Making a difference in the Religious Education classroom: integrating theory and practice in teachers’ professional learning
Systematic reviews and meta-analyses of the research literature on continuing professional development and School Improvement demonstrate that teachers who have the opportunity to develop ‘knowledge of practice’ by integrating theory and practice have a positive impact on student attainment. It is a...
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Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
Language: | English |
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Routledge
[2016]
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British journal of religious education
Year: 2016, Volume: 38, Issue: 2, Pages: 141-151 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Religious education
/ Teacher
/ Theory
/ Practice
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RelBib Classification: | RF Christian education; catechetics |
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Summary: | Systematic reviews and meta-analyses of the research literature on continuing professional development and School Improvement demonstrate that teachers who have the opportunity to develop ‘knowledge of practice’ by integrating theory and practice have a positive impact on student attainment. It is argued in this article that we have sufficient weight of evidence to indicate that engaging in curriculum development as a participant in a community of inquiry is the optimal context for professional learning to develop knowledge of practice. However, establishing participation in communities of inquiry as integral to teachers’ professional learning remains a challenge and we need better ways of sharing and interrogating what we (think we) know. Examples of ‘experiments in practice’ to promote professional learning and make a difference in the Religious Education classroom, are used to indicate what has worked and what has not and what we might do next. |
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ISSN: | 0141-6200 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: British journal of religious education
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/01416200.2016.1139889 |