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Precarious Provision and Mixed Messages: Religious Education, School Inspection, and the Law in Scottish Non-Denominational Secondary Schools
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Scholes, Stephen C. – British Journal of Religious Education, 2022
The focus of this article is on the legal requirement for schools in Scotland to ensure Religious and Moral Education (RME) is taught to all children in non-denominational secondary schools. In particular, the article pays attention to the mediating role of inspection in the relationship between the legal requirement and provision in schools. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Religious Education, Inspection
Challenges and Opportunities in Religious Education: Re-Considering Practitioners' Approaches in Scottish Secondary Schools
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Scholes, Stephen C. – Religious Education, 2020
In Scotland, and particularly with regards to non-denominational RE, known as Religious and Moral Education (RME), a current focus of debates is on how and why practitioners are implementing or deviating from legal and curricular expectations. Using the findings of a small-scale qualitative practitioner enquiry centered on one local education…
Descriptors: Religious Education, Teaching Methods, Moral Development, Ethical Instruction
Religious Literacy in the Curriculum in Compulsory Education in Austria, Scotland and Sweden -- A Three-Country Policy Comparison
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von Brömssen, Kerstin; Ivkovits, Heinz; Nixon, Graeme – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2020
This article presents analyses of curricula in religious education (RE) for public schools in Austria, Scotland, and Sweden. A curricula is the plan that outlines the goals, content and outcomes in education. A critical discourse analysis approach (CDA) is used to explore how each national RE curricula constructs (a) the aims, status and purpose…
Descriptors: Religious Education, Multiple Literacies, Compulsory Education, Comparative Education
Problems of Assessment in Religious and Moral Education: The Scottish Case
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Grant, Lynne; Matemba, Yonah H. – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2013
This article is concerned with assessment issues in Religious and Moral Education (RME) offered in Scottish non-denominational schools. The analysis of the findings in this article is weighed against the framework of the new "3-18" Scottish curriculum called "Curriculum for Excellence" (CfE). CfE was introduced in primary…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Religious Education, Ethical Instruction, Foreign Countries
Religious and Moral Education 3-18. Transforming Lives through Learning
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Education Scotland, 2014
This curriculum impact project report evaluates current practice in Religious and Moral Education in Scotland. Curriculum for Excellence supports two frameworks for learning, teaching and assessment within the Religious and Moral Education curriculum area. This acknowledges, within the Scottish context, the different aims and purposes of Religious…
Descriptors: Religious Education, Moral Development, Learning Experience, Excellence in Education
Never Too Young to Learn Democracy! A Case Study of a Democratic Approach to Learning in a Religious and Moral Education (RME) Secondary Class in the West of Scotland
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Maitles, Henry; Gilchrist, Isabel – Educational Review, 2006
Whilst it is acknowledged that there is a case for giving pupils a say in what affects them most--the content and methodology of what and how they learn, such practice is not widespread. This paper discusses the rationale behind giving pupils a genuine say in determining their methods of learning and suggests how this approach is entirely within…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ethical Instruction, Moral Values, Citizenship