ERIC Number: EJ1339753
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-0141-6200
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Collaborative, Child-Led Philosophical Inquiry in Religious and Moral Education
Cameron, Ewan; Cassidy, Claire
British Journal of Religious Education, v44 n2 p172-187 2022
Situated in the context of the Scottish Religious and Moral Education (RME) curriculum, this article considers the practice of Community of Philosophical Inquiry (CoPI) and how it supports the RME curriculum. Sharing extracts from children's CoPI sessions, the article reflects on the ways in which ten and eleven year-old children discuss religious and theological ideas philosophically. The child-led, collaborative approach demonstrates that the children work together to create meaning. It is proposed that the RME curriculum, or the enactment of the curriculum, often misses opportunities for children to engage with philosophical ideas about religious and theological concepts, and that an explicitly dialogic, philosophical approach affords important opportunities to support children's self-understanding in-relation with the world and others.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Religious Education, Ethical Instruction, Children, Philosophy, Cooperative Learning, Curriculum Development, Childrens Attitudes, Inquiry, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Curriculum
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Scotland)
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