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Learning to Live with Different Worldviews in The Netherlands

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What is the pedagogical aim of a school being an educational institution? In my view, the answer to this question is crucial and decisive. For me that aim is embracing the identity formation of students, their personhood, and that is why we should be aware of fostering and hindering factors with respect to teachers as persons and professionals, the circumstances, pedagogical and didactical arrangements in the school, policies of the government, et cetera.

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  1. Faculty of Education, VU University Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 1, Amsterdam, 1081, Netherlands

    Prof. Dr. Siebren Miedema

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  1. Institut für Islamische Studien, Universität Wien, Wien, Austria

    Ednan Aslan

  2. Theology Dept., Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, USA

    Marcia Hermansen

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Miedema, S. (2015). Learning to Live with Different Worldviews in The Netherlands. In: Aslan, E., Hermansen, M. (eds) Islam and Citizenship Education. Wiener Beiträge zur Islamforschung. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-08603-9_8

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