Augmented Reality in Religious Education: A Case Study Bridging Tradition and Innovation
This paper examines a semester-long course that trained 40 master’s-level Religious Education (RE) students to design augmented-reality (AR) lessons. Twenty trainees used AR authoring tools; twenty followed parallel sessions with conventional digital resources. Structured interviews and pre/post-int...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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| In: |
Religious education
Year: 2025, Volume: 120, Issue: 5, Pages: 456-472 |
| Further subjects: | B
student engagement
B Religious Education B Augmented Reality B educational technology B digital transformation |
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| Summary: | This paper examines a semester-long course that trained 40 master’s-level Religious Education (RE) students to design augmented-reality (AR) lessons. Twenty trainees used AR authoring tools; twenty followed parallel sessions with conventional digital resources. Structured interviews and pre/post-intervention results showed AR has been effective in converting abstract religious notions into interactive, concrete ones. The study outlines practical support requirements and positions AR as a viable addition to RE teacher-education programs. Because a large percentage of the cohort was already teaching in schools, the findings speak directly to the classroom practice they subsequently implemented and highlight AR’s potential to modernize RE. |
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| ISSN: | 1547-3201 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religious education
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/00344087.2025.2528427 |
