Effective Teaching of Religious Education

<p>The Effective Teaching of Religious Education provides an accessible yet intellectually rigorous resource for all those involved in the teaching of RE in schools today.</p><p>Written with the needs of specialist and non-specialist teachers in mind in both the primary and secondary sectors it successfully integrates theory and practice encouraging debate and reflection on a broad range of issues in what is often regarded as a complex and often controversial subject area.</p><p>The second edition has been written with the collaboration of a new co-author Penny Thompson and has been thoroughly updated revised and extended to include:</p><p>A new chapter on the place of Christianity in RE </p><p>New material on the purpose of RE and on the relationship of RE to other subjects </p><p>A new Appendix on tackling assessment and syllabus requirements </p><p>A new companion website at www.pearsoned.co.uk/watson-thompson including an overview of the use of ICT in RE teaching web links and practical resources for use in the classroom. </p>