Educating for citizenship—the emerging relationship between religious education and citizenship education

Watson, Jacqueline (2004) Educating for citizenship—the emerging relationship between religious education and citizenship education. British Journal of Religious Education, 26 (3). pp. 259-271. ISSN 0141-6200

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Abstract

The introduction of citizenship education to school in England (and Wales) in 2002 has generated interest and concern among religious educationalists, some of whom welcome the opportunities this new educational territory opens up for religious education and some of whom suspect it augurs religious education's demise. This article reports findings of a school‐based study of the early implementation of citizenship education and its impact on religious education. It discusses those findings in the context of the current debate about the future relationship between the two subjects, noting a similar ambivalence toward citizenship education among religious education heads of department, as there is among religious educationalists. The discussion includes an examination of the Crick Report, noting its lack of interest in religious education, and argues that its conceptualization of citizenship leaves it open to two quite different broad interpretations of what might be meant by an education for citizenship, one of which religious education practitioners appear to endorse and associate with religious education, and one of which they reject and associate with citizenship education.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Education and Lifelong Learning
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	30 Jan 2014 14:34
Last Modified:	23 May 2024 14:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/45522
DOI:	10.1080/0141620042000232319

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