Thanissaro, Phra Nicholas. (2012) Measuring attitude towards RE : factoring pupil experience and home faith background into assessment. British Journal of Religious Education, Vol.34 (No.2). pp. 195-212. ISSN 1740-7931

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Abstract

Recent studies have increasingly favoured contextualization of RE to pupils’ home faith background in spite of current assessment methods that might hinder this. For a multi-religious, multi-ethnic sample of 369 London school pupils aged from 13 to 15 years, this study found that the participatory, transformative and dialogical activities of church visits, computer use and classroom debate improved attitude to RE. It revealed more readiness in girls to apply RE to their own religiosity and particularly negative attitudes to RE in pupils with no religious background. Besides indicating the validity, reliability and unidimensionality of a new short quantitative measure of pupil attitude to RE which acknowledges pupil experience and home context, the findings suggest ways to move beyond ‘banking’ paradigms to which RE remains prone.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Alternative Title:	Measuring attitude towards Religious Education : factoring pupil experience and home faith background into assessment
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1603 Secondary Education. High schools
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute of Education
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Teenagers -- Attitudes, Teenagers -- Religious life, Religiousness, Religious education -- Great Britain
Journal or Publication Title:	British Journal of Religious Education
Publisher:	Routledge
ISSN:	1740-7931
Date:	February 2012
Volume:	Vol.34
Number:	No.2
Page Range:	pp. 195-212
Identification Number:	10.1080/01416200.2011.623154
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
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