Giving voice to ‘the silent minority’: the experience of religious students in secondary school religious education lessons
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This paper explores the experiences of secondary school students from religious backgrounds in Religious Education (RE). A total of 16 loosely structured, group, pair and individual interviews were conducted with a purposive sample of 34 school-age members of four religious communities: one Jewish and three Christian. The findings make a useful contribution to ongoing debates concerning pedagogy and practice in secondary RE. Members of the religious communities consulted often found their tradition stereotyped and simplified in RE lessons. Respondents also found that at times they were expected to be, or felt the need to be, spokespeople or representatives of their religion. However, experiences of religious intolerance and prejudice, or the fear of it, were common. This led to some students being reluctant to reveal or discuss their religious identity in lessons.
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33(3)
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313-326
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Giving voice to ‘the silent minority’: the experience of religious students in secondary school religious education lessons. 2011: 313-326. https://archive.jpr.org.uk/10.1080/01416200.2011.595916
