ABSTRACT

We present a distinctive approach to knowledge exchange used in the ‘Shared Space’ project; an inter-disciplinary researcher–teacher partnership using Allport’s contact theory contact theory as a lens to interpret teachers’ self-reported practice in the subject Religion and Worldviews (RWE). By so doing, we created new professional knowledge and understanding of how RWE could be used as a vehicle for promoting community relations. At the project’s heart was a team of six whose collaboration across the theory-practice divide has proved unusually close and successful. Here we reflect as a team on our relationships, with each other and the project, through a ‘Collective Writing’ approach, identifying positive experiences, tensions and disagreements, and strategies used to (partially) resolve these. Issues we faced included potentially irreconcilable differences within and across disciplines related to ontology and epistemology. We identify three particular strategies we have used to address them: reciprocal hospitality and embodying Allport’s contact principles within a ‘community of enquiry’. We conclude that, despite the challenges, we have remained a strong and productive team, literally ‘sharing space’, by affording each team member equal status; collaborating towards common goals and in ways that have been supported by our respective institutions. 193/200

摘要

我们提出了“共享空间”项目中使用的一种独特的知识交流方法；一个跨学科的研究人员-教师合作伙伴关系，使用奥尔波特的接触理论接触理论作为镜头来解释教师在宗教和世界观 (RWE) 学科中的自我报告实践。通过这样做，我们对如何将 RWE 用作促进社区关系的工具创造了新的专业知识和理解。该项目的核心是一个由六人组成的团队，他们跨越理论与实践鸿沟的合作已被证明是异常密切和成功的。在这里，我们作为一个团队，通过“集体写作”方法反思我们与彼此和项目的关系，确定积极的经历、紧张和分歧，以及用于（部分）解决这些问题的策略。我们面临的问题包括与本体论和认识论相关的学科内部和学科之间潜在的不可调和的差异。我们确定了用于解决这些问题的三种特定策略：互惠款待和在“咨询社区”中体现 Allport 的联系原则。我们的结论是，尽管面临挑战，我们仍然是一个强大而富有成效的团队，通过为每个团队成员提供平等的地位，字面意思是“共享空间”；为实现共同目标并以我们各自机构支持的方式进行合作。193/200 尽管面临挑战，我们仍然是一个强大而富有成效的团队，通过为每个团队成员提供平等的地位，字面意思是“共享空间”；为实现共同目标并以我们各自机构支持的方式进行合作。193/200 尽管面临挑战，我们仍然是一个强大而富有成效的团队，通过为每个团队成员提供平等的地位，字面意思是“共享空间”；为实现共同目标并以我们各自机构支持的方式进行合作。193/200