Issues in Religious Education Book

	Notes on contributors
	Abbreviations
	Preface
Pt. I	The nature of Religious Education within the school curriculum	1
1	The statutory requirements for Religious Education 1988-2001: religious, political and social influences	3
2	A rationale for Religious Education	16
3	Religious Education in Church Schools	27
4	Commitment and indoctrination: a dilemma for Religious Education?	44
5	Issues in the teaching of Religious Education: assessing achievement in RE from early years to 'A' Level	56
6	Inspecting Religious Education: can inspections improve Religious Education?	71
7	Religious Education in the European context	86
Pt. II	Religious Education in the classroom	99
8	How far do Programmes for RE relate to the Social and Psychological Development of Pupils? Development through Religious Education	101
9	Ethnography and Religious Education	111
10	Not 'either-or', more a case of 'both-and': towards an inclusive gender strategy for Religious Education	123
11	Religious Education and pupils with special needs: a dialogue	136
12	The birth of a new Religious Studies at post-16	150
Pt. III	Religious Education and the wider curriculum	163
13	The contribution of Religious Education to whole school initiatives	165
14	Is Religious Education and ethical and moral debate a contradiction?	178
15	Embodying the spirit: realising RE's potential in the spiritual dimension of the curriculum	189
16	Religious Education and Collective Worship: bedfellows or just good friends?	201
17	World religions: the boundaries of belief and unbelief	210
	Bibliography	218
	Index	228