Religious Perceptions and the Use of Technology: Profiling the Future Teachers of Religious Education
This study analyzes the profile of Greek university students who will be teaching courses related to religion when they become practitioners at primary school and high school level, in relation to their views on technology. For this purpose, four factors were examined: religious beliefs, use of tech...
| Published in: | Journal of religion, media and digital culture |
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| Authors: | ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2017
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| In: |
Journal of religion, media and digital culture
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| Further subjects: | B
University Students
B Technology B Religiosity B Cluster Analysis |
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| Rights Information: | CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 |
| Summary: | This study analyzes the profile of Greek university students who will be teaching courses related to religion when they become practitioners at primary school and high school level, in relation to their views on technology. For this purpose, four factors were examined: religious beliefs, use of technology, attitude towards technology, and their views regarding the use of technology for the dissemination of religious beliefs. The sample comprised of 570 students studying at Departments of Theology and Primary School Education at Greek universities. The data analysis revealed that participants, in general, are not highly religious. Both believers and non-believers seem to have a positive attitude towards technology, which they are willing to use in an educational context. Furthermore, they do not believe that religion and technology contradict each other. The implications of the findings are also discussed. |
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| ISSN: | 2165-9214 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion, media and digital culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/21659214-90000094 |