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Issues in Religious Education »

Authors: Lynne Broadbent (Editor), Alan Brown
ISBN-13: 9780415262538, ISBN-10: 0415262534
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Date Published: July 2002
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Lynne Broadbent

Book Synopsis

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.

	Notes on contributors
	Abbreviations
	Preface
Pt. I	The nature of Religious Education within the school curriculum	1
1	The statutory requirements for Religious Education 1988-2001: religious, political and social influences	3
2	A rationale for Religious Education	16
3	Religious Education in Church Schools	27
4	Commitment and indoctrination: a dilemma for Religious Education?	44
5	Issues in the teaching of Religious Education: assessing achievement in RE from early years to 'A' Level	56
6	Inspecting Religious Education: can inspections improve Religious Education?	71
7	Religious Education in the European context	86
Pt. II	Religious Education in the classroom	99
8	How far do Programmes for RE relate to the Social and Psychological Development of Pupils? Development through Religious Education	101
9	Ethnography and Religious Education	111
10	Not 'either-or', more a case of 'both-and': towards an inclusive gender strategy for Religious Education	123
11	Religious Education and pupils with special needs: a dialogue	136
12	The birth of a new Religious Studies at post-16	150
Pt. III	Religious Education and the wider curriculum	163
13	The contribution of Religious Education to whole school initiatives	165
14	Is Religious Education and ethical and moral debate a contradiction?	178
15	Embodying the spirit: realising RE's potential in the spiritual dimension of the curriculum	189
16	Religious Education and Collective Worship: bedfellows or just good friends?	201
17	World religions: the boundaries of belief and unbelief	210
	Bibliography	218
	Index	228

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