Holmes, Sarah E and Logan, Shelley and Olorenshaw, Emma (2024) Working towards improved collaboration: reviewing provision and support for Christian parents/carers. British Journal of Religious Education. ISSN 0141-6200
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Abstract
It is increasingly acknowledged by a range of sectors, particularly health and educational, that collaboration with parents is fundamental to improving the developmental outcomes of children. It is also becoming more commonplace within the UK church and para-church organisations to emphasise the importance of supporting parents as they seek to nurture their child’s Christian faith. This raises multiple questions around the resourcing of institutions such as churches and school to form supportive,
collaborative partnerships with parents for the sake of the children’s spiritual growth and development. This exploratory study collected data from three different perspectives: a review of tools and resources;
interviews of practitioners and online surveys of parents in seventeen case-study contexts. In each arena, the provision and support for parents and carers for nurturing their Christian faith was investigated. Epstein’s types of involvement theory was used as a framework for analysis to map the nature of resources currently available for churches and faith-based schools wanting to collaborate with parents and carers, as well as to identify gaps and opportunities for future resourcing to enhance this kind of collaboration and partnerships.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information and Comments: | © 2024 The Author(s). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. |
| Faculty / Department: | Faculty of Education and Social Sciences > School of Education |
| Depositing User: | Sarah Holmes |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Nov 2024 16:09 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Nov 2024 16:09 |
| URI: | https://hira.hope.ac.uk/id/eprint/4432 |
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