Religious education as a research discipline: an activity theoretical perspective
- 24 June 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in British Journal of Religious Education
- Vol. 30 (3) , 199-210
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01416200802170086
Abstract
This article raises the question of how to conceive of religious education as a research discipline. The theory of activity systems is used in an analysis of the relationship between theory and practice, the systems of research and the systems of school. The author argues for a dialectical relationship between research and school practice, where understandings of school practice may enable theoretical expansion and where the language used in the field of research may give renewed understanding to the field of practice.Keywords
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