ALESA Wk 4 Annotated Bibliography Template

Guidelines for your annotated bibliographies

i. Summarize the article so that it is clear what the articles topic and argument is
ii. Summarize the sources major finding(s) or conclusion(s)
iii. Evaluate the source for its strengths and weaknesses
iv. End by explaining how the source fits into your essay topic by explaining if the source is useful,
how it might shape your argument, or how it might support or change your position

Source reference:

Make sure you include the following information:

Author (Family name first, then first name initials)

Year of publication

Title of the article

Brunton, Chris, and Ann Osborne. 2005. Durban Teenager Fights School over Nose Stud. Mail & Guardina, July 19.
http://mg.co.za/article/2005-07-19-durban-teenager-fights-school-over-nose-stud.

Brunton, Chris, and Ann Osborne. 2006. Up2speed Newsletter. Labour Law in the Public Education Sector, August.
http://www.up2speed.co.za/newsletters/archive/August2006.asp.

Chidester, David. 2003. Religion Education in South Africa: Teaching and Learning about Relgion, Religions and Religious Diversity. British
Journal of Religious Education 25 (4): 261278.10.1080/0141620030250402

Chidester, David. 2008. Unity in Diversity: Religion Education and Public Pedagogy in South Africa. Numen 55: 272
299.10.1163/156852708X283078

Davids, Nashira. 2011. Suspended for Dreadlocks. Times Live, March 13. http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/2011/03/13/suspended-for-
dreadlocks.

Department of Basic Education (South Africa). 2011. Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement: Religious Studies. Accessed June 2016.
http://www.education.gov.za/Portals/0/CD/National%20Curriculum%20Statements%20and%20Vocational/CAPS%20FET%20_%20RELIGION%20STUD
IES%20_%20GR%2010-12%20_%20WEB_32D7.pdf?ver=2015-01-27-154241-517

Jackson, Robert. 1995. Religious Educations Representation of Religions and Cultures. British Journal of Educational Studies 43 (3):
272289.10.1080/00071005.1995.9974037

[Taylor & Francis Online], [Web of Science ]

, Matemba, Yohah H. 2009. Religion Education in the Contexts of Sub-Sahara Africa: The Malawian Example. British Journal of Religious
Education 31 (1): 4151.10.1080/01416200802560039

[Taylor & Francis Online], [Web of Science ]

Parker, Faranaaz. 2013. Western Cape School Overstepped Constitutional Bounds. Mail & Guardian, January 23.
http://mg.co.za/article/2013-01-23-w-cape-school-overstepped-constitutional-bounds.

Said, Edward. 1981. Covering Islam. London: Routledge.

South African Government. 2003. National Policy on Religion and Education. Accessed June 2016.
http://www.gov.za/documents/national-policy-religion-and-education

Tayob, Abdulkader. 2015. Religion Education Policy and Conflict over Religious Performance in Post-apartheid Schools.
Paper delivered at the Dynamics of Religion: Past and Present, XXI World Congress of the International Association for the History of
Religion, Erfurt, August 2329.
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Title of the book, journal, publication, or website

Volume and issue number

Location of publication if its a book

Publisher name

Page numbers (range) of the article

Summary (Guidelines i & ii)

Write a five-sentence long summary that states: a) the problem addressed by the article (the "topic"); b)
the article's method of analysis; c) the article's conclusions and/or recommendations. Remember, if you
record any direct quotes or use paraphrases (not your own words/ideas) be sure to include the page
number where this information came from.

In South Africa, multi-religious education is conducted to resist the discrimination about religions like it used to
be in South Africa. However, the discrimination about religions are still reported. To indicate why this education
doesnt work, the author interviewed some teachers and gathered information about this subject. The author
pointed out some problems; the lack of time to teach enough, the lack of textbook, but the biggest problem the
author think is the lack of education for teachers about religions. Because of that problem, they sometimes teach
religions in the point of views biased by the religion they believe in (most is the Catholicism).

Assessment and reflection (Guidelines iii & iv)

Now write a few sentences evaluating the source and assessing its usefulness for your research goals
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Actually I am not quite satisfactory about the article because I think we need some data to check if the authors
statement is true. For me, the article contains authors subjective views or personal opinions. However, it is very
interesting to learn about the state of the religious education in South Africa, which adapt multi-religious
education, not non-religious education like France.