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Teaching Religion in Its Contemporary Contexts: A Case Study
Author(s) -
Gravett Sandra L.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
teaching theology and religion
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.165
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 1467-9647
pISSN - 1368-4868
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9647.00175
Subject(s) - comprehension , reading (process) , content (measure theory) , literacy , reading comprehension , pedagogy , mathematics education , psychology , teaching method , sociology , computer science , political science , mathematical analysis , mathematics , law , programming language
. After the disheartening results of an informal investigation of content knowledge and reading comprehension among her students, the author ponders the implications for her teaching objectives. What are we, as educators in religious studies, really teaching and how are we doing it? How are we accommodating students with less traditionally honed academic skills without diminishing content? She describes her experiments with several new teaching strategies for enhancing student learning by helping them improve basic skills, develop cultural literacy, and relate course content to their personal experience.