Autumn 2019 e-resources

Magazine section: Opinion

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Article: Worldviews: what are they and how can we teach them as well as religions?

• Hellemans, S., Maex, E., Van Belle, H. and Van der Veken, J. (1994) Worldviews: from fragmentation to integration. (Brussels: VUB) Internet edition 2007

• Smalley, P. (2018) Response to the Commission on Religion Education’s Final Report, Religion and Worldviews: The Way Forward.

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Article: The view from the grassroots of Islam

• The view from the grassroots of Islam: interview with Dr Hany El Banna of Islamic Relief article as a pdf

Magazine section: Classroom

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Article: Flying for life: the Mission Aviation Fellowship

• Mission Aviation Fellowship stories, examples and lesson ideas written especially for RE - available free on the MAF website.

Article: The BBC's latest offerings for RE

• BBC Bitesize resources for RE for KS2
• BBC Bitesize resources for RE at GCSE
• A day in the life of ... (Bitesize film about Ezzy, a Sunni Muslim)

Article: Teachers learning: good CPD for effective RE – the role of the RE Quality Mark

• DfE (2016) Standard for teachers’ professional development, and implementation guidance
• The REQM (Religious Education Quality mark) materials are freely available from the REQM website

Article: What did the Pope and the Grand Imam teach us about RE?

• Faiths Together Facebook page
• Human Rights Watch: briefing on the UAE

Article: Making worldviews visible: female bishops, the Five Ks and the hijab as examples

• Rowan Williams at general synod 2012 (BBC news report)
• Forward in Faith: women bishops
• Butt, R. (2012) ‘The women who oppose female bishops’ The Guardian 27 February 2012
• British Sikh Report
• BBC Radio 4 Analysis programme: ‘Too Young to Veil?’

Article: FriendshipNotFear: symbols and solidarity after the Christchurch mosque attacks

• Theos: research, reports and debates on the relationship between religion, politics and society

Article: Nelson Mandela: an example in the struggle for global justice and change

• Mandela exhibition website, includes educational resources
• Liliesleaf Trust: downloadable resources (current set are designed to support South African humanities curriculums - in due course a link will be available to UK-focused materials
• Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives website, includes educational resources
• Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, education section on their website

Article: The 'school gate culture war' through the lens of worldviews

• Farmington Scholarship research project: 'Exploring Teenage Worldviews'
• The Great British School Swap, Channel 4

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Article: Primary Pupil Voice in RE: ‘What matters for you about RE?’

• Sheet for teachers with questionnaire for pupils.

Article: Flying for life: the Mission Aviation Fellowship

• Flying for life: the Mission Aviation Fellowship article as a pdf

Magazine section: Professional REflection

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Article: 'A matter of discipline?' On knowledge, curriculum and the disciplinary in RE

• ‘Revisiting the Rationale for Religious Education’ report

Article: Darwin's Jews

• Online reader for Jewish engagement with evolutionary theory

Article: Can teachers make use of research to improve teaching? Practical experiments in the RE classroom

• Signposts
• Research for RE website

Magazine section: Staffroom

Article: What is your worldview?

A Pagan perspective

• Office of National Statistics 2011 Census
• Mail on Sunday article 14.04.12: 'And after double maths it will be ... paganism'

A Secularist perspective

• Exploring Secularism website

Article: The new Ofsted framework for inspection in England

• Ofsted (2019) ‘Education inspection framework 2019: Inspecting the substance of education. Schools’ presentation
• Ofsted (2019) ‘Inspecting the curriculum’
• Ofsted (2019) School Inspection Handbook

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Article: The new Ofsted framework for inspection in England

Guide on preparing for the new Ofsted framework, written by NATRE Executive

Magazine section: The Big Picture

Article: The big picture: A Hindu creation story

• Hindu creation story: scriptural text

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Article: The big picture: A Hindu creation story

• The big picture page as a pdf

Magazine section: Instant RE

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Article: The Big Bible Story

• The Big Bible Story resources are on the Diocese of Guildford website

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Article: The Big Bible Story

• The Big Bible Story article as a pdf

Magazine section: Events and resources

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Article: Events and resources

• Edge Hill University courses
• NASACRE news
• Lift the Lid resources