The legacy of community cohesion: exploring the teacher agency of beginner RE teachers

IF 0.7 2区哲学 Q3 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

British Journal of Religious Education Pub Date : 2023-06-08 DOI:10.1080/01416200.2023.2220937

Sjay Patterson-Craven

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Abstract

ABSTRACT This article explores the teacher agency of five beginner RE teachers undertaking their 1-year probationary period (Post-Initial Teacher Education) 1 in five Secondary RE departments in the North-West of England during the 2018/2019 academic year. Drawn from a piece of doctoral research, the article discusses the findings of an interpretivist practitioner-inquiry, which adopted an ecological approach to teacher agency. The article suggests that for the beginner RE teachers involved in the research their sense of agency was significantly influenced by their own experiences of RE as secondary-aged pupils and that this is to a much greater extent than the current literature on teacher agency may acknowledge. The article suggests that despite the passage of time a ‘legacy of community cohesion’ dominates their sense of teacher agency and informs their sense of self as a teacher of RE. The article concludes by briefly considering the tensions, which such a sense of agency may cause in the current climate of what it means for pupils to ‘get better’ at RE.

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社区凝聚力的遗产:探索初级RE教师的教师能动性

摘要本文探讨了2018/2019学年英格兰西北部五个中等RE部门中的五个初级RE教师的教师代理情况，他们正在进行为期一年的试用期（初级教师教育后）。根据一项博士研究，本文讨论了一项解释主义从业者调查的结果，该调查采用了一种生态方法来处理教师代理问题。这篇文章表明，对于参与研究的初级RE教师来说，他们的代理感在很大程度上受到了他们作为中学生的RE经历的影响，这在很大程度上将比目前关于教师代理的文献所承认的要大得多。文章指出，尽管时间在流逝，但“社区凝聚力的遗产”支配着他们的教师能动性意识，并影响着他们作为RE教师的自我意识。文章最后简要考虑了这种能动性意识可能导致的紧张关系，在当前的环境下，学生在RE“变得更好”意味着什么。

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British Journal of Religious Education Multiple-

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2.60

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12.50%

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期刊介绍： The British Journal of Religious Education (BJRE) is an international peer-reviewed journal which has a pedigree stretching back to 1934 when it began life as Religion in Education. In 1961 the title was changed to Learning for Living, and the present title was adopted in 1978. It is the leading journal in Britain for the dissemination of international research in religion and education and for the scholarly discussion of issues concerning religion and education internationally. The British Journal of Religious Education promotes research which contributes to our understanding of the relationship between religion and education in all phases of formal and non-formal educational settings. BJRE publishes articles which are national, international and transnational in scope from researchers working in any discipline whose work informs debate in religious education. Topics might include religious education policy curriculum and pedagogy, research on religion and young people, or the influence of religion(s) and non-religious worldviews upon the educational process as a whole.