Inside a religious education research project: the influence of theological and educational considerations on the treatment of religious content within a prescribed pedagogic framework

Abstract

This article describes the underlying theological and educational issues which were addressed when incorporating an item of religious content within the ‘Gift Approach’ to Primary Religious Education. It suggests that the significance of laying bare this process is in demonstrating how theological concerns (whatever the religion) will always be a contributing influence in determining how religious content is treated and incorporated within learning experiences in RE.

Keywords:

• numen
• narrative
• pedagogy
• phenomena
• spiritual