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Misrepresenting religious education’s past and present in looking forward : Gearon using Kuhn’s concepts of paradigm, paradigm shift and incommensurability

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Jackson, Robert (2015) Misrepresenting religious education’s past and present in looking forward : Gearon using Kuhn’s concepts of paradigm, paradigm shift and incommensurability. Journal of Beliefs & Values, Volume 36 (Number 1). pp. 64-78. doi:10.1080/13617672.2015.1014651 ISSN 1361-7672.

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Abstract

In looking to the future, some writers on religious education (RE) have attempted to evaluate current approaches to the subject. Some have characterised any significant change in approach as a ‘paradigm shift’, a term derived from Thomas Kuhn’s work in the philosophy of science. This article examines the uses of the terms ‘paradigm’, ‘paradigm shift’ and ‘incommensurability’ in Liam Gearon’s book MasterClass in Religious Education. I argue that Gearon misapplies Kuhn’s concepts, that his own account of paradigms of RE is internally inconsistent, and that his discussion – partly through placing the views of others within a rigid framework of constructed paradigms – contains some misrepresentations of their work. The critique is pertinent to the debate about the nature and future of RE for, if evaluations of present and past models of RE are defective, their use in re-thinking the shape and content of the subject is highly questionable.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion
L Education > LB Theory and practice of education
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Education Studies (2013- )
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Religious education--Cross-cultural studies, Paradigms (Social sciences), Religious education—Study and teaching, Critical pedagogy
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of Beliefs & Values
Publisher: Routledge
ISSN: 1361-7672
Official Date: 30 April 2015
Dates:
DateEvent
30 April 2015Published
Volume: Volume 36
Number: Number 1
Number of Pages: 14
Page Range: pp. 64-78
DOI: 10.1080/13617672.2015.1014651
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit: 30 December 2015
Date of first compliant Open Access: 30 November 2016

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