Priorities In Religious Education

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. Introduction; Part 1 Educational Perspectives on Religion; Chapter 1 First Steps in Religious Education, John Wilson; Chapter 2 Whitehead Revisited—Religion and Education, Jack Priestley; Chapter 3 ‘Heaven in Ordinarie’, Nicola Slee; Part 2 Faith-Perspectives on Religious Education; Chapter 4 Identify the Educators, Richard Wilkins; Chapter 5 The Religious Approach to Religious Education, Syed Ali Ashraf; Chapter 6 A Look at the Christian Schools Movement, Bernadette O’Keeffe; Chapter 7 Roots in Religious Education, Kevin Nichols; Chapter 8 Unity and Diversity, Edward Hulmes; Part 3 Focus on the Classroom; Chapter 9 Teaching about Issues of Science and Religion, Michael Poole; Chapter 10 The Junior School Child, Elizabeth Ashton; Chapter 11 Teaching Discernment, Michael Donley;