Democratic RE: Preparing Young People for Citizenship

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The paper presents an approach to teaching religious education (RE) in the secondary school (11‐18) classroom in the UK based on Dewey's conception of the community of enquiry and the role of the teacher as the mediator of experience, it draws upon empirical work in classrooms exploring the impact of the infusion of enquiry‐based learning and thinking skills into the teaching of subject disciplines. Included in the paper is an illustrative case study of how practitioners implement approaches to teaching RE and their impact on pupil engagement. The effect of the approach on pupil learning and the teacher's pedagogy and the implications for the subject discipline of RE are investigated. The paper draws upon collaborative action research projects undertaken in partnership with schools and Local Education Authorities in the North East of England and increasingly at a national level. Links will be made to international developments in the teaching of thinking skills and concerns for citizenship education. The central questions that are addressed are:

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