The Commission on Religious Education – A response to L. Philip Barnes
Journal article
Cooling, T. 2021. The Commission on Religious Education – A response to L. Philip Barnes. British Journal of Educational Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/00071005.2021.1954142
Authors | Cooling, T. |
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Abstract | In a recent article, L. Philip Barnes critiques the Commission on Religious Education (CoRE) Final Report by scrutinising its text and by responding to my interpretation of that text. His particular, but not exclusive, focus is CoRE’s proposal that the idea of worldview should be central to RE. His conclusion is that: ‘The collective force of these criticisms counsels against implementing the proposals of CoRE. Religious education needs to look elsewhere than to a worldview curriculum to overcome its current travails’. This article responds by arguing that Barnes fails to justify his conclusion because his critique does not meet the standards of a fair and responsible treatment of his chosen focal texts. In particular, it misrepresents and misinterprets the CoRE Report and overlooks the alternative interpretation that I and others offered. |
Keywords | Commission on RE (CoRE); L. Philip Barnes; Interpretation; Worldview; Religious education |
Year | 2021 |
Journal | British Journal of Educational Studies |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
ISSN | 1467-8527 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/00071005.2021.1954142 |
Publication dates | |
27 Jul 2021 | |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 27 Jul 2021 |
Deposited | 06 Sep 2021 |
Publisher's version | License |
Output status | Published |
https://repository.canterbury.ac.uk/item/8y950/the-commission-on-religious-education-a-response-to-l-philip-barnes
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