“Today is significant for all who care about the matter of beliefs and values in the nation’s life. Religious Education, the designated curriculum area with this focus in primary and secondary schools, is being strongly affirmed in three complementary ways: new government guidance on RE, research on teaching related teaching resources, and a statement by the schools minister.
There is much here that warrants welcome across the entire RE community:
from across the Christian churches
from the range of other faith communities, and the traditions behind them, that enrich this country
from those who affirm a common humanity, but not religious beliefs
from those who teach and learn in schools, advisers and inspectors, teacher educators and trainers, and their specialist associations.
The challenge is highlighted of how to guarantee that the classroom experience of RE is of high quality for each child and young person in every school and academy.”
Brian Gates Chair, Religious Education Council of England and Wales
Diana Johnson has set out her public appreciation of the important of religious Education as a fundamental component in the primary and secondary curriculum and her encouragement that the partnership between the DCSF and the RE Council should continue to pursue its strategic efforts to strengthen the quality of RE Letter from Diana Johnson MP
STRATEGIC NEWS FOR RE NATIONALLY
Jan 29, 2010 at 03:41 PM
“Today is significant for all who care about the matter of beliefs and values in the nation’s life. Religious Education, the designated curriculum area with this focus in primary and secondary schools, is being strongly affirmed in three complementary ways: new government guidance on RE, research on teaching related teaching resources, and a statement by the schools minister.
There is much here that warrants welcome across the entire RE community:
from across the Christian churches
from the range of other faith communities, and the traditions behind them, that enrich this country
from those who affirm a common humanity, but not religious beliefs
from those who teach and learn in schools, advisers and inspectors, teacher educators and trainers, and their specialist associations.
The challenge is highlighted of how to guarantee that the classroom experience of RE is of high quality for each child and young person in every school and academy.”
Brian Gates Chair, Religious Education Council of England and Wales
Diana Johnson has set out her public appreciation of the important of religious Education as a fundamental component in the primary and secondary curriculum and her encouragement that the partnership between the DCSF and the RE Council should continue to pursue its strategic efforts to strengthen the quality of RE Letter from Diana Johnson MP
RE resources review published
Jan 29, 2010 at 10:37 AM
A response from the RE Council to: Materials used to Teach about World Religions in Schools in England
January 2010
The RE Council of England and Wales welcomes the publication of this major study, commissioned and funded by the Department for Children, Schools and Families and produced by the Warwick Religions and Education Research Unit, at the University of Warwick. The team was led by Prof Robert Jackson.
The RE and Heritage Trails website has just been launched. It has been created for teachers of religious education to support the provision for Learning Outside the Classroom.
The site contains a wide range of trails designed by educators to provide high quality learning experiences in RE; a toolkit to assist teachers to develop their own; and a map showing a wider variety of trails which can be used or adapted.
A prestigious new prize is being offered that recognises the achievements of primary and secondary schools which celebrate diversity of religious and non-religious beliefs.
The awards are open to all state-funded schools, including faith schools, and will be judged by a highly respected and experienced panel of experts.
The RE Council of England and Wales has successfully bid for funding from the DCSF to develop a training programme for religious education teachers on community cohesion and preventing violent extremism. This is known as the REsilience project. This project is scheduled to last until 31 March 2011 and will be managed by the RE Council in conjunction with Penzer Allen Ltd.
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