The first person singular was intentionally used, to obtain each respondent’s perception of her own
subjective experiences in RS, rather than perceptions of the experiences of the others (Taylor & Fraser,
1991). This agrees with the basic principle of the constructivist education of placing students in the
centre of the instruction process and the willingness to understand the student’s personal point of view.
The Likert-style survey was based on a five-point scale; with ‘5’ representing ‘strongly agree’ and ‘1’
being ‘strongly disagree’.