Articles by Janet Orchard

Reviews

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Reviews

There is a sense of ‘back to the future’ in this reviews section. We have reviews of two books to get you thinking and questioning: one review by Geoff Teece, the retiring Editor of Professional REflection, and...

Published in: Volume 39, Number 1

For the classroom 11-16

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George Monbiot, sacred cows and fundamental change

Other REtoday readers will have been struck, as I have, by the way secular commentators on climate change invoke biblical apocalyptic to support their political arguments. Take, for example, Guardian columnist and...

Published in: Volume 38, Number 1
Tagged: Christianity, Climate Change, Thunberg, Monbiot, apocalyptic

Research

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Research update

A joint research initiative between NATRE and the University of Bristol aimed at promoting better community relations in RE lessons through the use of contact theory. A team of researchers at the University of Bristol...

Published in: Volume 34, Number 2
Tagged: diversity, pedagogy, community relations

Theory and practice

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Promoting good community relations: what can RE learn from social psychology?

It is frequently claimed that RE has a vital role in establishing social cohesion. But does it? How do/can we know? Here Kate Christopher, Janet Orchard and Amanda Williams describe their Shared Space project, informed...

Published in: Volume 35, Number 3
Tagged: diversity, Religious integration, tolerance, social psychology

Research

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Research update on the Shared Space project – a joint initiative with NATRE and Bristol University

Over the past year the Shared Space project has been proceeding apace. Shared Space explores whether positive community relations can be promoted in RE lessons, an important claim for the subject made in the...

Published in: Volume 35, Number 2
Tagged: RE teachers