Prof S Parker
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Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
About the Project
Applications are invited for a fully-funded, full-time, PhD studentship at the University of Worcester in the History of Religion and Education. This is one of a number of research projects in competition for one PhD Studentship. The project which receives the best applicant will be awarded the funding. Please see the additional advertisements for details on the other research projects available.
A classroom history of Religious Education: spaces, textbooks, artefacts, visual and auditory culture
Changes to the content, nature and purpose of Religious Education curricula from the 1960s and 1970s have been a focus of research of late. However, there is a notable lacuna in research on everyday religious education in classrooms themselves to which a study in this area has the potential to contribute. A systematic study of textbooks, audio-visual aids, religious and other artefacts of practice, as well as classroom spaces, offer opportunities to understand how religion was construed for children at particular times and in specific places in the past, bringing into awareness how the religious was conceived of, and how children were positioned in relation to it. Similarly, the role and function of religious education teachers and teaching would be illuminated by a study of the means of practice. Research could be focused upon a particular place (locally or nationally) or time (from the nineteenth century onwards), but some awareness of available sources should be demonstrated in any proposal.
The History of Religion and Education is a particular area of strength in research within the Institute of Education at the University of Worcester. Led by Professor Stephen Parker, a very successful submission to REF2104 was made under this heading. Currently, Professor Parker is leading a Leverhulme Trust-funded project on the history of religious education broadcasting in Britain. As a research student in the history of religion and education you would be joining a group of other doctoral students working on a range of topics in the field. Moreover, you will become part of our dynamic and engaged research student body in Education as a whole.
For further details and for an application form visit: http://www.worcester.ac.uk/researchstudentships
For an informal discussion about the studentship please contact Professor Stephen Parker (email: [Email Address Removed])
For questions regarding the application process, please contact Katherine Bruce (email: [Email Address Removed] or tel: +44 1905 54 2182)
Funding Notes
The successful applicant will receive a tax free bursary of £ 13863.00 per annum and a fee waiver from the University of Worcester.