RT Article
T1 The T.I.T.U.S. Project: Implications of a Catholic spiritual and faith formation programme on the teaching of classroom Religious Education in Australia
JF Journal of beliefs and values
VO 44
IS 1
SP 47
OP 62
A1 Robinson, Christine
A1 Fic, Jessica
LA English
PB Routledge
YR 2023
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1832161900
AB This paper presents findings emanating from a larger investigation. In essence, this qualitative project sought to uncover the ways in which early childhood Religious Education (RE) teachers’ experience of a formation-based program, known as The T.I.T.U.S Project (Testament In Teachers Using Scripture), transformed their own religious literacy and subsequently, their teaching of RE; it is these findings that form the focus of this paper. Religious literacy is explained as consisting of more than content, to include the complex relationship of content with both context and learner. It is in this nexus between content, context and learner that The T.I.T.U.S Project resided. With existing literature clearly identifying teachers’ lack of confidence in teaching scripture within RE, that is, in engaging with context and context as Cullen explains it, this research is significant. The findings from the qualitative survey, interview data and reflective journals suggest that teachers’ own personal formational experiences and growth in religious literacy transformed their teaching of classroom Religious Education, including their confidence in teaching scripture.
K1 Early Childhood
K1 Catholic Schools
K1 Religious Literacy
K1 faith formation
K1 Spirituality
DO 10.1080/13617672.2021.2012345