BERA Religious and Moral Education Special Interest Group
TUESDAY 15TH SEPTEMBER 2015
13.15 – 14.15
SIG Fair
WEDNESDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER 2015
11.30 – 13.00
Main Conference Parallel Session 1
09.00 – 10.30
1.20 Islamaphobia, hostility and peace
Chair: Richardson, Norman - Stranmillis University
College
0140 - 'Reaching In, Reaching Out: community
engagement and the experience of hostility with
reference to Jewish and Muslim schools in the
UK' Parker-Jenkins, Marie - University of Limerick
0515 - Religious Education as Peace Education:
A Perspective from Northern Ireland Richardson,
Norman - Stranmillis University College
15.45 – 17.15
Main Conference Parallel Session 2
2.19 Belief and values in pupils, the profession
and policy
Chair: Parker-Jenkins, Marie - University of
Limerick
Main Conference Parallel Session 3
3.19 Pakistani Boys, Polish Parents and
Religious Schools
Chair: Orchard, Janet - University of Bristol
0062 - Pakistani boys’ education in Birmingham,
Iqbal, Karamat - Warwick University
*0340 - "You Got to Have Faith": A Case Study
of Polish Parents' Secondary School Choice for
Their Children in London and
Nottingham
Thatcher, Jenny - University of East
London
0546 - A comparative study of contemporary
Catholic, Jewish and Islamic schools in Canada
and the UK
McKinney, Stephen - University of
Glasgow
13.30 – 15.00
Main Conference Parallel Session 4
0567 - Personal Beliefs, Faith and the
Teacher:
supporting a new approach to professionalism
in RE
Bryan, Hazel; Revell, Lynn - Canterbury
Christ Church University
Researching RE in England, Northern Ireland
and Saudi Arabia
Chair: Orchard, Janet - University of Bristol
0223 - From human rights education to
fundamental British values education: UK moral
policy for English schools, religion and antiextremism
Bowie, Robert - Canterbury Christ
Church University
0401 - What is being taught in
Religious
Education classes in Northern
Ireland and to what extent should states be
concerned about regulation, quality and control
of the subject?
Nelson, James - Queen's
University Belfast
0482 - Exploring and Expressing Characteristic
Spirit in publicly managed schools: an action
research project
Liston, Jennifer ; McCormack,
Orla ; O'Reilly, Barney - Kerry Education and
Training Board; O'Flaherty, Joanne; O'Grady,
Emmanuel - Kenny, Neil. University of Limerick
17.30 – 18.30
SIG Forum Meeting
0204 - Enhancing Students' Dialogical
Capacities: The Development of a Religious
Education Curriculum in Saudi
Universities
Bawazeer, Adel Abubaker University of Stirling, King Abdulaziz University;
I'Anson, John - University of Stirling
0578 - Does RE promote good community
relations?
Orchard, Janet - University of Bristol
Come on afterwards to the welcome reception…