what is a 'successful learner in re'? deborah weston november 2009
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'What is a 'successful learner in RE'?
Deborah Weston
November 2009
• The most successful learning happens when students are asking the questions and planning the enquiry
• My students make most progress when I present conceptual challenges to them
What does it mean to
talk of LIFE after DEATH?
If Islam m
eans peace; how
can people use the expression
Islamic terro
rist?
Is religious fundamentalism
always a bad thing?
Does belief in God make
people behave in a
more ethical way?
• Developing specific skills should always be a key focus of planning
• I am aware of how I develop students confidence in dealing with religious issues
• My students’ appear to be most engaged when dealing with spiritual concepts
• My students appear to be most engaged when dealing with moral concepts
• Developing students’ skills with sources is a major part of RE
• I should really give students more opportunity for quiet reflection on big questions in my lessons
• I have given my students more opportunities to learn outside the classroom over the last year
• Visitors to the classroom provide the best opportunities to investigate competing truth-claims
• My students are more interested in questions about identity that they were in the past
• There are more opportunities to discuss questions about values and commitments at key stage 4 than key stage 3
• Questions about meaning and purpose form a large part of my lessons
• My students seem to learn more when working collaboratively (as opposed to individually)
• The religious literacy developed in RE has a significant impact in other areas of the curriculum at my school