Autumn 2021 e-resources
Magazine section: Opinion
External Links:
Article: Write your letter to the nation ...
Article: How to know in RE: epistemic insight (EI) is what you need!
- Details about using the Discipline Wheel (design a multidisciplinary enquiry)
- Epistemic Insight website
Article: Making a difference: enquiry and inquiry in the classroom
- Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre
- Black, P. and William, D. (1998) Inside the Black Box: Raising Standards through Classroom Assessment (London: Kings College London)
- Hattie, J (2012), Visible Learning for Teachers: Maximising Impact on Learning (London: Routledge)
- 'Teachers' professional growth' diagram: further discussion of these ideas and their derivation from the work of John Dewey can be found in Baumfield, V and Higgins, S. (publication November 2021) 'Child and the Curriculum in the 21st Century: The Relationship between Enquiry and Inquiry in the Classroom' in J. Avila and A.G. Rud (Eds.)The Contemporary Relevance of John Dewey’s Theories on Teaching and Learning (London: Routledge)
- RE:ONLINE - Research of the Month, May 2021: Teachers' Engagement with Research
- Higgins, S. and Hall, E. (2004) 'Picking the strawberries out of the jam: thinking critically about systematic reviews, narrative reviews and meta-analysis', BERA Conference Paper
- Goldacre, B (2013) 'Building evidence into education'
- Bassey, M. (2013)'What works or may not work, and bets on whether it will', Campaign for Social Science
Article: The Majestic Qur'an
eResources
Article: Write your letter to the nation...
- A PowerPoint presentation: Dear England ... Inspired by Archbishop Stephen Cottrell's book, pupils write about their hopes and cares
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Article: Write your letter to the nation...
Magazine section: Classroom
External Links:
Article: Football, ice cream, trolleys and God
- Norfolk County Council Religious Education Agreed Syllabus
- 'Aristotle' by Edith Hall 04.03.21, Gresham College
- Craig, W.L. (1994) Reasonable Faith: Christian Truth and Apologetics (Wheaton: Crossway)
Article: The Prince of Egypt: from London stage to Year 3 classrooms
- The Prince of Egypt musical website
- The Prince of Egypt - booking for school groups
- See a song from the show on YouTube
- Official trailer for The Prince of Egypt on YouTube
- BBC Religions of the World series: The Jewish Story of Moses a simplified version of the story suitable for 5-7s
Article: Encouragement: the example of St Barnabas
- RE Today/NATRE continuing professional development (CPD) courses
- Fischy Music song: 'We all need encouragement'
Article: Theologies of Reading
- Quran Explorer: online recitation of Qur'an verses
- RE:ONLINE, 'Theologies of Reading' - resource by Jennifer Jenkins
- 50 Religious Treasures, Cambridge University
- The Visual Commentary on Scripture
- 'Discovering Sacred Texts', The British Library
- 'Teachers and Texts: Improving Religious Education through Hermeneutics', Canterbury Christ Church University
Article: White poppies: a way into teaching global citizenship
Article: Investigations in RE: can our lessons model good research practice for all students?
- 'Why Nelson Mandela was on a terrorism watch list in 2008', Dewey, C. (7 December 2013) Washington Post
- Amnesty International website, in English
- The Universal Declaration of Human Rights:
- Amnesty International's 'Get Involved' section
- Dr Tom Renfro
- The Forgiveness Project
eResources
Article: Trinity: a big idea and some simple ways to promote deepening understanding
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Article: The Prince of Egypt
- PDF of article
- PowerPoint presentation: Moses: Prince of Egypt - RE lessons and ideas from the stage show
Article: Trinity: a big idea and some simple ways to promote deepening understanding
- PDF of article
- The Trinity: reflective story script
- Reflective story scripts project: introduction and how to use
Magazine section: Staffroom
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Article: How can teachers help to change negative public perceptions of RE?
- A National Plan for RE: a summary of the new National Plan for RE proposed by the Commission on RE's Final Report (2018) is available on the NATRE website
- 'Nobody stands nowhere' animation about worldviews by Emily Downe on the Theos website
- Lundie, D. and Ahn, M.Y. 'GCSE Religious Studies: at a Crossroads'
- NATRE report 'Does studying GCSE RS improve your overall academic attainment?'
- RE Teacher's Media Toolkit (Religious Education Council)
- NATRE's lobbying and advocacy work
Article: Why do people today believe more in ghosts than gods?
- Abby Day's new textbook Sociology of Religion: Overview and Analysis of Contemporary Religion (Routledge 2021)
Article: Inside a Faith - Researching the religions and worldviews in RE
- Humanist
- Christian
- Theos website, with resources, research and debate
- Vicky Beeching Foundation
- Theology and Religion Department at Exeter University, access to research
- Muslim
- 1001 Inventions
- Medieval and Early Modern Orients (MEMOs) project
- Green Prophet: environmental campaigns
- Cambridge Muslim College, Twitter page featuring work of scholars such as Sheikh Akram Nadwi
- Everyday Muslim, documents Muslim life in Britain
- Network of Sisters in Academia - Muslim Women Academics in the UK, Twitter page
- Alwaleed Centre for the Study of Islam in the Contemporary World, Edinburgh University
- Muslims in Britain Research Network, Twitter page
- The Centre for the Study of Islam in the UK, University of Cardiff
- Hindu
- Insight Report: 'Hinduism in Religious Education in UK schools' (14 January 2021)
- Buddhist
Article: Making every RE lesson count: our top tips
Magazine section: Professional REflection
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Article: Revolution in RE: the 50th anniversary of Schools Council Working Paper 36: Religious Education in Secondary Schools
- Cush, D. (2021) ‘Changing the game in English Religious Education: 1971 and 2018’ in O. Frank and P. Thalen (eds.), Religious Education in a Post-Secular Age: Case
Studies from Europe (London: Palgrave) - Pring, R. (2012), ‘60 years on: the changing role of government’, British Journal of Educational Studies, 60(1), 29–38
- Smart, N. (1968), Secular Education and the Logic of Religion (London: Faber & Faber)
- Smart, N. (1969), The Religious Experience of Mankind (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons)
- Smart, N. (1996) Dimensions of the Sacred: An Anatomy of the World’s Beliefs (London: Harper Collins)
Article: Finding a place for philosophy
- Bacon, F. (1629), The essayes; or, Covnsels, civill and morall, of Francis Lo. Vervlam, Viscount St. Alban (London: I. Haviland)
- Jane Chipperton, Gillian Georgiou, Olivia Seymour and Kathryn Wright (n.d.). ‘Approach’, Balanced RE website
- Counsell, C. (2018), ‘Senior Curriculum Leadership 1: The indirect manifestation of knowledge: (B) final performance as deceiver and guide’, The Dignity of the Thing blog
- Earnshaw, S. (2006), Existentialism for the Perplexed (London: Continuum Publishing)
- Seaford, R. (2020), The Origins of Philosophy in Ancient Greece and Ancient India: A Historical Comparison (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press)
- Kasulis, T.P. (2002), Intimacy or Integrity: Philosophy and Cultural Difference (Honolulu: University Of Hawai’i Press)
- LogicWorks downloadable resource: a short course in logic, by Steve Williams and Roger Sutcliffe
Article: One discipline, many methods? Part 2
- Bird, D.L., and Smith, S.G. (2009), Theology and Religious Studies in Higher Education (London: Continuum). Includes: Cush, D. (2009), ‘Religious Studies versus Theology: why I’m still glad that I converted from Theology to Religious Studies’
- Chater, M., ‘A wholly educational rationale for worldviews’; Georgiou, G., and Wright, K., ‘Disciplinarity, religion and worldviews: making the case for theology, philosophy and human/social sciences’; Kueh, R., ‘Disciplinary hearing: making the case
for the disciplinary in Religion and Worldviews’ in M. Chater (ed.) (2020) Reforming RE: Power and Knowledge in a Worldviews Curriculum (Woodbridge: John Catt Educational) - Cush, D. (1999), ‘Big brother, little sister, and the clerical uncle: the relationship between Religious Studies, Religious Education and Theology?’ British Journal of
Religious Education, 21 (3), 137–46 - Freathy, G., Freathy, R., Doney, J., Walshe, K., and Teece, G. (2015), 'The RE-searchers: a new approach to primary Religious Education' (Exeter: University of Exeter).
Freathy, R. and John, H.C. (2019a), ‘Religious Education, Big Ideas and the study of religion(s) and worldview(s)’, British Journal of Religious Education, 41 (1), 27–40 - Freathy, R., and John, H. (2019b), Worldviews and Big Ideas: A Way Forward for Religious Education?
- Grimmitt, M. (2000), ‘Introduction: the captivity and liberation of religious education and the meaning and significance of pedagogy’ in M. Grimmitt (ed.), Pedagogies of Religious Education (Great Wakering: McCrimmon)
- Hull, J. (2000), ‘Religionism and Religious Education’ in M. Leicester et al. (eds.), Education, Culture and Values: Spiritual and Religious Education, Vol. 5 (London: Falmer Press)
- Kueh, R. (2019), ‘A matter of discipline? On knowledge, curriculum and the disciplinary in RE’, Professional REflection, 37 (1), 55–9
- Owen, S. (2011), ‘The World Religions Paradigm: time for a change’, Arts and Humanities in Higher Education, 10 (3), 253–68
- Smart, M. (1999), Worldviews: Crosscultural Explorations of Human Beliefs (New York: Scribner)
- Ward, S. (2020), ‘Introduction’ in C.A. Simon and S. Ward (eds.), A Student’s Guide to Education Studies, 4th ed. (Abingdon: Routledge)
- Wintersgill, B. (ed.) (2017), 'Big Ideas for Religious Education' (Exeter: University of Exeter)
- Wintersgill, B., with Cush, D., and Francis, D. (2019), Putting Big Ideas into Practice in Religious Education
- Biesta, G. and Hannam, P. (2020), Religion and Education: The Forgotten Dimensions of Religious Education? (Leiden: Brill Sense)
Article: Research Update - The RETOPEA project: religious diversity through a GoPro camera
Article: Reviews
- Flew, A. (2007) There is a God (Harper One)
- O'Grady, K. (2019) Religious Education as a Dialogue with difference (Routledge)
- REC (2018) Religion and Worldviews: The Way Forward - A National Plan for RE (CoRE)
Article: On reflection - Je suis RE teacher
- Graham-Harrison, E. (10 January 2015), ‘Drawing the prophet: Islam’s hidden history of Muhammad images’, The Guardian, 10 January 2015
- Graham-Harrison, E. (24 January 2015), ‘V&A in row over self-censorship after Muhammad image is taken down’, The Guardian
- Hazell, W. (26 March 2021), ‘“Teachers should be able to show images of Mohamed,” says Robert Jenrick, after more Batley Grammar protests’, iNews, quoting BBC News report (26 March 2021) 'Batley school protests: Prophet Muhammad cartoon row "hijacked"'
Magazine section: Events and Resources
Links:
- NATRE membership
- Ofsted research review on RE
- NATRE welcomes Ofsted RE Research Report
- Understanding Christianity
- The Gift of Our World by Suma Din (Beacon Books 2021)
- RE:ONLINE
- Wesley Historical Society: essay competition for 16-19s
- Humanist Heritage website
- 'Real People: Real Faith' video resources for RE from NATRE
- Nobody Stands Nowhere animated film by Emily Downe, which unpacks the idea of worldviews (2m34s)
- Primary RE Facebook group
- How Islam Began - in ten minutes (TrueTube)
- BBC series: Being ... (available on iplayer)
- Bhaktivedanta Manor virtual visit (3m24s), or longer alternative video (12m59s)
- Prayer Spaces in Schools
Magazine section: The big picture
External Links:
Article: Research Jewish culture with your pupils from the online British Library exhibit
- Virtual tour of Hebrew Manuscripts: Journeys of the Written Word
- Items featured at the exhibition can be viewed online through the British Library's Digitised Manuscripts website: Hebrew Manuscripts
Magazine section: Last word
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Article: Investment from local authorities in RE: How much?
