Skip to content Skip to navigation
University of Warwick
  • Study
  • |
  • Research
  • |
  • Business
  • |
  • Alumni
  • |
  • News
  • |
  • About

University of Warwick
Publications service & WRAP

Highlight your research

  • WRAP
    • Home
    • Search WRAP
    • Browse by Warwick Author
    • Browse WRAP by Year
    • Browse WRAP by Subject
    • Browse WRAP by Department
    • Browse WRAP by Funder
    • Browse Theses by Department
  • Publications Service
    • Home
    • Search Publications Service
    • Browse by Warwick Author
    • Browse Publications service by Year
    • Browse Publications service by Subject
    • Browse Publications service by Department
    • Browse Publications service by Funder
  • Help & Advice
University of Warwick

The Library

  • Login
  • Admin

The attitudes of British Buddhist teens towards school and religious education

Tools
- Tools
+ Tools

Thanissaro, Phra Nicholas (2018) The attitudes of British Buddhist teens towards school and religious education. International Journal of Children's Spirituality, 23 (2). pp. 181-195. doi:10.1080/1364436X.2018.1448762

[img]
Preview
PDF
WRAP-attitudes-British-Buddhist-teens-towards-school-religious-education-Thanissaro-2018.pdf - Accepted Version - Requires a PDF viewer.

Download (967Kb) | Preview
Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/1364436X.2018.1448762

Request Changes to record.

Abstract

To ascertain the relative contributions towards affinity for education made by being Asian and being Buddhist, a quantitative study explored, for teen Buddhists growing up in Britain, attitudes to their school learning environment with particular reference to Religious Education (RE). A variety of attitude statements concerning school and RE, were rated for levels of agreement using postal and online surveys for 417 self-identifying Buddhists aged between 13 and 20. Asian ethnicity was more important than being Buddhist for happiness in school, liking fellow pupils, feeling school was a preparation for life and thinking teachers did a good job. Being Buddhist was more important than Asian ethnicity for respecting teachers, perceiving the emancipatory role of education and ability to handle study stress. Attitudes towards RE were positively related to being Buddhist generally, and specifically to the practices of bowing to parents, meditating and reading scripture, but inversely related to temple attendance.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BQ Buddhism
L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1603 Secondary Education. High schools
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Education Studies (2013- )
Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute of Education ( -2013)
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Buddhists -- Youth -- Attitudes -- Great Britain, Asians -- Youth -- Attitudes -- Great Britain, Buddhism -- Great Britain, Religious education -- Great Britain
Journal or Publication Title: International Journal of Children's Spirituality
Publisher: Routledge
ISSN: 1364-436X
Official Date: 8 March 2018
Dates:
DateEvent
8 March 2018Published
2 March 2018Accepted
Volume: 23
Number: 2
Page Range: pp. 181-195
DOI: 10.1080/1364436X.2018.1448762
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:
Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
Chancellor's ScholarshipUniversity of Warwickhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000741

Request changes or add full text files to a record

Repository staff actions (login required)

View Item View Item

Downloads

Downloads per month over past year

View more statistics

twitter

Email us: wrap@warwick.ac.uk
Contact Details
About Us