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On reflection
  • Anne Krisman

Disgusting platitudes

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Cover of the summer 2017 REToday

Summer 2017

Volume 34, Number 3

Theme: Attack and defend

Contents

Editorial

  • Take a stand. Defend RE. Defend religion and belief

Opinion

  • Defending the poor
  • Why religion deserves to be attacked today
  • Unapologetic

For the classroom

  • Exploring religious diversity with 3–7s
  • Did St Bernadette live out the Beatitudes?
  • Creative learning about Christian concepts: incarnation
  • Dance in RE as a language of faith
  • Primary theologian of the week: children debating the nature of God
  • Update the prayer mat: modern Islamic design ideas
  • Developing critical thinking in primary RE
  • Creative learning with parable cloths
  • Jihad: still a necessary concept to engage with in RE
  • Teaching jihad for 7–14s
  • Being human: do we have a problem?
  • Have your cake, and eat it: PSHE and RE

Instant RE

  • The RE GCSE four-piece jigsaw of success
  • The North Wind and the Sun: a fable of Aesop
  • Ten key points: how to defend RE in the primary curriculum
  • Wide-ranging free resources about the Salvation Army

For the staffroom

  • Attack and defend: views from different communities
  • Defending RE: ten pillars of RE
  • Ten ways governors can help RE
  • How important is subject knowledge?

Events and resources

  • Defending religion?
  • Baked Alaska: climate justice RE from Riding Lights Theatre Company
  • Orkney finds
  • New RE programmes from the BBC for 5–7s and 11–14s
  • AREIAC news What does a SACRE do, and who is on it?
  • What is the impact of Prayer Spaces in Schools?
  • ‘The Art of the Brick: DC Super Heroes’ – as sources of inspiration
  • Professor Robert Jackson honoured in Norway
  • TrueTube wins a BAFTA
  • GCSE RS lessons for you from Christian Aid
  • Resources

The big picture

  • How is the Jewish faith defended?

Last word

  • Actor David Suchet: ‘Reading the Bible is my biggest role’

Professional reflection

Editorial

  • It’s the learning, stupid!

On reflection

  • Disgusting platitudes

Theory and practice

  • Challenging pupils in RE: why it’s unhelpful to put limits on children’s learning
  • Profound RE
  • The spirituality of mathematics
  • Believing, belonging and behaving: some considerations when teaching about Islam
  • Postmodern religious criticism and worldview literacy

Research

  • Research update

Reviews

  • Reviews
Next IssuePrevious Issue
Cover of the summer 2017 REToday

Summer 2017

Volume 34, Number 3

Theme: Attack and defend

Contents

Editorial

  • Take a stand. Defend RE. Defend religion and belief

Opinion

  • Defending the poor
  • Why religion deserves to be attacked today
  • Unapologetic

For the classroom

  • Exploring religious diversity with 3–7s
  • Did St Bernadette live out the Beatitudes?
  • Creative learning about Christian concepts: incarnation
  • Dance in RE as a language of faith
  • Primary theologian of the week: children debating the nature of God
  • Update the prayer mat: modern Islamic design ideas
  • Developing critical thinking in primary RE
  • Creative learning with parable cloths
  • Jihad: still a necessary concept to engage with in RE
  • Teaching jihad for 7–14s
  • Being human: do we have a problem?
  • Have your cake, and eat it: PSHE and RE

Instant RE

  • The RE GCSE four-piece jigsaw of success
  • The North Wind and the Sun: a fable of Aesop
  • Ten key points: how to defend RE in the primary curriculum
  • Wide-ranging free resources about the Salvation Army

For the staffroom

  • Attack and defend: views from different communities
  • Defending RE: ten pillars of RE
  • Ten ways governors can help RE
  • How important is subject knowledge?

Events and resources

  • Defending religion?
  • Baked Alaska: climate justice RE from Riding Lights Theatre Company
  • Orkney finds
  • New RE programmes from the BBC for 5–7s and 11–14s
  • AREIAC news What does a SACRE do, and who is on it?
  • What is the impact of Prayer Spaces in Schools?
  • ‘The Art of the Brick: DC Super Heroes’ – as sources of inspiration
  • Professor Robert Jackson honoured in Norway
  • TrueTube wins a BAFTA
  • GCSE RS lessons for you from Christian Aid
  • Resources

The big picture

  • How is the Jewish faith defended?

Last word

  • Actor David Suchet: ‘Reading the Bible is my biggest role’

Professional reflection

Editorial

  • It’s the learning, stupid!

On reflection

  • Disgusting platitudes

Theory and practice

  • Challenging pupils in RE: why it’s unhelpful to put limits on children’s learning
  • Profound RE
  • The spirituality of mathematics
  • Believing, belonging and behaving: some considerations when teaching about Islam
  • Postmodern religious criticism and worldview literacy

Research

  • Research update

Reviews

  • Reviews
Next IssuePrevious Issue

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