More than half of England's schools are
failing pupils on religious education, the schools watchdog Ofsted has said.
Its report accuses schools and the government of failing to focus
effectively on the subject.
It adds that six in 10 schools are not "realising the subject's
full potential" in an increasingly globalised and multicultural century.
I totally agree with this and thinking back to the
RE lessons I had at school I used to hate them and viewed them as something to
just get through before either going off to a lesson I actually enjoyed or even
better going home.
The fact that I’m an atheist didn’t help, but I must
say one of the most enjoyable lessons I’ve ever had was when we were made to
watch a video about creationism, I’ve never laughed so much in all my life.
Sitting there and listening to person after person
after person looking directly out at me from the screen and telling me, with
absolute sincerity, that this is how the universe and life on earth was created
was hilarious, in fact even reciting this now is making me chuckle.
Instead I think it would make more sense to teach
kids about different cultures and traditions, I know that religion would form a
large part of that, but instead of focusing solely on religion you could teach
the most relevant religious points and tie them in with how people from different cultures
view the world, what traditions they have, how they live their lives etc.
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