A collection of articles which look at the future development of religious education in the light of the 1988 Education Reform Act and at how religious education should now develop in schools. It contains practical guidance for meetings and workshops and questions to stimulate further discussion.
Author(s): Brenda Watson
Edition: 1
Year: 1992
Language: English
Pages: 226
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Preface......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 9
Introduction: The Need for Priorities......Page 10
Educational Perspectives on Religion......Page 16
First Steps in Religious Education......Page 19
Whitehead Revisited;Religion and Education: An Organic Whole......Page 35
'Heaven in Ordinarie': The Imagination, Spirituality and the Arts in Religious Education......Page 47
Faith-Perspectives on Religious Education......Page 68
Identify the Educators......Page 74
The Religious Approach to Religious Education: The Methodology of Awakening and Disciplining the Religious Sensibility......Page 90
A Look at the Christian Schools Movement......Page 101
Roots in Religious Education......Page 122
Unity and Diversity: The Search for Common Identity......Page 133
Focus on the Classroom......Page 150
Teaching About Issues of Science and Religion......Page 153
The Junior School Child Developing the Concept of God......Page 174
Teaching Discernment: An Overview of the Book as a Whole from the Perspective of the Secondary School Classroom......Page 192
Postscript......Page 204
Priorities Argued for in the Book......Page 210
Questions for Discussion......Page 212
Diagram......Page 216
Notes on Contributors......Page 218
Index......Page 220
