Spirituality, learning and personalisation

Exploring the relationship between spiritual development and learning to learn in a faith-based secondary school

Bibliographic Data

ID20504148
AuthorsRuth Deakin Crick (0000-0003-1082-9560, University of Bristol), Helen Jelfs (University of Bristol, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume16
Issue3
Pages197-217
Publication date2011-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Children s Spirituality (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1364-436X • E-ISSN: 1469-8455
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1364436x.2011.613068
OpenAlexW2038495012
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited11

In this paper we explore the relationship between spirituality and learning how to learn in a faith-based secondary school. The development of a spiritually grounded pedagogy is a way of explicitly attending to spiritual development in teaching, learning and curriculum. The research described here comprises a personalised enquiry project in which students attend to four ‘stations’ in a learning journey; these focus on their identity and story, foster learning dispositions and values, develop their knowledge, skills and understanding, and engage them with issues which are meaningful in their world. Three teacher researchers in a Church of England school implemented this pedagogy with two year-8 English classes and one year-9 French class. The findings from a pre- and post-intervention self-report ‘measure’ of learning power are synthesised with student and teacher interviews to explore the contribution this pedagogical approach makes to students’ spiritual development and learning

Curriculum · Experiential learning · Faith · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Religious education · Spiritual development · Spirituality · Diverse Education Studies and Reforms · Education Methods and Practices · Medicine · Psychology · Religious Education and Schools

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