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Francis, Leslie J.; Lankshear, David W.; McKenna, Ursula – British Journal of Religious Education, 2022
This paper set out to explore and to compare the experiences and attitudes of self-identified Muslim students (N = 84) and self-identified Christian students (N = 87) attending the same Anglican primary schools in Wales within the context of the Student Voice Project. The data identified two distinct attitudinal trajectories, one assessed by the…
Descriptors: Christianity, Muslims, Student Attitudes, Attitude Measures
Fawcett, Bruce G.; Francis, Leslie J.; McKenna, Ursula – Journal of Research on Christian Education, 2021
This paper explores the impact of parental religious practice on sustaining positive religious affect among churchgoing young Canadian Baptists. A total of 299 participants between the ages of 12 and 18 years attending a summer youth programme sponsored by the Canadian Baptists of Atlantic Canada, completed the Francis Scale of Attitude toward…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Protestants, Parent Child Relationship, Attendance
Francis, Leslie J.; Howell, David; Hill, Phoebe; McKenna, Ursula – Journal of Research on Christian Education, 2019
Drawing on the survey conducted by Christian Research and commissioned by the Youthscape Centre for Research and One Hope, this study examined the impact of a paid children, youth, or family worker on the weekly attendance of 5- to 18-year-old children within 786 Church of England churches with adult attendance ranging from 20 to 250 people.…
Descriptors: Christianity, Religious Education, Churches, Attendance
Francis, Leslie J.; McKenna, Ursula; Lewis, Christopher Alan – Journal of Religious Education, 2020
John Greer first introduced the Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity in 1979 into his programme of research designed to chart the religious trajectory of students attending Protestant and Catholic schools in Northern Ireland. The present study conducted in 2011 builds on earlier studies conducted in 1979, 1984, the early 1990s, and 1998.…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Catholic Schools, Christianity, Attitude Measures
Francis, Leslie J.; McKenna, Ursula; Arweck, Elisabeth – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2020
Drawing on data provided by 5,811 students from schools in England, Wales, and London who self-identified as either 'no religion' or as Christian, this study explored the effect of the contact hypothesis (having friends who are Muslims) on scores recorded on the seven-item Scale of Anti-Muslim Attitude (SAMA), after controlling for type of school…
Descriptors: Social Attitudes, Muslims, Christianity, Attitude Measures
Francis, Leslie J.; Casson, Ann; McKenna, Ursula – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2018
This study argues that it is the collective worldview of the students which is crucial in reflecting and shaping the ethos of schools. In order to understand the potential distinctiveness of Christian ethos schools two analyses were undertaken. The collective worldview of 2942 students attending 10 Christian ethos schools was compared with the…
Descriptors: Christianity, Foreign Countries, Values, Secondary Schools
Miller, Joyce; McKenna, Ursula – British Journal of Religious Education, 2011
This paper builds on and develops the English findings of the qualitative study of European teenagers' perspectives on religion and religious education (RE), part of "Religion in Education: a Contribution to Dialogue or a Factor of Conflict in Transforming Societies of European Countries?" (REDCo) project. It uses data gathered from 27…
Descriptors: Religion, Foreign Countries, Humanities, Religious Education