Bernadette Sweetman
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Dr. Bernadette Sweetman is a Post-doctoral Researcher in Adult Religious Education and Faith Development at the Mater Dei Centre for Catholic Education.
Book
Book Chapter
Year | Publication | |
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2022 | B. Sweetman (2022) 'Valuing and Cultivating Dialogue Amongst Learner–Educators: Ongoing Challenges for Post-Primary Religious Education Teachers in Catholic Schools' In: Formation of Teachers for Catholic Schools: Challenges and Opportunities in a New Era. Singapore : Springer. [DOI] | |
2021 | Sweetman, B. (2021) 'Adult religious education and faith development in Ireland: Pushing the boat out' In: Catholic Education: A lifelong journey. Dublin : Veritas. | |
2019 | Gareth Byrne, Leslie J. Francis, Ursula McKenna, Bernadette Sweetman (2019) 'Exploring the personal, social and spiritual worldview of male adolescent atheists within the Republic of Ireland: An Empirical Enquiry' In: Religion and Education: The Voices of Young People in Ireland. Dublin : Veritas. | |
2019 | Gareth Byrne, Leslie J. Francis, Bernadette Sweetman, Ursula McKenna (2019) 'Sustaining churchgoing young Catholics in the Republic of Ireland: Assessing the importance of parental example' In: Religion and Education: The Voices of Young People in Ireland. Dublin : Veritas. | |
2019 | Byrne, G.; Sweetman, B. (2019) 'CPD and RE: What Do RE Teachers in Irish Catholic Schools Say They Need?' In: Global Perspectives on Catholic Religious Education in Schools: Volume II: Learning and Leading in a Pluralist World. [Link] | |
2018 | Sweetman, B. (2018) 'Godparenthood and education: An irish perspective' In: Religious Education in Catholic Schools: Perspectives from Ireland and the UK. [Link] | |
2016 | Francis, L.J., Byrne, G., Sweetman, B., Penny, G. (2016) 'Growing Up Female and Catholic in the Republic of Ireland and in Scotland: The Intersectionality of Religious Identity, Religious Saliency, and Nationality' In: Diversity and Intersectionality: Studies in Religion, Education and Values. Bern : Peter Lang. |
Peer Reviewed Journal
Year | Publication | |
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2021 | Bernadette Sweetman (2021) 'Reimagining adult religious education and faith development in a detraditionalised Ireland'. Religions, . https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12110963 | |
2021 | Byrne, G., Sweetman, B. (2021) 'Opening up adult religious education and faith development in Ireland: The AREFD project'. British Journal of Religious Education, . https://doi.org/10.1080/01416200.2021.1913097 | |
2021 | Sweetman, Bernadette (2021) 'Learnings from the Adult Religious Education and Faith Development (AREFD) project for initial teacher education of religious educators'. JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION, 69 (3). [DOI] | |
2020 | Francis, L.J., Byrne, G., Lewis, C.A., Sweetman, B. (2020) 'Religious affect and personal happiness: Are there significant differences between Catholic adolescents in the Republic of Ireland and in Northern Ireland? '. JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION, . [DOI] | |
2023 | Byrne, Gareth; Sweetman, Bernadette (2023) 'Opening up adult religious education and faith development in Ireland: the AREFD project'. British Journal of Religious Education, 45 (2). [DOI] |
Other Journal
Year | Publication | |
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2021 | Gareth Byrne, Bernadette Sweetman (2021) 'Responses of clergy and laypeople to COVID-19' . [Link] |
Conference Contribution
Newspaper
Year | Publication | |
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2020 | Byrne, G., Sweetman, B. (2020) Coronavirus in church: 2020 vision on the meaning of faith in our lives. NEWSA [Link] | |
2019 | Bernadette Sweetman (2019) Dominant public view of religious persons as less intelligent is lamentable. NEWSA [Link] | |
2021 | Gareth Byrne, Bernadette Sweetman (2021) Churchgoers want return to old patterns. NEWSA |
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Employment
Outreach Activities
Research Interests
Religious Education, Religious and Cultural Diversity, Socio-religious Irish culture, Culturally responsive teaching and learning. CPD for RE Teachers. Godparenthood and Education. LGBTQ and Education
Research Projects
Teaching Interests
Primary Education. Post-Primary Education. Religious education. Non-formal education. ICT in Education. Professional Development. Psychology, Philosophy and History of Education. Curriculum Development and Evaluation.