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RE PGCE Subject Knowledge Enhancement course 2016
Life in places of learning tends to follow a seasonal pattern and each year in late summer just prior to the new academic year commencing the RE team at Edge Hill along with eminent visiting tutors delivers a subject knowledge enhancement course . The course is designed to give our new PGCE students a refresher…
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Another Temple Visit
As part of the Second Year Undergraduate Buddhist Dharma module course students travelled to the Lake District to visit the Manjushri Kadampa Meditation Centre. This is the head centre for the movement around the world and as described by our guide for the day it is where many Buddhists live together as part of their retreat. The…
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The Preston England Temple
Year 3 Secondary RE undergraduates recently visited the Preston England Temple as part of their Religion in the 21st Century module. One of the students, Sadie Parish, wrote this blog post: As soon as we approached the centre we were immediately taken back by its beauty! It almost felt as if we were in another world.…
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Looking to the East (Manchester!)
Undergraduate Third year students are currently learning about two Dharmic religions: Jainism and Sikhism. As part of this we visited two temples in Manchester, the Jain Samaj and the Sikh Gurdwara. The first visit of the day was to the Jain temple. Housed in converted building the main room is a sports hall, which is…
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Meeting the Triratna Sangha
As part of their Module on Buddhism with Francis, Year 2 Undergraduate students tke part in two field-trips. Here is Dominic’s thoughts about the recent visit to the Triratna Buddhist Sangha in Manchester: Today was an insightful opportunity to learn more about a very much westernised branch of Buddhism. Our ordained Buddhist speaker began our…
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Experiencing Hajj in Frodsham
Paul Smalley and a small number of Year 1 Undergraduate RE students were recently invited to take part in the Cheshire West & Chester SACRE Primary Pupil conference. This two-day event, funded by a generous grant from NASACRE and organised by Naomi Anstice, was held at the Forest Hills Hotel in Frodsham and brought together…
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Three Days in the Theatre of Learning
Having spent two days with us last year, an old friend of Edge Hill, Sue Phillips, spent three days with us to showcase her approach to experiential learning: one day with secondary Undergraduates, one day with PGCE and one day with Primary students. Sue has developed the ‘Theatre of Learning’ pedagogy. This began with an…
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“An Enlightening Trip”, or how to live a happy, fulfilling, meaningful life
RE PGCE Trainee Marianne Howe reports back on her groups experiences at the Triratna Buddhist centre in Manchester: On the 16th of October, the secondary RE PGCE group was given the opportunity to visit Manchester Buddhist centre. The day began at University with a Buddhist subject knowledge enhancement course led by our course leader Francis…
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“A truly inspiring RE department”
There is no substitute for seeing good RE practice in action so RE PGCE trainees were given a taste of what makes a really effective RE team at Cowley International College on September 5th. Trainees met senior staff and heard an enthusiastic endorsement of RE by the Head Teacher. We were treated to presentations by Edge Hill RE PGCE graduates Rachel,…
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Discovering the insider point of view
RE PGCE Student Claire Bartlett writes: On 25.9.14 we had the pleasure to visit two key places of worship in Bradford, the Shree Lakshmi Mandir and Guru Gobind Singh Gurdwara. See Google story of our Bradford trip here: From this trip we hoped to improve our understanding of these two religions; from an insider…
