Articles about RE GCSE
Theory and practice
What have we learned from the first time through the new GCSE and A level?
The former Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove, initiated the reform of GCSEs and A levels in February 2013 with the rationale of making the qualifications more ambitious and better preparing young people for...
For the classroom 14-16
This article is for paying subscribers A vision for revision: 20 fresh ideas for examination revision activities
At this time of year, secondary teachers are madly revising with their classes, and a set of fresh ideas may be welcome, so I asked a bunch of fine teachers of RE what their favourite revision strategy was, and how their...
Theory and practice
Using research to help students remember at GCSE
With the ‘new GCSE’ requiring students to know significantly more subject knowledge, some teachers are anxious about how they will enable students to learn it. Not only has Dawn Cox provided some practical means in...
Events and resources
Resources
Edited by Jane Brooke Age range: adult Pause for Thought Author: Various contributors Foreword by Chris Evans and Vanessa Feltz Editor: Rebecca Shepherd Watkins Publishing, 2016, 176pp, PB, £12.99 ISBN:...
Events and resources
This article is for paying subscribers GCSE RS lessons for you from Christian Aid
Watch out for Christian Aid’s brand-new learning resources specifically designed to support teaching Christianity on all GCSE specifications. With the charity named on several specifications, these six lessons address...
Instant RE
The RE GCSE four-piece jigsaw of success
One reason teachers of RE are struggling with the new GCSE specifications is because the longer essay-style answers required of students are taxing the skills students have gained in putting together their thoughts in...
Events and resources
This article is for paying subscribers Sources of Wisdom: free new resources for GCSE Religious Studies
Among the challenges that the new 9–1 GCSE specifications bring with them are an increased focus on sacred texts in teaching, and an expectation that students will be able to show how the beliefs and practices of...
For the classroom 14-19
This article is for paying subscribers Engagement 8: tackling the problems
Pete Edwards, who teaches RE in Bristol, recommends eight ideas for engaging students with the new GCSE or any examination course. In each case, he focuses on a problem encountered and the solutions he is trying to...
Events and resources 14-16
This article is for paying subscribers Free GCSE RS resources launched by Bible Society
At the end of the 2017–18 academic year, the first students will sit exams for the strengthened GCSE RS courses, which were introduced in September 2016 as part of the reform of GCSE qualifications. These new RS...
For the classroom
This article is for paying subscribers Two views of teaching the new GCSE
I started teaching the new GCSE RS course last year, completing Christianity and two themes in Year 10, and am part way through Islam in Year 11. On the one hand I have really enjoyed the in-depth study of these...
For the staffroom
This article is for paying subscribers Whose RE is it anyway?
Sam Collins, RE teacher and Farmington Fellow, gives a personal view of recent changes. What follows is an opinion piece based on my research into the latest RE GCSE reforms that were opened for teaching for the first...