Religion and Worldviews
You may have heard people in the Religious Education (RE) community talking about the worldviews approach in Religious Education. On this page, you will find links to current research, resources and blogs from people sharing their thoughts on this approach. This might be described Better as 'an education in religion and worldviews'.
Resources
University of Nottingham
What does good RE look like? In this video, academics Dr Tim Hutchings, Dr Céline Benoit and Dr Rachael Shillitoe discuss why good Religious Education matters and RE teachers from primary and secondary schools share their own views.
Introducing the Religion and Worldviews Approach to RE
Religious Education Council of England and Wales
In 2016 the REC set up the independent Commission on RE (CoRE). CoRE produced its Final Report in September 2018 with a separately available Executive Summary.
CoRE made eleven recommendations. One of these argued for a new approach to RE based on the notion of worldviews. Another argued for a National Statement of Entitlement in RE for all pupils in state-maintained schools that ensured all experienced a basic education on the relationship between religion and worldviews.
Religion And Worldviews: A new approach to RE
NATRE Primary Subject Leader Toolkit
On this page, you will find links to current research, resources and blogs from people sharing their thoughts on this approach.
