2020
DOI: 10.1080/01416200.2020.1826404
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Teachers’ personal worldviews and RE in England: a way forward?

Abstract: Teachers' worldviews may impact their practice in terms of pedagogy, curriculum choices, and the value they assign to, or enthusiasm for, a curriculum subject. In England, Religious Education (RE) involves the teaching of religious and non-religious worldviews. RE teachers often lack training, subject knowledge, confidence or even desire to teach the subject.This article develops a working definition of 'worldview' as an individual's frame of reference, held consciously and subconsciously, that evolves due to … Show more

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“…The teacher in school C has an educational background in biology education. Teachers' worldviews may impact their practice (Flanagan, 2020).…”
Section: Comparison Of Biology Teacher Argumentation In Three Islamic...mentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…The teacher in school C has an educational background in biology education. Teachers' worldviews may impact their practice (Flanagan, 2020).…”
Section: Comparison Of Biology Teacher Argumentation In Three Islamic...mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These issues pose problems for science teachers, especially in a religious culture, because of the conflict between the implications of a scientific study of some of these issues and religion (Mansour, 2008). Teachers' worldviews may impact their practice regarding pedagogy, curriculum choices, and the value they assign to or enthusiasm for a curriculum subject (Flanagan, 2020). Argumentation is essential in developing scientific explanations, models, and theories.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Overall, there are many previous studies about religious education (RE) teachers' personal worldviews and a teacher's role in teaching RE (e.g. Everington 2016Everington , 2019Flanagan 2020;Riegel and Delling 2019). Scholars also note that teachers use different discursive strategies for different purposes, for instance, using the so-called language of belonging to create inclusivity or exclude certain worldview positions in the classroom (Kimanen and Poulter 2018).…”
Section: Worldviews In Educational Context and Teachers' Rolementioning
confidence: 99%