Hampshire, Patrick David Gabriel (2019) Curriculum decision making in religious education in five English secondary schools at key stage 3. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.

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Abstract

Knowing how teachers plan the curriculum for pupils is essential to understanding how they view the nature and purpose of education in the contexts that they find themselves. With the development of the academies programme and Free Schools, where teachers are encouraged to be creators of curriculum, this task has never been more urgent.

This study took five secondary teachers of religious education (RE) in English schools and looked at how they planned their subject for pupils in Years 7 and 8, with a focus on the latter. Using repertoires of action research the study looks at the underlying educational beliefs of teachers, their own personal histories and context of their school to produce comparative case studies. The comparison of case studies identified common themes and significant difference of approach set against the expectation that might be had of those teachers who were trained RE teachers and those who were not. Three of the schools in this study were non-denominational schools and two Church of England secondary schools, allowing a comparison of teachers in shared and different contexts.

The approach taken in the research is embedded in the Critical Realist tradition and it looks to discover the underlying cultural structures that have an impact on teachers internalised worldviews. It explores how understanding cultural structure can better enable researchers to see its impact on real decisions made by teachers.

Item Type:	Thesis (PhD)
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BV Practical Theology > BV1460 Religious Education L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1603 Secondary Education. High schools L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2361 Curriculum
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Religious education, Religious education of children -- Great Britain, Religious education -- Great Britain -- Curricula, Religions -- Study and teaching (Secondary), Teaching -- Religious aspects, School management and organization -- Great Britain -- Decision making
Official Date:	2019
Dates:	Date Event 2019 UNSPECIFIED
Institution:	University of Warwick
Theses Department:	Centre for Education Studies
Thesis Type:	PhD
Publication Status:	Unpublished
Supervisor(s)/Advisor:	Everington, Judith
Extent:	309 leaves : illustrations
Language:	eng

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