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Open research questions in Religious Education and Schools

663 unresolved questions extracted from the limitations and future-work sections of 6,546 Religious Education and Schools papers in our library. Each links back to the study that raised it.

What the literature leaves open

  • There is a lack of research investigating the interrelation between believers' representations of God and diverse prayer practices. The study aims to address this gap by exploring the representations of God's where-being and their relation to contemplative practices.

    “Everything Begins in Prayer”: A Qualitative Study of Contemplative Prayer and Associated Perceptions of God’s Where-Being Among Polish Catholics · 2026 · DOI

  • Investigate how different disciplinary boundaries can be bridged through shared professional development. Explore the long-term effects of P4C in CRE and Ethics classrooms.

    Thinking Faithfully Together: Catholic Religious Education, Ethics, and the Philosophy for Children Pedagogy · 2026 · DOI

  • The paper identifies the gap in understanding how Catholic Religious Education (CRE) and Ethics can engage in a constructive pedagogical dialogue without merging their distinct disciplinary identities.

    Thinking Faithfully Together: Catholic Religious Education, Ethics, and the Philosophy for Children Pedagogy · 2026 · DOI

  • We conclude that whatever the ethical grounds for promoting religious literacy, the concept is severely understudied empirically.

    Religious literacy and its discontents: a critical review · 2025 · DOI

  • This study explores how institutional selectivity is associated with students’ rhetorical and behavioral commitments to religious pluralism, addressing a major gap in the literature on diversity in higher education.

    “The Selectivity Divide: A Longitudinal Study of Religious Pluralism in United States Higher Education” · 2025 · DOI

  • Future research should complement interviews with observational methods. Comparative studies across regions and school types would illuminate how varying institutional ecologies shape teacher agency.

    Enacting interreligious learning in Indonesian Islamic education: a phenomenological study of teacher practice · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a lack of empirical research on interreligious practices in Southeast Asia. Existing scholarship has predominantly focused on policy discourse and curriculum design, with little attention to how teachers enact interreligious learning.

    Enacting interreligious learning in Indonesian Islamic education: a phenomenological study of teacher practice · 2026 · DOI

  • Despite the widespread acknowledgment of the need for holistic learner development, many schools still focus primarily on academic performance, often neglecting the emotional and social wellbeing of learners. There is a need for research on how servant leadership can foster compassionate school cultures in Catholic education.

    Servant Leadership and Compassionate School Cultures in South African Catholic Schools · 2026 · DOI

  • The role of the teacher's personality in the comprehensive development of learners' qualities is increasingly declining. Moral education factors are being underestimated.

    Teaching by One's Own Example in Buddhism: perspectives from social learning theory and the role of teachers in modern society · 2026 · DOI

  • The current approach to RE often neglects cultural racism and microaggressions. There is a need for an interdisciplinary RE model that integrates multicultural and antiracist pedagogies. The gap in the literature is the lack of a comprehensive framework for addressing cultural racism in RE.

    A comparative theological approach to mitigating cultural racism in religious education: reforming confessional RE through anti-racist and decolonial pedagogy · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a gap in understanding the role of parents in children's faith development. Prior research has shown that parents do not contribute to children's image of God, but this study finds otherwise.

    Children’s perception of God and parents: basis for faith development framework · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a need to rebalance practice towards a dialogic model of spiritual education. The current approach to Religious Education in Catholic and Church of England schools often emphasises top-down transmission of tradition and spiritual practice.

    How Faith in the Nexus research captured children's spiritual oracy, advanced theory, and informed education and church policy and practice · 2026 · DOI

  • The implementation of the current public policy on religious freedom and worship in schools is a significant challenge. The paper identifies the need for a neutral and inclusive education, respectful of diversity and free of dogmas.

    Política pública de libertad religiosa y de cultos y escuela: Un estado del arte · 2026 · DOI

  • The paper identifies a gap in the existing literature on public policy of religious freedom and worship in schools. The study highlights the need for a comprehensive understanding of the current public policy on this topic.

    Política pública de libertad religiosa y de cultos y escuela: Un estado del arte · 2026 · DOI

  • Integrating citizenship education across the curriculum. Deprioritization of citizenship education due to an emphasis on STEM subjects. Lack of qualified teachers to integrate civics across the curriculum.

    Teaching the 1 Million March 4 Children: Using religious literacy to foster citizenship · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a lack of understanding of what Canadian students do not know about citizenship. There is a gap between what teachers think they should prioritize in citizenship education and what they think their school system prioritizes.

    Teaching the 1 Million March 4 Children: Using religious literacy to foster citizenship · 2026 · DOI

  • The risk of deepening stigma towards certain student groups. The challenge of promoting inclusive and dialogic approaches to prevention. The difficulty of balancing the need to prevent radicalization with the need to protect teacher-student relations.

    Teachers’ attitudes towards surveillance in Kenyan secondary schools · 2026 · DOI

  • The study identifies a gap in understanding the impact of the Prevent duty on school communities. The study highlights the need for further research on the effectiveness of the Prevent duty.

    Teachers’ attitudes towards surveillance in Kenyan secondary schools · 2026 · DOI

  • The challenges of defining the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning as a scholarly practice. The historical undervaluation of teaching and concerns about methodological rigour. The limitations of the World Religions Paradigm in addressing local educational needs.

    Decolonising Religious Studies through the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: A South African Perspective · 2026 · DOI

  • The study suggests that future research should investigate how constructivist pedagogy can be scaled up to larger cohorts. The study recommends that future research should explore the impact of different pedagogical approaches on student engagement with religious concepts. The study suggests that future research should examine the role of prior knowledge and experiences in shaping student engagement with different teaching approaches.

    Decolonising Religious Studies through the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: A South African Perspective · 2026 · DOI

  • The lack of a nuanced approach to special allowances in remote areas. The need for a scheme that takes into account logistics costs and geographical difficulty.

    Asymmetric Special Allowances: A Strategy to Overcome the Retention Crisis of Religious Teachers in Frontier, Outermost, and Underdeveloped Regions · 2026 · DOI

  • The study identifies the challenge of teaching evolution in a religious context. The study highlights the need for science education to be sensitive to the religious beliefs of teachers and students.

    Religiosity and evolution: Exploring Greek primary teachers’ attitudes toward theory of evolution · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a gap in understanding the relationship between religiosity and the acceptance of the theory of evolution among Greek primary school teachers. The study aims to fill this gap by investigating the relationship between religiosity and the acceptance of the theory of evolution among Greek primary school teachers.

    Religiosity and evolution: Exploring Greek primary teachers’ attitudes toward theory of evolution · 2026 · DOI

  • The current technological advances and population growth cause anxiety and distress to education leaders. The declining economic frontiers and teacher physical and mental health. The need for a new frontier in education leadership.

    Situating Catholic Social Thought in Education Leadership: Millennial Goal for Societal Wellbeing and Global Peace · 2026 · DOI

  • The lack of understanding of Catholic Social Thought in education leadership. The need for a new frontier in education leadership. The importance of prioritizing the needs, dignity, and rights of those who are marginalised, vulnerable, or poor.

    Situating Catholic Social Thought in Education Leadership: Millennial Goal for Societal Wellbeing and Global Peace · 2026 · DOI

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