A multiple case study of teachers referring to their own religious beliefs in mathematics teaching
There is a need to integrate religious education and spiritual education across school curriculum. This paper reports one of the few empirical studies on bridging the intention-practice gap in classrooms. Six school teachers deliberately designed and implemented mathematics lessons which referred to...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
[2016]
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International journal of children's spirituality
Year: 2016, Volume: 21, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 243-255 |
IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion AH Religious education BL Buddhism CB Christian life; spirituality KBM Asia RF Christian education; catechetics |
Further subjects: | B
personal religious beliefs
B Religious education across school subjects B enactment of religious beliefs B practices in mathematics teaching |
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Summary: | There is a need to integrate religious education and spiritual education across school curriculum. This paper reports one of the few empirical studies on bridging the intention-practice gap in classrooms. Six school teachers deliberately designed and implemented mathematics lessons which referred to their own religious beliefs in teaching. It unfolds teachers' intention to enact their religious beliefs in mathematics classroom teaching. Different modes were identified. Implications to religious education in schools are offered. |
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ISSN: | 1469-8455 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: International journal of children's spirituality
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/1364436X.2016.1251398 |