For the staffroom

Big ideas might vary according to who you ask. Is Christianity more about forgiveness or the Trinity? Does Islam emphasise submission, revelation or prophethood most? Do Sikhs believe more in God or in service of...

We asked three key figures whose work has served RE well over the last thirty years to reflect on what has changed in three decades, good and bad!  Linda Rudge  In 1985 I was teaching in eastern England, first as a...

Yonah Matemba (YM), RE teacher trainer at the University of the West of Scotland, addresses a big issue in the subject in an interview with the Editor, Lat Blaylock (LB)

Neil McKain, Head of RS and NATRE Executive member is concerned by what some of his fellow RE teachers are posting on the SAVE RE Facebook page

As a young RE teacher in the late 1960s, I discovered free and useful resource materials from the Shap Working Party on World Religions in Education. I then attended the first Southern Shap conference in 1972. A key...

Basma Elshayal is a researcher at the University of Warwick

Jane Chipperton was recently RE adviser in St Albans Diocese, and is a Trustee of RE Today

Peter Harvey is a Humanist representative on Derbyshire SACRE

Himanshu Jain is a director for the Institute of Jainology

Mike Stygal is a former teacher and a Pagan representative

We asked six people from different religions and worldviews some questions about their attitudes to animals and the natural world. The next six pages are a great resource to use with students, who might read and...

We asked people from a number of different worldviews to comment on the big issues of the theme of this term’s REtoday, and some treasure emerged. Use these short articles with your 14–19s by all means, but any...

RE is not yet free of the curse of levels, argues Dr Mark Chater, the Director of the Culham St Gabriel’s Trust. ‘Grade me, grade me!’ wails Lisa Simpson. This bright 8-year-old has just shown some artwork to her...

Kate Christopher explores issues every teacher of RE has to think about. As a teacher, how do you manage questions about Islamic State (IS) when teaching Islam? Indeed, how do you manage questions about IS at all? You...

A new idea for whole sixth-form RE provision

It’s not easy to ensure all sixth-form students receive their legal entitlement of RE provision. So many schools don’t try and many schools try, but don’t have...

We invited members of different faiths and beliefs to consider the nature of evil from their own point of view. Here are responses from a Buddhist, a Christian, a Pagan and a Sikh, all of whom are teachers. We used the...

Katie Freeman reflects on the importance of professional development – even when it means time away from your class. ‘Are you going to another RE meeting?’ This simple question echoes in my ears and a spark of...

Broughton is an 11–16 state secondary school with around 900 students on roll. In Year 7, some RE is taught by non-specialist teachers (from within the Humanities faculty). Years 8, 9 and GCSE students are taught by...

Our theme this term is ‘Religion: All in the mind?’ We asked five members of different communities to respond to some questions about this, and their thinking follows. We used these seven questions. a. What does your...

In June 2014 I started a thread in the RE:ONLINE café asking: ‘How important is subject knowledge for effective teaching?’ This thread continues to arouse interest, as teachers and academics discuss the issue. Some...