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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Including Secular Philosophies Such as Humanism in Locally Agreed Syllabuses for Religious Education
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Watson, Jacqueline – British Journal of Religious Education, 2010
The 2004 "National Framework for Religious Education" (NFRE) innovatively recommended that secular philosophies such as humanism, or secular worldviews, be included in locally agreed syllabuses for religious education (RE) in England. However, the NFRE is a non-statutory document, and Agreed Syllabus Conferences (ASCs) and Standing Advisory…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Religious Education, Humanism, Philosophy
Can Children and Young People "Learn from" Atheism for Spiritual Development? A Response to the National Framework for Religious Education
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Watson, Jacqueline – British Journal of Religious Education, 2008
The new National Framework for Religious Education (RE) suggests, for the first time in national advice on agreed syllabuses, that atheism can be included in the curriculum alongside world religions. This article counters objections to the inclusion of atheism in RE and argues that children and young people can learn from atheistic beliefs and…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Spiritual Development, Moral Development, Beliefs
Educating for Citizenship--The Emerging Relationship between Religious Education and Citizenship Education
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Watson, Jacqueline – British Journal of Religious Education, 2004
The introduction of citizenship education to schools in England (and Wales) in 2002 has generated interest and concern among religious educationalists, some of whom welcome the opportunities this new educational territory opens up for religious education and some of whom suspect it augurs religious education's demise. This article reports findings…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Foreign Countries, Religious Education