Abstract
This research asks, “What is the experience of being a Christian teacher in a public school?” Analysis of semistructured interviews with 16 Christian public school teachers revealed that, while this experience is highly variable and contextualized, teachers experienced four common concerns, making visible how teachers’ religious identity shapes their purpose for teaching, their interactions with supports and oppositions, their values for themselves and for their students, and their perspectives on Christian witness and teaching in their public school settings.
Cover Page Footnote
I am grateful to the sixteen teachers who gave of their time and experience to shape this study into what it is.
Recommended Citation
Birmingham, C.
(2025).
The Experience of Being a Christian Public School Teacher.
International Christian Community of Teacher Educators Journal, 20(1).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.55221/1932-7846.1347
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