TY  - BOOK
AU  - Conroy,James C.
AU  - Lundie,David
AU  - Davis,Robert A.
AU  - Baumfield,Vivienne
AU  - Barnes,L.Philip
AU  - Gallagher,Tony
AU  - Lowden,Kevin
AU  - Bourque,Nicole
AU  - Wenell,Karen
TI  - Does religious education work?: a multi-dimensional investigation 
SN  - 9781474234658
AV  - LC 410.G7 .D675 2015
PY  - 2015///
CY  - New York
PB  - Bloomsbury Academic
KW  - Religious education
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Methodology
N1  - [Previous edition 2013 in hardbound].; Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - This ground-breaking volume draws upon a rich and variegated range of methodologies to understand more fully the practices, policies and resources available in and to religious education in British schools. The descriptions, explanations and analyses undertaken here draw on an innovative combination of policy work, ethnography, Delphi methods, Actor Network Theory, questionnaires, textual analysis as well as theological and philosophical insight. It traces the evolution of religious education in a post-religious age from the creation of policy to the everyday experiences of teachers and students in the classroom. It begins by analyzing the way in which policy has evolved since the 1970s with an examination of the social forces that have shaped curriculum development. It goes on to explore the impact and intentions of a diverse group of stakeholders with sometimes competing accounts of the purposes of religious educations. It then examines the manner in which policy is, or is not, enacted in the classroom. Finally, it explores contradictions and confusions, successes and failures, and the ways in which wider public debates enter the classroom. The book also exposes the challenge religious education teachers have in using the language of religion. (http://www.bloomsbury.com)
ER  -