The Effective Teaching of Religious Education

ISBN-13: 9781405824101 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 256 str.

Penny Thompson

Opis

Written for specialist and non-specialist teachers in the primary and secondary sectors, this work integrates theory and practice, encouraging debate and reflection on a range of issues in religious education(RE). It includes a chapter on the place of Christianity in RE, and covers the purpose of RE and on the relationship of RE to other subjects.

Spis treści

PART I ROLE OF RE IN SOCIETY TODAY

 

Chapter 1 The effective teacher of RE

Chapter 2 RE - Erratic boulder?

Chapter 3 Giving religion a chance

 

PART II WHAT DO WE MEAN BY RELIGION?

 

Chapter 4 The purpose of RE

Chapter 5 Christianity

Chapter 6 Other world religions

 

PART III SKILLS FOR UNDERSTANDING

 

Chapter 7 Concepts and imagination

Chapter 8 Truth-claims and thinking skills

Chapter 9 Interpreting scripture

 

PART IV EXTENDING THE CURRICULUM

 

Chapter 10 RE and the rest of the curriculum 

Chapter 11 Worship and education

Chapter 12 Encouraging spiritual development

O autorze

Brenda Watson is the author of several books on education and religion. A former lecturer at Didsbury College of Education, she became Director of the Farmington Institute in Oxford for several years before doing consultancy work.

Penny Thompson taught RE in comprehensive schools on Merseyside in the UK for 15 years. She has taught at tertiary level, at an independent school and in adult education. She has written a book on RE and is the author of many articles on the subject.