eprintid: 10123675
rev_number: 24
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datestamp: 2021-03-10 15:14:56
lastmod: 2022-08-01 13:07:01
status_changed: 2021-03-10 15:14:56
type: article
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Sell, J
creators_name: Reiss, MJ
title: Faith-sensitive RSE in areas of low religious observance: really?
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B16
divisions: B14
divisions: J78
keywords: Faith-sensitive RSE, RSE, religion, student voice
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abstract: It is widely agreed that Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) needs to take account of cultural and religious considerations and this principle is reflected in current government advice in England. At the same time, and for a number of reasons, many of those who teach RSE in schools find it difficult to take account of religious considerations, for example because they are unsure how to handle the views of students when these are strongly influenced by religious values. In this article, we report on fieldwork undertaken with school students in England including in one school that was characterised by low religious observance. Our key finding troubles the notion that students who identify as agnostic or atheistic are unsympathetic to religious considerations. We found that the large majority of students for whom religion was not personally important nevertheless saw great value in what we term ‘faith-sensitive RSE’. This has implications for how RSE might be taught in schools where there is a diversity of students, in regards to the importance they attach to religion.
date: 2022
date_type: published
publisher: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14681811.2020.1835634
oa_status: green
full_text_type: other
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1842722
doi: 10.1080/14681811.2020.1835634
lyricists_name: Reiss, Michael
lyricists_id: MJREI02
actors_name: Dewerpe, Marie
actors_id: MDDEW97
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: Sex Education
volume: 22
number: 1
pagerange: 52-67
pages: 15
citation:        Sell, J;    Reiss, MJ;      (2022)    Faith-sensitive RSE in areas of low religious observance: really?                   Sex Education , 22  (1)   pp. 52-67.    10.1080/14681811.2020.1835634 <https://doi.org/10.1080/14681811.2020.1835634>.       Green open access   
 
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