Teaching Religious Education 4-11

This long-awaited second edition is an accessible, practical guide for primary teachers. It covers the teaching of religious education at the Foundation Stage, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2. Taking account of the changes to RE over the last decade, it maps out and considers the implications for teachers of:

• changes that have taken place over the last few years with regard to changing aims and objectives in the subject


• the legal framework


• the broadening understanding of the notion of religion


• concern for spiritual development


• emergence of citizenship as an additional component of the curriculum


• introduction of formal guidelines to the content of RE


• teaching Christianity and other world faiths


• tackling important topics and contemporary issues


• planning RE across the primary school


• planning a unit of work


• using different teaching approaches


• monitoring and assessing progress.
  

The book is full of practical examples and will also contain a uesful resources section. In addition there will be a chapter on key religions, which will look at Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and Sikhism.