1st Edition

Religions, Beliefs and Education in the European Court of Human Rights Investigating Judicial Pedagogies

By Nigel Fancourt Copyright 2024
204 Pages
by Routledge

204 Pages
by Routledge

204 Pages
by Routledge

This book represents an exposition of ‘judicial pedagogies’ as a new concept, and discusses juridical-educational issues in detail, through an analysis of the educational claims and assumptions of judges’ decisions in the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). It sheds light on how, within courtrooms around the world, judges are increasingly being asked to decide upon issues of religion and... Read more

1. Introduction: From Salzkotten to Strasbourg  2. The ECtHR in Europe: Europeanisation, human rights and the role of the courts  3. Judicial pedagogies: concept and methodological approach  4. Judicial definitions of education, convictions and indoctrination  5. Judicial assumptions about curriculum design  6. Judicial assumptions about teachers and teaching  7. Judicial assumptions about learners and learning  8. Judicial assumptions about assessment and examinations  9. Discussion: Judicial pedagogies, coherence and Europeanisation  10. Conclusion: Investigating judicial pedagogies internationally

Biography

Nigel Fancourt is Associate Professor of Education and Values at the Department of Education, University of Oxford, UK.

The author, an educational researcher interested in religions and values in schools, is simultaneously well-versed in legal issues. This allows him to approach with rigor the intersection of law and education, brilliantly treated in this book. I recommend it.

-Montserrat Gas-Aixendri, Professor of Law. International University of Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

This book, on judicial pedagogies, is undoubtedly an important and innovative project, as Nigel Fancourt deals with a topic that is of great importance both on a national and international level. 

-Professor Martin Rothgangel, Department of Religious Education, University of Vienna, Austria.

With combined expertise in religious education, law, and educational research, the author is uniquely positioned to offer this lucid, incisive, and innovative account of judicial pedagogies. Indispensable for understanding relationships between the law, religion and schools, I highly recommend it.

-Dr Jo Fraser-Pearce, Associate Professor, Institute of Education, UCL, London, UK.