Yes, as opposed to religious literacy. Which, on top of being pointless, can easily be pursued in one’s own time in places of worship instead of public schools.
I wouldn’t oppose replacing RE, but good RE - when taught in UK schools - isn’t about the stuff you were learn in a place if worship. It’s about learning about the common and different things about religions, abnout different creation myths etc. It’s quite an interesting piece of cultural learning - especially in a mulrticultural society - and I’m an atheist.
Yes, as opposed to religious literacy. Which, on top of being pointless, can easily be pursued in one’s own time in places of worship instead of public schools.
I wouldn’t oppose replacing RE, but good RE - when taught in UK schools - isn’t about the stuff you were learn in a place if worship. It’s about learning about the common and different things about religions, abnout different creation myths etc. It’s quite an interesting piece of cultural learning - especially in a mulrticultural society - and I’m an atheist.
I agree. I don’t think that RE should be removed completely but it should be a higher level and definitely teach acceptance of other people’s beliefs.
If you’re interested in a specific religion or belief then you should be able to get that info yourself from the school library or the internet.
True, except at least for GCSE in NI, you basically had to always relate everything to Christianity otherwise you wouldn’t get marks.
NI is -quite literally - a rule into itself, I guess