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Abstract
In many multicultural democracies, education has a Christian history. However, teaching religion has ideological variation. Progressives teach about many religions, while conservatives favor (often exclusive) instruction into one tradition. Australian secular education controversially prioritizes faith-forming instruction (mostly Christian). In this exploratory study (N = 123) the author examines pedagogical preference and attitudes toward religious diversity.
Notes
States vary in their nomenclature. NSW refers to RI as ‘Special Religious Education.’
E-mail copy of complaint (permission to use) and response from NSW Department of Education and Training, September 2010. Confirmed via Freedom of Information Report 11-090, 15 June 2011.
Parents were included to determine their preference for their children's religious education.
A secular ethics alternative to RI in NSW (enabled in 2010) is threatened by a minor Christian party.