We review empirical studies on possible relations between schoolteachers' personal
religious beliefs or worldviews and their professional thinking and acting. The major …

While it is often theoretically presumed that religious and spiritual beliefs are important
determinants for teachers' professional thinking and acting, there is only scarce empirical …

This article reports on research into the influence of teachers' religious beliefs in religious
education. Drawing on accounts from eleven teachers in Controlled Schools in Northern …

How schools navigate between the demands presented by secularisation, and the
increasing plurality of religious traditions has become a very topical issue in many European …

This article focuses on some of the challenges of teaching science in a culture where
science and religion sometimes appear to be or are set at odds with each other. Apparent …

Over the past two decades, the organisation of religious education classes in Switzerland
has undergone profound reforms. Amid the increasing secularisation and pluralisation of the …

Religious diversity within Dutch schools has greatly increased. We carried out an empirical
study to offer insights into how secondary school teachers (try to) relate to the formal …

The correlation of student teachers' religiosity with their views on the religious education
course that they are called on to teach in Greek public schools is the subject treated in the …

The research goals of this report are: 1) How do RE teachers' personal beliefs and
worldviews relate to their professional motivations? 2) How do RE teachers negotiate …

Spirituality in education is a contested topic. This is certainly true for Switzerland where there
has been avid media-led debate about teacher religiosity/spirituality and their influence on …