Freedom and Authority in Religions and Religious Education
Freedom and Authority in Religions and Religious Education

Author: Brian Gates

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2016-10-06

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 1474280951

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This fascinating collection of essays examines religious experience and tradition. The first part focuses on the nature and sources of authority in each of six major religions and considers how freedom is perceived by them. It goes on to examine the religious contexts of two examples of nations divided within themselves: Northern Ireland and Israel. The second part of the book looks at the process of education, the tensions between freedom and authority and their implications for religious education.

British Islam and English Law
British Islam and English Law

Author: Patrick S. Nash

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2022-01-27

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13: 1108638953

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British Islam and English Law presents a novel argument about the nature and place of groups in society. The encounter with Islam has led English law to tread a line between two theoretical models, liberal individualism and multiculturalism, competing for dominance over the law of organised religion. This philosophical rivalry has generated a set of seemingly intractable conflicts between individual and community, religion and state, nation and culture. This book resurrects the long-buried theory of classical pluralism to address and resolve these tensions. Applying this to five understudied institutions that give structure and form to British Islam – banks, charities, schools, elections, clans – it outlines and justifies the reforms that would optimise the relationship between law and religion. Unflinching and unorthodox, this book places law and theory in context, employs innovative methods such as nudge theory and applied history, and provides detailed answers to hard questions about British Islam.

Quicklook at Education
Quicklook at Education

Author: Alan Pritchard

Publisher: Quicklook Books Limited

Published: 2012-08-01

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 1908926511

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A layman's guide to education in a 90 minute read

Assessment at 16
Assessment at 16

Author: Keith Selkirk

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2020-05-04

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 1000044556

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What students are deemed to have achieved when they are sixteen is the measure of how successful or otherwise their progress through the system of compulsory education has been. And yet despite the importance of the process there has been no clear consensus about how best to assess students at sixteen. The various formal examinations which have been tried have now largely been superseded by the GCSE: a common system of examining at sixteen. Originally published in 1988, the book discusses the development of this system, its application to the main subject areas of the curriculum and some of its innovative aspects from both a theoretical and a practical standpoint. In addition, it also looks at the broader aspects of assessment of pupils at the age of sixteen and how we can give a more rounded indication of their achievements and abilities by the use of profiles and records of achievement.

Reposition for Change
Reposition for Change

Author: Anita Duckworth-Bradshaw

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2015-06-19

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 1504944119

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Reposition for Change is a wake-up call to any individual who is ready to increase their net worth in the global market. By repositioning, we allow ourselves to view opportunities from a 360-degree dimension and provoke our mental ability to achieve success. Whilst others are still considering the opportunities available, the vital few are reaping the benefit because they took action to change their circumstances. Life throws challenges as well as present opportunities to each one of us. Only those who are prepared enjoy the outcome of their steps.

National Curriculum
National Curriculum

Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Children, Schools and Families Committee

Publisher: The Stationery Office

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 74

ISBN-13: 9780215529411

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The Committee for Children, Schools and Families recommends major changes to the nature and management of the national curriculum. In its current form the national curriculum essentially accounts for all the available teaching time, and the Committee would like to see a cap placed so that less than half that time is prescribed centrally. A slimmed-down national curriculum designed much more from the learner's perspective, setting out the learning that they have a right to access, is recommended. Parents should be provided with a copy of the national curriculum so that they can take on a greater role in overseeing the curriculum that their child experiences. The Committee is not convinced by the proposed Programmes of Study for the primary curriculum put forward in the interim report of the Rose Review (available at http://publications.teachernet.gov.uk), which seem unnecessarily complex, takes a similar view on the new secondary curriculum and is concerned at some of the Early Learning Goals specified in the Early Years Foundation Stage (there should be more emphasis at this stage on developing speaking, listening and social skills). All schools should have the freedoms in curriculum matters enjoyed by Academies, and should not be pressured to follow the non-statutory National Strategies guidance. The report also stresses the importance of empowering professional teachers rather than the current approach of prescription and direction. The coherence and continuity in the curriculum is another concern, with a history of piecemeal creation and amendment to frameworks from 0 to 19. The Committee recommends an independent curriculum authority be established to review and then keep the curriculum refreshed.