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As a response to the changing composition of society in globalization age, religious education ha... more As a response to the changing composition of society in globalization age, religious education has changed it paradigm to accommodate needs of multicultural society, and it has invited many critics and discussions among scholars. Through the notion of learning from and learning about religions, this study intends to portray how identities of Shi'ite students are being constructed in their lifestyle, vision of gender, socialisation, and seeking the coherence of RE with home culture using qualitative approach. The study suggested that through RE Shi'ite students are gradually changing their identity as their achievement identity. They tend to explore more lifestyle with modest modification while keep commit to their value of belief. It shows a small gap between RE tradition at school and students tradition at home in conception, in which they have to be more selective to the contents presented in RE at school fore share it with family

As a response to the changing composition of society in globalization age, religious education ha... more As a response to the changing composition of society in globalization age, religious education has changed it paradigm to accommodate needs of multicultural society, and it has invited many critics and discussions among scholars. Through the notion of learning from and learning about religions, this study intends to portray how identities of Shi'ite students are being constructed in their lifestyle, vision of gender, socialisation, and seeking the coherence of RE with home culture using qualitative approach. The study suggested that through RE Shi'ite students are gradually changing their identity as their achievement identity. They tend to explore more lifestyle with modest modification while keep commit to their value of belief. It shows a small gap between RE tradition at school and students tradition at home in conception, in which they have to be more selective to the contents presented in RE at school fore share it with family

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