Rob Freathy
Biographic Data
| ID | 5240099 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rob Freathy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rob |
| FAMILY NAME | Freathy |
| SIGNATURE | FREATHY R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Exeter |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3196-303X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 17 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The RE-searchers Approach
This article provides an exposition of the RE-searchers Approach as a prime mover in the ‘methodological turn’ in Religious Education. The purpose is to stimulate discussion about the conception and communication of ‘methodologically oriented’ pedagogical, curricular and learning theories rather than theoretical or empirical evaluation of those theories and associated practices. In Part One, the article reiterates and synthesises the pedagogical …
Omtale av undervisningsressurs
UtForskerne: En ny tilnærming til religions- og livssynsundervisning i barneskolen
The Church of England and British Politics since 1900
Bringing together researchers in modern British religious, political, intellectual and social history, this volume considers the persistence of the Church's public significance, despite its falling membership. During the twentieth century, the relationship between the Church of England and the British state was transformed. The character and dynamics of the connections shifted as politics became more democratic and society more secular,as the rol…
The Church of England and the 1870 Elementary Education Act
Set against the background of mid-nineteenth century concerns about an erosion in the denomination’s standing and influence, this article highlights the differing responses to the matter from parties within the Church of England, which determined their degree of sympathy with proposals for an education act. Specifically, we point out that the debate over schooling between co-religionists centred upon rival understandings of religious education: ‘…
Theology in multi-faith Religious Education
This article discusses the place of ‘theology’ in multi-faith Religious Education (RE) in English schools without a religious affiliation, highlighting reasons for its sometimes taboo-status, particularly since the emergence of Ninian Smart’s phenomenological approach to Religious Studies in the late 1960s. The article explores a diversity of definitions of theology within specific professional and ecclesiastical discourses, and recasts recent de…
Pedagogical Bricoleurs and Bricolage Researchers
This article reconceptualises school teachers and pupils respectively as ‘pedagogical bricoleurs’ and ‘bricolage researchers’ who utilise a multiplicity of theories, concepts, methodologies and pedagogies in teaching and/or researching. This reconceptualisation is based on a coalescence of generic curricular and pedagogical principles promoting dialogic, critical and enquiry-based learning. Innovative proposals for reconceptualising the aims, con…
Technology and education
How do recent technological advances impact upon the field of education? This article examines the work of the philosopher of technology Bernard Stiegler and his interpretation of technology as pharmakon (both remedy and poison). This is linked to threshold concept theory which advocates more creative ways of learning, and illustrated through a practical example from a new approach to Religious Education (RE). It will be argued that it is possibl…
The professionalisation of non-denominational religious education in England
In response to contemporary concerns, and using neglected primary sources, this article explores the professionalisation of teachers of Religious Education (RI/RE) in non-denominational, state-maintained schools in England. It does so from the launch of Religion in Education (1934) and the Institute for Christian Education at Home and Abroad (ICE) (1935) to the founding of the Religious Education Council of England and Wales (1973) and the Britis…
On Holy Ground
No description available
The future of Religious Education
No description available
Prospects and problems for Religious Education in England, 1967–1970
This article provides an historical case study of an abortive attempt to revise policy and legislation relating to Religious Education in English schools in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Drawing upon published sources, including parliamentary debates, as well as previously unutilised national archival sources from the Department of Education and Science, it comments upon events which have hitherto been omitted from the historiography of Religio…
Creating metacognitive environments in primary school RE classrooms
Recent reports on Religious Education (RE) in England and Wales highlight the need for guidance on pedagogy and learning. The RE-flect project addressed this by promoting the creation of metacognitively oriented learning environments in primary school RE classrooms. Six primary school teachers and 160 pupils (eight to 10 years of age) took part in the second year of this two year project. Meta-thinking, worldview and resources zones were created …
Towards international comparative research on the professionalisation of Religious Education
This article calls for international comparative research on the professionalisation of Religious Education (RE). To this end, it provides a rationale for focusing upon the concept of professionalisation and a theoretical justification for international comparative research, particularly identifying its significance in terms of the development of RE in England and Germany. The article outlines a methodology for exploring the concepts of professio…
Initiating Children into Hermeneutical Discourses in Religious Education
In response to previous articles in this journal by Rachel Cope and Julian Stern, and using an example of classroom practice, this article promotes a form of multi-faith religious education in which primary-school pupils (age 5–11) are re-conceived as joint researchers working alongside their teachers, through processes of imaginative and empathetic dialogue, to investigate the effectiveness of different methodologies and methods of studying reli…
Context, complexity and contestation
This is an Author's Original Manuscript of an article whose final and definitive form, the Version of Record, has been published in the Journal of Beliefs and Values, September 2011. Available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/ or DOI: 10.1080/13617672.2011.600823
Cyril Norwood and the Ideal of Secondary Education - By Gary McCulloch
publication-status: Published
Children's conceptions of Jesus
This is an Author's Original Manuscript of an article whose final and definitive form, the Version of Record, has been published in the Journal of Beliefs and Values, December 2008. Available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/ or DOI: 10.1080/13617670802465870
Gender, age, attendance at a place of worship and young people’s attitudes towards the Bible
This article discusses the outcomes of a questionnaire survey which sought to ascertain the attitudes of young people towards the Bible. One thousand and sixty-six pupils from Years 6, 9 and 12 in nine English schools participated. The young people's attitudes are discussed in relation to gender, age and attendance at a place of worship. The research team found that being female, in Year 6 and attending a place of worship very often are factors a…
Pedagogical Bricoleurs and Bricolage Researchers
This article reconceptualises school teachers and pupils respectively as ‘pedagogical bricoleurs’ and ‘bricolage researchers’ who utilise a multiplicity of theories, concepts, methodologies and pedagogies in teaching and/or researching. This reconceptualisation is based on a coalescence of generic curricular and pedagogical principles promoting dialogic, critical and enquiry-based learning. Innovative proposals for reconceptualising the aims, con…
Gender, age, attendance at a place of worship and young people’s attitudes towards the Bible
This article discusses the outcomes of a questionnaire survey which sought to ascertain the attitudes of young people towards the Bible. One thousand and sixty-six pupils from Years 6, 9 and 12 in nine English schools participated. The young people's attitudes are discussed in relation to gender, age and attendance at a place of worship. The research team found that being female, in Year 6 and attending a place of worship very often are factors a…
Children's conceptions of Jesus
This is an Author's Original Manuscript of an article whose final and definitive form, the Version of Record, has been published in the Journal of Beliefs and Values, December 2008. Available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/ or DOI: 10.1080/13617670802465870
Cyril Norwood and the Ideal of Secondary Education - By Gary McCulloch
publication-status: Published
Context, complexity and contestation
This is an Author's Original Manuscript of an article whose final and definitive form, the Version of Record, has been published in the Journal of Beliefs and Values, September 2011. Available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/ or DOI: 10.1080/13617672.2011.600823
Initiating Children into Hermeneutical Discourses in Religious Education
In response to previous articles in this journal by Rachel Cope and Julian Stern, and using an example of classroom practice, this article promotes a form of multi-faith religious education in which primary-school pupils (age 5–11) are re-conceived as joint researchers working alongside their teachers, through processes of imaginative and empathetic dialogue, to investigate the effectiveness of different methodologies and methods of studying reli…
Creating metacognitive environments in primary school RE classrooms
Recent reports on Religious Education (RE) in England and Wales highlight the need for guidance on pedagogy and learning. The RE-flect project addressed this by promoting the creation of metacognitively oriented learning environments in primary school RE classrooms. Six primary school teachers and 160 pupils (eight to 10 years of age) took part in the second year of this two year project. Meta-thinking, worldview and resources zones were created …
Towards international comparative research on the professionalisation of Religious Education
This article calls for international comparative research on the professionalisation of Religious Education (RE). To this end, it provides a rationale for focusing upon the concept of professionalisation and a theoretical justification for international comparative research, particularly identifying its significance in terms of the development of RE in England and Germany. The article outlines a methodology for exploring the concepts of professio…
On Holy Ground
No description available
The future of Religious Education
No description available
Prospects and problems for Religious Education in England, 1967–1970
This article provides an historical case study of an abortive attempt to revise policy and legislation relating to Religious Education in English schools in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Drawing upon published sources, including parliamentary debates, as well as previously unutilised national archival sources from the Department of Education and Science, it comments upon events which have hitherto been omitted from the historiography of Religio…
Technology and education
How do recent technological advances impact upon the field of education? This article examines the work of the philosopher of technology Bernard Stiegler and his interpretation of technology as pharmakon (both remedy and poison). This is linked to threshold concept theory which advocates more creative ways of learning, and illustrated through a practical example from a new approach to Religious Education (RE). It will be argued that it is possibl…
The professionalisation of non-denominational religious education in England
In response to contemporary concerns, and using neglected primary sources, this article explores the professionalisation of teachers of Religious Education (RI/RE) in non-denominational, state-maintained schools in England. It does so from the launch of Religion in Education (1934) and the Institute for Christian Education at Home and Abroad (ICE) (1935) to the founding of the Religious Education Council of England and Wales (1973) and the Britis…
Pedagogical Bricoleurs and Bricolage Researchers
This article reconceptualises school teachers and pupils respectively as ‘pedagogical bricoleurs’ and ‘bricolage researchers’ who utilise a multiplicity of theories, concepts, methodologies and pedagogies in teaching and/or researching. This reconceptualisation is based on a coalescence of generic curricular and pedagogical principles promoting dialogic, critical and enquiry-based learning. Innovative proposals for reconceptualising the aims, con…
Theology in multi-faith Religious Education
This article discusses the place of ‘theology’ in multi-faith Religious Education (RE) in English schools without a religious affiliation, highlighting reasons for its sometimes taboo-status, particularly since the emergence of Ninian Smart’s phenomenological approach to Religious Studies in the late 1960s. The article explores a diversity of definitions of theology within specific professional and ecclesiastical discourses, and recasts recent de…
The Church of England and British Politics since 1900
Bringing together researchers in modern British religious, political, intellectual and social history, this volume considers the persistence of the Church's public significance, despite its falling membership. During the twentieth century, the relationship between the Church of England and the British state was transformed. The character and dynamics of the connections shifted as politics became more democratic and society more secular,as the rol…
The Church of England and the 1870 Elementary Education Act
Set against the background of mid-nineteenth century concerns about an erosion in the denomination’s standing and influence, this article highlights the differing responses to the matter from parties within the Church of England, which determined their degree of sympathy with proposals for an education act. Specifically, we point out that the debate over schooling between co-religionists centred upon rival understandings of religious education: ‘…
Omtale av undervisningsressurs
UtForskerne: En ny tilnærming til religions- og livssynsundervisning i barneskolen
The RE-searchers Approach
This article provides an exposition of the RE-searchers Approach as a prime mover in the ‘methodological turn’ in Religious Education. The purpose is to stimulate discussion about the conception and communication of ‘methodologically oriented’ pedagogical, curricular and learning theories rather than theoretical or empirical evaluation of those theories and associated practices. In Part One, the article reiterates and synthesises the pedagogical …
Religious Education and Schools (15 works) · Sociology (15 works) · Law (10 works) · Religion, Society, and Development (10 works) · Pedagogy (9 works) · Philosophy (9 works) · Political science (9 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Epistemology (6 works) · Politics (6 works)