Articles about World
For the staffroom
This article is for paying subscribers Education in Practice: A Teacher’s Guide for the Secondary Classroom’
What is Critical RE? Critical RE (CRE) enables students to tussle with questions regarding the truth about ultimate reality and its impact on how we should live our lives. It is based in the philosophy of Critical...
For the classroom 11-16
Beyond words in Buddhism
Great teachers use vivid imagery and memorable stories to make their point. Buddhist texts draw lessons from the world around us in a remarkable selection of similes and metaphors. Here, Stephen Pett shows how exploring...
Research
Research update – Research into the use of critical thinking within religious education at King’s College, University of London (UCL)
Researchers at King’s College, University of London and the UCL Institute of Education have been working hard looking at ways in which the pedagogy of Critical Religious Education (CRE) – credited to Professor Andy...
Theory and practice
This article is for paying subscribers Postmodern religious criticism and worldview literacy
Young people in our schools are growing up in an increasingly complex globalised world, despite the attempts of some prominent political figures to reverse this. Given such a context, it is important that our students...
Theory and practice
What are worldviews and should Religious Education be re-framed as Worldview Studies?
One of the greatest challenges facing the current Commission on Religious Education is the question about the nature of the subject. Does it really matter what we call it? Historically, what we call RE has had a...
For the classroom 7-11
Creation stories of the world:
We teach many creation stories, especially to younger children in the primary phase. However, older children can benefit from returning to well-loved creation stories and taking a sociological or psychological view,...
Events and resources
Christian Aid:
Global Neighbours, a new award scheme for primary schools In January 2018 Christian Aid is launching Global Neighbours, an accreditation scheme for primary schools, in partnership with the Church of England Education...