Issues in Religious Education

Contents
PARTI
The nature of Religious Education within the school curriculum
1 The statutory repairements for Religious Education 1988-2001: religions, political and social influences ALAN BROWH
2. A rationale for Religious Education LYNNE BROADBENT
3 Religious Education in Church schools JOHN BAILET
4 Commitment and indoctrinations a dilemma for Religious Education!
TREVOR COOLING
5 Issues in the teaching of Religious Education: assessing achievement in RE from early years to 'A' Level JOHN KEAST
6 Inspecting Religious Education: can inspections improve Religious Education!
JAN THOMPSON
7 Religious Education in the European context FETER SCHREINER
PART II
Religious Education in the classroom
8 How far do Programmes for RE relate to the Social and Peychological Development of Pupils! Development through Religious Education. BRIAN GATES
9 Ethnography and Religious Education ELEANOR NESBITT
10 Not 'either-or', more a case of 'both-and": towards an inclusive gender strategy for Religious Education DINAR HANLON
11 Religious Education and pupils with special needs: a dialogue LYNNE BROADBENT AND ALAN BROWN
12 The birth of a new Religious Studies at post-16 ARTHUR GILES
PART III
Religious Education and the wider curriculum
13 The contribution of Religious Education to whole school initiatives
LYNNE BROADBENT
14 Is Religious Education and ethical and moral debate a contradiction!
PETER VARDY
15 Embodying the spirit: realising RE's potential in the spiritual dimension of the curriculum JOHN HAMMOND
16 Religious Education and Collective Worships bedfellows or just good friends!
GEOFF MARSHALL TAYLOR
17 World religions: the boundaries of belief and unbelief JOHN BOWKER
Bibliography Index