RT Article
T1 Student perceptions of a trial Religious Education curriculum: establishing baseline data
JF Journal of beliefs and values
VO 42
IS 2
SP 247
OP 257
A1 Sultmann, William
A1 Lamb, Janeen
A1 Hall, David
A1 Borg, Gary
A2 Lamb, Janeen
A2 Hall, David
A2 Borg, Gary
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1756546304
AB Australian students’ perception of a trial Religious Education (RE) programme is the focus of this paper. Students (N = 1478) from 37 schools, primary and secondary, completed an online survey that included six Likert style items that aligned with six RE development principles that guided the development of the trial. Curriculum development was inclusive and student centred, giving voice to student input. Results indicate that the students generally held high perceptions of the trial RE curriculum with the highest ratings for principles being Jesus as Model and Message, Experiential Learning through Inquiry and Deep Learning. Female students, those in the earlier years of schooling, and students from smaller schools most valued the trial curriculum as indexed by measures of its development principles. Implications from student evaluations demonstrated an overall high level of satisfaction with learning engagement while highlighting the complexity of language and developmental differences for interpreting student learning in Religious Education.
K1 School
K1 Student
K1 trial curriculum
K1 Religious Education
DO 10.1080/13617672.2020.1818923