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FA Primary PE Teachers’ Award
We are proud that the KS2/3 Course was able to pilot this brand new Award for PE teachers from the FA. Over 40 trainees from a variety of subject specialisms were able to become the first Primary teachers in the North-West to complete this award. The aim of the course is to enable all primary…
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Hello from Helen
The new National Curriculum is to be implemented in Local Authority schools from September 2014. In order to prepare our students for this, Edge Hill recently held a Curriculum 2014 day conference. Of course RE is not part of the new (or old) National Curriculum, but it locally determined. However the RE Council has produced…
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Sufism: more than shariat
As part of their Islam module, Year 1 and Year 3 undergraduates were visited by former student Kulsum Issa and Yunus Chasma in order to educate us about the spiritual movement of Sufism. Yunus explained the beliefs that Sufis have and the origins of the movement. In many ways Sufism is like Islam taken to…
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BA(Hons) Secondary Religious Education with QTS
This 30 second video gives you a flavour of what the 3 year Secondary Religious Education with QTS degree is like.
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Two days on ‘The Island’
Sue Phillips once again visited Edge Hill to show us how to teach RE using the ‘Theatre of Learning’ pedagogy which she has developed. This year Sue was able to send two days with us, spending a day with PGCE students and a day with final year Undergraduates. Both days followed a similar format, beginning…
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Spiritual Development
Developing pupils’ spiritual literacy is key to outstanding RE teaching. “The school’s thoughtful and wide-ranging promotion of pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development and their physical wellbeing enables them to thrive in a supportive, highly cohesive learning community.” Ofsted: Descriptor of outstanding overall effectiveness (January 2014) Year 2 Undergraduate students spent a morning with…
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Using Technology in RE
Nationally recognised as the leading figure in using Technology to enhance the teaching of RE, Paul Hopkins has again been to Edge Hill to show our final Year Undergraduate and Postgraduate students some exciting ways of integrating technology in their teaching. I thought it was very good. Some great ideas to use in the classroom.…
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Year 2 Visit the National Holocaust Centre
Just prior to the Christmas Holidays, the Second Year, RE undergraduates visited the National Holocaust Centre near Newark on Trent in Nottinghamshire. This was a first visit for Edge Hill University but proved to be well worth the journey. Our visit began with an introductory talk and a tour of the ground floor which was…
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An Inclusive Education
Year One Undergraduates were able to spend a morning in one of our Partnership High schools to begin to see how the school makes sure that all pupils make progress. The morning at Lathom High School began with Trevor Hodson, Assistant Headteacher for teaching and learning, describing how RE had moved away from its former…
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Two Faces of Buddhism
Year 2 Undergraduates have been out to visit two different communities of Western Buddhists. The first visit was to the Manchester Buddhist Centre where Munisha explained Buddhism from a Triratna perspective. Formerly known as the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order, the group see themselves as reinterpreting Buddhism for modern Western Buddhists The second visit…
