A pedagogical bricolage for values education: how do teachers of Religious Education (RE) promote mutual respect and tolerance with pupils aged 11-14?

Ackroyd, Rebekah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7557-9985 (2023) A pedagogical bricolage for values education: how do teachers of Religious Education (RE) promote mutual respect and tolerance with pupils aged 11-14? In: BERA Conference 2023 (British Educational Research Association), 12-14 September 2023, Aston University, Birmingham, UK. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

Considering RE teachers as “pedagogical bricoleurs” (Freathy et al., 2017, p. 430) this paper reports findings from a PhD thesis and discusses the bricolage of pedagogical approaches which RE teachers discuss in relation to how they promote mutual respect and tolerance with pupils aged 11-14. In particular, it considers how and when teachers make pedagogical decisions for values education. It examines the significance of teachers’ personal knowledge (Everington, 2014) as an explicit pedagogical tool and looks at the role of insider accounts from religious people and pupils. The paper presents concrete examples of how teachers articulate the use of modelling and classroom discussion and looks at how intolerant moments may represent critical instances for promoting mutual respect and tolerance. It will argue for a rejection of a universal pedagogical formula for values education in favour of embracing the inherent complexity of the task.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Departments:	Institute of Education > MA Programmes (Education)
Additional Information:	Paper 3 in the 'Teaching and learning about values: pedagogic, judicial and religious discrimination' symposium at this conference.
Depositing User:	Anna Lupton
Date Deposited:	16 Oct 2023 09:08
Last Modified:	13 Jan 2024 15:31
URI:	https://insight.cumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/7349

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