Learning to Teach Religious Education in the Secondary School A Companion to School Experience

Learning to Teach Religious Education in the Secondary School provides insights from current educational theory and the best contemporary classroom teaching and learning, and suggests tasks, activities and further reading that are designed to enhance the quality of initial school experience for the student teacher. Key themes addressed include: the place of Religious Education in the curriculum state and faith community schooling developing schemes of work language and religious literacy teaching religion at 16 plus religion and moral education collective worship This revised edition has been thoroughly updated throughout to take account of changes to policy and the curriculum. It includes two additional chapters on 'religious Education and Citizenship' and 'teaching Religious Education at A level', as well as new versions of three original chapters 'teaching Children with Special Educational Needs', 'religious Education and Moral Education' and 'resources for Religious Education'. Supporting teachers in developing levels of religious and theological literacy, both of individual pupils and the society as a whole, this comprehensive and accessible text will give practising teachers and students an introduction to the craft of teaching Religious Education in the secondary school.Wright, Andrew is the author of 'Learning to Teach Religious Education in the Secondary School A Companion to School Experience', published 2007 under ISBN 9780415420464 and ISBN 0415420466.