Merging Identities: Experiments in Dutch Primary Education

Abstract

In this article the authors present the results of their research of cooperation schools in the Netherlands. These schools are an exception in the dual educational system because they originate from a merger of a religiously neutral public school and a religious school. The data, provided by school principals, show key values of the cooperation schools. These values are compared to characteristics of public education. The authors also focus on the organization of religious education. This study is a first step in a broader research of Dutch experiments concerning the merging of different religious school identities.

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Erik Renkema

Erik Renkema is a PhD-student at Windesheim University of Applied Sciences in Zwolle and the Protestant Theological University in Amsterdam, the Netherlands E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected];.

André Mulder

André Mulder is professor of Practical Theology and research leader of Practical Theology and Religious Studies at Windesheim University of Applied Sciences in Zwolle, the Netherlands E-mail: [email protected].

Marcel Barnard

Marcel Barnard is professor of Practical Theology at the Protestant Theological University in Amsterdam, the Netherlands; professor of Liturgical Studies at VU University Amsterdam, and Professor Extraordinary of Practical Theology at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. He is research leader of Practical Theology at the Protestant Theological University. E-mail: [email protected]