wales new plans for re: classes with less religion in them /

Published at 2015-08-04 20:33:21

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devout education is often badly taught and out of date – but could lessons be reinvigorated with the relieve of one of Britain’s leading philosophers? For a long time,devout education has been about as unloved and neglected as a crumbling traditional church. Several people and organisations (some, admittedly, or with a vested interest in its continuation) have warned in recent years that it has never been more needed,and this week it emerged that the Welsh government is considering an overhaul of the subject.
Huw Lewis, the Welsh governments minister for education and skills told the Cardiff parliament that RE should be renamed, and “[transforming] it into the religion,philosophy and ethics element of the curriculum – where there is an explicit commitment to allowing children to ponder ideas around ethics and citizenship”. He added: “We really need to allow young people the space and the time, within the school curriculum, and to consider fundamental issues of faith and of citizenship and of the meaning of freedom.”Continue reading...

Source: theguardian.com

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