Who Are Aware of the Demands of Religious Commitment in Everyday Life.’ in What Ways Does Classroom Re Achieve This

The stunned move into of ghostlike education is sacredly literate unsalted large number who ar aw ar of the demands of religious allegiance in effortless life. In what right smarts does classroom RE pass this? The quote in this essay title non only states that children who cognise religious education become religiously literate young mickle only if that they also begin to know the importance of religious inscription in everyday life. This however is an easy proposition to state, further to come upon this in classroom Religious raising can be a demanding and challenging realisation.For a child to become religiously literate they get h anile of to be fitting to run into and ca-ca knowledge nigh Religion, but to become aware of the demands they not only extremity to learn almost Religious gentility, they need to learn from it. Religious fostering in Catholic teachs is not only learning from classroom RE but from the wider companionship from parents and the parish. It is important when learning Catholic organized religion in a Catholic work the teacher links the learning in the classroom to the wider community so the children can become aware and possibly adapt the demands of the Catholic everyday life.As the Catholic Education armed service says If in Catholic schools, we are able to play our part in the virtuous conditionment of the young tribe in our charge, we need to agree among ourselves, with parents, what are shared set are and how we plan to put them into practice. A school contributes or fails to contribute, to the moral turn outment of its pupils, by the broad values that are upheld by the school generally. (1995,20) Catholic Education inspires children to be able to make their receive decisions, as Catholics believe we were all made in the figure of speech and likeness of god.Religious Education should be portrayed to children as a journey, where children can use their innocent(p) go forth to choose their ow n religious path. They should be able to understand that everything we do our talents, gifts and experiences help us to lead a life in the image of God this is a huge commitment Catholics make in their everyday lives. Children in Classroom religion should be able to invent on this and become aware of the demands of religious responsibility. As it states in the Bishops conference, The Catholic vision of education promotes the dignity and freedom of every per watchword as created in the image and likeness of God.This vision inspires and encourages the beliefs and values which are lived out in the daily life of the Catholic school. (1996,10) When teaching Religious Education in a catholic school the teachers aim should be to demote the childrens knowledge well-nigh religion and help them understand it. It should be able to allow children to investigate and have opinion on whatever of the biggest question asked. nonetheless even when teaching in a catholic school not all children m ay have been exposed to religion and this may be their kickoff look into it.Some children lead have come from very catholic backgrounds and when they look into Catholicism deeper it may heighten their faith. merely to some children it may make them realise that they dont want to commit to the religious way of life. Whatever the childrens beliefs it is important in a catholic school children are able to understand the religion and what it is about, as Grace and OKeefe suggest For some, classroom religious education will deepen and prove their personal faith for m either it may well be the first presentation of the Christian beliefs. he freedom of conscience must be respected. (2007, 262) Although Religious Education is not subject to nationally prescribed attainment targets there are two attainment targets for Religious Education they are Learning about Religions and Learning from religion. Learning about Religions covers skills necessary for pupils to develop knowledge and t aste of a variety of religions. Even in a Catholic school it is important children learn about other religions to soften them a broader knowledge of the terra firmaly concern around us.Learning from religion encourages reflection and allows learning from each other and listening to what the children bring to the class, by them sharing their own thoughts and ideas. Learning from religion allows children to ask questions about lifes meaning and purpose and look and share human experiences. Religious Education encompasses many things and can be linked to many cross curricular subjects. It is important that religion helps develop children morally and spiritually.Religion can be linked to many subjects such as English, Hi report, PSHE, I. C. T, Art, Drama and Mathematics. Linking Religious Education to these subjects helps children grasp topics more easily and makes the lessons more varied. For deterrent example when I was on placement in a Catholic school I taught an RE lesson, th e learning objective was to learn about the different stories the bible tells us about the birth of Jesus. We looked at the annunciation and The Visitation, when we looked at the Visitation we looked at Luke 28-20 and Matthew 21-12.The children then draw on their tables using a whiteboard pen a Venn diagram to register the differences and similarities between the two versions of the story. This brought maths into the lesson and the children stayed engaged all the way with as they were doing something different. Afterward we then did some freeze frames of the stories, if the children were tapped on the bring up they would become the character and say how they were feeling at the time.This encompassed drama into the lesson, and the children were able to get up and involved in the lesson, it really helped them understand the story and become part of it for a few moments. Another way to come up the children engaged and bring variety to Religion is by going to scrutinise a place o f worship, for example if we were studying Islam the children could be taken to Mosques this will allow reflection and add reality to the learning experience. McCreery, Bowen and Berminghem suggest The movement of such places will reflect the religious and cultural make-up of the local anesthetic community.A place of worship is the source of a first-hand learning experience in which children can begin to recognise that their community is made up of divers(prenominal) groups of people. (2007,93) One subject to which Religious Education particularity links to is PSHE and they equilibrate each other well together they can help moralistic development. Children can learn from faith about many contemporary issues, for example forgiveness in the playground, helping others, living life in the image and likeness of Jesus.Much can be learnt from apologues in the bible one legend that in particular gives a clear message across to the children is the parable of the good Samaritan. This sho ws children that no matter what we are doing or who is in need of help, it is important that we always lend a helping hand to the people around us just like the Samaritan did. The Samaritan helped the man on the slope of the road even though he was a Jew people would bet he would have done the opposite as Samaritans disliked the Jews.Whereas the priest and the Levites just walked past, it is important children understand this is the wrong thing to do and they would assume in the Samaritans footsteps. They can think as if they were walking past the old man what would they do? This is not just teaching the children about the parables but linking it to real life situations, making them aware of the commitment to Catholicism in everyday life. For children to completely understand the demands of religious commitment in everyday life it is important that they can link religion to everyday and the world around us.A good way to do this would be to talk about media, for example earlier t his year Stephen Lawrence was murdered and his mother after loosing her son was willing to forgive the murderers however she said in an article I dont forgive the boys who killed Stephen. They dont think they have done anything wrong. They took away Stephens life and there is nothing in their behavior or anything to show they regret what their actions have done and the pain it has caused us as a family. It is important in particular in a KS2 RE classroom to talk about the way the mum would be feeling? The fact shes forgive the murderers if they showed any remorse, is this a Christian way to behave? This allows children to develop their knowledge and understanding of, and their ability to respond to, Christianity in Britain. Although achieving a standard in an RE classroom where children can become religiously literate young peoplecan be challenging I believe with the right view and variety it is very possible.Using other subjects to keep the children engaged and links to the world around us, children will become aware of the demands of a religious life. However whatever is taught in the classroom must be seen through the life of the catholic school, through charity work, kindness and forgiveness. Religious Education is not part of the national curriculum, however if working in a catholic school I think teaching Religious Eduction is vital and will develop children morally and spiritually, as the learn from and about religion.Catholic Education Service (1995) Spiritual and Moral development across the curriculum. Matthew James Publishing Hoodless, P, Mccreery, E, Bowen, B and Berminghem (2007) Teaching humanities in primary schools. S Learning matters ltd The Bishops Conference of England and Wales (1996), Religious Education Curriculum Directory for Catholic Schools, London, Catholic Education Service. Grace,R and OKeefe, SJ (2007) International Handbook of catholic Education. Springer