Religion, Spirituality and Education (RSE) Network
The Religion, Spirituality and Education (RSE) Network brings together national and international researchers, professionals and postgraduate students interested in exploring and influencing current issues and debates of global significance at the interface of religion, spirituality and education.
Research interests
Members’ interests to date encompass:
- the history of religious education in England
- international comparative histories of religious education
- understanding ‘understanding’ in religious education
- children’s understandings of religion
- pedagogies of religious education informed by narratival philosophy and theology
- metacognition and children’s worldview profiling in religious education
- spirituality as a dimension of lifelong learning and professional practice
- the relationship between spirituality, religion and citizenship
- the spiritual development of young people
- the relationship between religion and science education
- spiritual development in nomadic cultures
- intersections between ‘equalities’ such as race, gender, sexuality and religion
Theoretical, methodological and practical approaches undertaken by members to the study of spirituality and religious education include:
- historical analyses and interpretations
- questionnaire surveys and interviews with school pupils and teachers
- curriculum development and critical trialling in primary and secondary schools
- personal construct theory and worldview profiling
- the application of complexity, ecological and narratival theories
- auto-ethnographic, auto/biographical and narrative methods
