This course is aimed at all that teach RE and is essential for ECTs and those new to teaching in a church school. The expectations of teaching and learning in RE, in line with the new statement of entitlement, as well as the Understanding Christianity framework have greatly increased, with a stronger focus on religious literacy and a higher emphasis on theological understanding.
Over the two parts of this course, we will look at what it means to be a ‘religiously literate teacher’and how we can support children to become religiously literate. We will also look at what it means to be theologically rigorous in our teaching and how we can promote thinking skills.
Part 1 will cover:
- the religiously literate teacher
- the religiously literate pupil
- religious literacy in the classroom, including activities that can promote this across a range of
- religious and non-religious worldviews
- how to use ‘ways of knowing’ in RE, including the use of theology, human and social sciences,
- and philosophy.
Part 2 will cover:
- what it means to be theologically rigorous
- understanding and gaining confidence in key theological terms relevant to Christianity and other
- religious and non-religious worldviews
- ways to introduce theological concepts in age-appropriate ways
- continuing to use ‘ways of knowing’.
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