Monitoring attitude toward Christianity among year 5 and year 6 students attending Church in Wales primary schools

Drawing on data provided by 4,803 year-four, year-five, and year-six students (between the ages of 8 and 11 years) attending 88 Church in Wales primary schools, this paper discusses the development of eight short scales designed to operationalise themes concerning aspects of the distinctiveness of Anglican church schools and school worship identified by the school inspection process. The eight themes include: attitude toward the general character of the school and attitude toward the religious character of the school. The data demonstrated the internal consistency reliability of these eight measures that comprise the Lankshear Student Voice Scales Revised and showed more positive attitudes to be associated with being female, with being younger, and with engaging in personal and public religious practices.

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Engaging the Student Voice Within Anglican School Self-Evaluation and Statutory Inspection Within Wales: The Lankshear Student Voice Scales Revised

Lankshear

Francis

Eccles

2021

Journal of Research on Christian Education

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Sustaining churchgoing young Anglicans in England and Wales: Assessing influence of the home

Francis

Lankshear

Eccles

et al. 2019

Journal of Beliefs & Values

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Responding to the problem facing the Church of England, as identified by the Church Growth Research Programme, regarding sustaining churchgoing young Anglicans, and also responding to the Renewal and Reform agenda to address this problem, the present study discusses the roles of three agencies in delivering effective Christian education and Christian formation: local churches, local schools, and the home. Building on a fruitful stream of research within Australia and the UK, the present study drew on two samples of young Anglicans: 2,019 9-to 11-year-old students attending church primary schools in Wales, and 2,323 13-to 15-year-old students attending church secondary schools mainly in England. The data demonstrated that young Anglicans who practised their Anglican identity by attending church did so primarily because their parents were Anglican churchgoers. Moreover, young Anglican churchgoers were most likely to keep going to church if their churchgoing parents (especially mother) talked with them about their faith. The implications from these findings, for an Anglican Church strategy for ministry among children and young people, is that alongside resourcing local churches and promoting deeply Christian schools, it may also be wise for the Church to invest in the education and formation of churchgoing Anglican parents.

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Impacts of religious secondary schools in Hong Kong on student attitudes towards school life

Yuen,

Leung,

Francis

et al. 2024

Journal of Beliefs & Values

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Monitoring attitude toward Christianity among year 5 and year 6 students attending Church in Wales primary schools

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Engaging the Student Voice Within Anglican School Self-Evaluation and Statutory Inspection Within Wales: The Lankshear Student Voice Scales Revised

Engaging the Student Voice Within Anglican School Self-Evaluation and Statutory Inspection Within Wales: The Lankshear Student Voice Scales Revised

Sustaining churchgoing young Anglicans in England and Wales: Assessing influence of the home

Impacts of religious secondary schools in Hong Kong on student attitudes towards school life

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