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Jacqueline Watson

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Dr Jacqueline Watson

Visiting Fellow

Email:
jacqueline.watson@uea.ac.uk
Telephone:
+44 (0)1603 592861
Fax:
+44 (0)1603 451412
Office location:
EDU 1.23

 

Research
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Research Interests

I am a visiting fellow and associate tutor in the School of Education and Lifelong Learning and a researcher with the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts.

My long term research interests are spiritual development and Religious Education. In 2007 I worked with the British Humanist Association to publish a report investigating local authority responses to the addition of secular worldviews to the National Framework for RE. In 2002 I examined the relationship between Citizenship Education and Religious Education through a Farmington Fellowship.

I am coordinating the evaluation of the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts' Culture of the Countryside project. In 2007 I carried out collaborative research with the SCVA on projects funded by Enquire, Envision and Museums Libraries and Archives, examining young people's learning, participation and pupil voice in the context of art gallery and museum education.

From 2004-2007 I was a Research Associate with the DfES funded National Evaluation of Children's Trusts where I developed an interest in young people's participation and pupil voice.

I am Book Reviews Editor for the International Journal of Children's Spirituality and a member of the Association for Children's Spirituality. I am an Associate of the The Keswick Hall Centre for Religious Education.

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List of Publications

Watson, J. 2008, ‘Can children and young people learn from atheism for spiritual development? A response to the national framework for religious education.’ Article forthcoming in the British Journal of Religious Education 30 (1), 49-58.

Watson, J. September 2007, 'Religious Education's Atheistic Turn' REsource 30(1).

Watson, J. 2007, 'Spiritual development: constructing an inclusive and progressive approach' Journal of Beliefs and Values 28(2), 125-136.

Watson, J., 2006, ‘Every Child Matters and children’s spiritual rights: does the new holistic approach to children’s care address children’s spiritual well-being?’ International Journal of Children’s Spirituality 11(2), 251 – 264.

Watson, J., 2006, ‘Spiritual Development and Inclusivity: the need for a critical democratic approach’ International Journal of Children’s Spirituality 11(1), 113 – 124.

Watson, J., 2004, 'Educating for Citizenship - the emerging relationship between Religious Education and Citizenship Education', British Journal of Religious Education, 26(3), pp. 259-271.

Vanlint, B. & Watson, J., 2004, 'Spiritual Development, Moral Development and Citizenship Education', in Browne, A. & Haylock, D., (eds) Professional Issues for Primary Teachers, Sage.

Watson, J., 2003, Citizenship Education and its Impact on Religious Education, Farmington Fellowship Report, Norwich: University of East Anglia.

Watson, J., 2003, 'Preparing Spirituality for Citizenship', International Journal of Children's Spirituality, 8(1), pp. 9-24.

Watson, J., 2002, 'From Transcendence to Ethics: shaping spirituality to schools', Journal of Beliefs and Values, 21(1), pp. 39-50.

Watson, J., 2001, 'OFSTED's Spiritual Dimension: an analytical audit of inspection reports', Cambridge Journal of Education, 31(2), pp. 205-219.

Watson, J., 2000, 'Whose Model of Spirituality Should Be Used in the Spiritual Development of School Children?' International Journal of Children's Spirituality, 5(1), pp. 91-101.

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