School of Education and Lifelong Learning, University of Exeter
Abstract
publication-status: PublishedBiblos was a research project into teaching biblical narrative. It was based at the School of Education and Lifelong Learning (SELL) at the University of Exeter and led by Professor Terence Copley ([email protected]). Biblos was founded in 1996 with the aim of investigating how the Bible is, and should be, taught in Religious Education (RE) in England and Wales. It represented a working
partnership between the RE team at Exeter and Bible Society. It has worked in New Zealand to compare findings in another English-speaking country. This report attempts to assimilate the key findings and research outcomes of the three UK phases of the Biblos Project by looking at the first two phases from the perspective of the third.The Bible Societ