Scientism, creationism or category error? A cross‐age survey of secondary school students’ perceptions of the relationships between science and religion
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Billingsley, B., Taber, K. and Nassaji, M. 2020. Scientism, creationism or category error? A cross‐age survey of secondary school students’ perceptions of the relationships between science and religion. The Curriculum Journal. 32 (2), pp. 334-358. https://doi.org/10.1002/curj.83
Authors | Billingsley, B., Taber, K. and Nassaji, M. |
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Abstract | We report on a survey of 1717 students at two different points of their secondary school education. This survey is designed to discover their reasoning about scientific and religious accounts of the origins of the universe and life. The study was motivated by a concern, based on previous research, that factors such as the compartmentalised curriculum may limit students’ progression in interdisciplinary reasoning and their capacities to appreciate why science and religion are not necessarily incompatible. To investigate these matters, we gathered data in seven secondary schools in England. The findings indicated that a significant proportion of students are working with a poor understanding of the limits of science and of the range of scholarly positions on the nature of religious explanation. The implications of the results for educational theory and practice are discussed. |
Keywords | Education |
Year | 2020 |
Journal | The Curriculum Journal |
Journal citation | 32 (2), pp. 334-358 |
Publisher | Wiley |
ISSN | 0958-5176 |
1469-3704 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1002/curj.83 |
Official URL | https://doi.org/10.1002/curj.83 |
Funder | John Templeton Foundation |
Publication dates | |
Online | 13 Oct 2020 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 18 Nov 2020 |
Output status | Published |
Additional information | Publications router: Date 2020-10-13 of type 'publication_date' with format 'electronic' included in notification |
Publications router: License for VOR version of this article starting on 2020-10-13: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ included in notification | |
License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
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