This article is for paying subscribers In the Autumn 2021 edition of REtoday, my NATRE Executive colleague Neil McKain wrote about the controversy surrounding the use of a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad in an RE lesson (see ‘Je suis RE teacher’,...
This article is for paying subscribers How far RE lessons should go in exploring with students controversial issues that might offend certain sections of religious communities has always been a matter of lively debate. Here Neil McKain tackles this subject...
This article is for paying subscribers Neil McKain, Head of RS and NATRE Executive member is concerned by what some of his fellow RE teachers are posting on the SAVE RE Facebook page
This article is for paying subscribers I’ve always hated the term ‘cross-curricular’ – it seems to water down subject expertise and knowledge in favour of generic skills or themes. As with many things in education, a well-meaning idea (I can’t...
How and why a teacher might make use of contemporary popular culture, or popular items that could be classed as a craze, is always potentially controversial. Here Neil McKain satirises the potential use of them as...
