ABSTRACT
This book is designed to give students and newly qualified teachers a contextual and theoretical background to this subject, by exploring and challenging assumptions about the place of religion in education.
The book is divided into the following sections:
- section one sets out the context for religious education in the curriculum. It looks at political, social and religious influences on legislation, particularly in faith schools, and raises questions about assessment
- section two focuses on Religious Education in the classroom, exploring our understanding of religion and the concept of development in Religious Education
- section three examines Religious Education as a whole-school issue, considering its relationship to literacy, citizenship, collective worship and spiritual, ethical and moral development.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |93 pages
The nature of Religious Education within the school curriculum
chapter |12 pages
The statutory requirements for Religious Education 1988–2001
Religious, political and social influences
chapter |14 pages
Issues in the teaching of Religious Education
Assessing achievement in RE from early years to ‘A' Level
part |61 pages
Religious Education in the classroom
chapter |10 pages
How far do Programmes for RE relate to the Social and Psychological Development of Pupils?
Development through Religious Education
chapter |13 pages
Not ‘either-or', more a case of ‘both-and'
Towards an inclusive gender strategy for Religious Education
part |51 pages
Religious Education and the wider curriculum
chapter |11 pages
Embodying the spirit
Realising RE's potential in the spiritual dimension of the curriculum
