Teaching Religion in Australian Schools

Author: Goldburg, Peta

Source: Numen, Volume 55, Numbers 2-3, 2008 , pp. 241-271(31)

Publisher: BRILL

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Abstract:

Traditionally the teaching of religion in schools in Australia was confined to Church-sponsored or independent schools because public education in Australia prided itself on being "free, secular and compulsory." For over one hundred years, the teaching of religion in church schools was grounded in a faith-forming approach but, in the 1980s, there was a shift to an educational approach to teaching of religion. The development of educational approaches enabled the introduction of Studies of Religion for senior secondary school students. After considering these shifts, suggestions will be made for some dynamic teaching approaches for students in Studies in Religion.

Keywords: STUDIES IN RELIGION; CATECHETICAL APPROACHES; CRITICAL RELIGIOUS LITERACY; RELIGIOUS EDUCATION; AUSTRALIA

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156852708X283069

Affiliations: 1: Australian Catholic University, PO Box 456, Virginia, Qld 4014, Australia

Publication date: 2008-04-01