This contribution questions the definition and location of “religion”, discusses it in the light of a study of religions approach and draws conclusions for subjectspecific didactics.
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