Websites of Interest Some general sites: a) ‘First­stop’ sites http://www.theredirectory.org.uk http://www.reonline.org.uk b) Government organization sites http://www.dfes.gov.uk http://www.qca.org.uk c) Fact­finding sites http://www.religionfacts.com/ http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/ssdataset.asp?vlnk=6590&More=Y Chapter 1: The effective teacher of RE European Values project: http://wwwalt.uni­wuerzburg.de/religionspaedagogik/ Chapter 2: RE – Erratic boulder?
· America’s day of terror: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/americas/2001/day_of_terror/
· P4C: http://sapere.org.uk/what­is­p4c/
· Science and Religion in Schools Project: http://www.srsp.net
· Islam for Today: http://www.islamfortoday.com/
· BBC News (search for stories on religion): http://news.bbc.co.uk
· CNN on­line (search for stories on religion): http://www.cnn.com
· Al Jazeera on­line (English version): http://english.aljazeera.net/HomePage Chapter 3: Giving religion a chance
· · · · · Science and Religion in Schools Project: http://www.srsp.net
Counterbalance: http://www.counterbalance.org
Christians in Science: http://www.cis.org.uk
The Humanist Organisation: http://www.humanism.org.uk
The Farmington Institute: http://www.farmington.ac.uk Chapter 4: The purpose of RE
· Welsh National Centre for Religious Education: http://www.bangor.ac.uk/rs/pt/wncre This site is of particular relevance to teachers in Wales but, as a major centre for research in religious education, the work of the centre has importance both in the UK and internationally.'
· Statistical research related to RE: l.j.francis@bangor.ac.uk
· Farmington material: http://www.farmington.ac.uk/documents/reports/framed/teaching_training.html
Chapter 5: Christianity
· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · The Gospel and our Culture: http://www.gospel­culture.org.uk
Archbishop of Canterbury: http://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org
The Vatican: http://www.vatican.va
The Catholic Education Service http://www.cesew.org.uk
The Anglican Education Service http://www.natsoc.org.uk
RE Quest: http://www.request.org.uk
BBC Religions Christianity: http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/
RE Jesus: http://www.rejesus.co.uk
Culham: http://www.culham.ac.uk
Stapleford Centre: http://www.stapleford­centre.org
UK Census returns on religion: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/ssdataset.asp?vlnk=6590&More=Y
Christianity and culture: http://www.dayone.co.uk/ad http://www.christian­heritage.org.
The Bible society: http://www.biblesociety.org
The Gospel and our Culture: http://www.gospel­culture.org.uk
The Christian Classics Ephemeral Library: http://www.ccel.org/index/classics.html Chapter 6: Other world religions
· · · · · · · · · · Religion Facts: http://www.religionfacts.com
BBC religions: http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/
The Buddha Net: http://www.buddhanet.net
Sikh Net: http://www.sikh.net
The Hindu Universe: http://www.hindunet.org/
Islamicity: http://www.islamicity.com/
RE Online: http://www.reonline.org.uk
RE Quest: http://www.request.org.uk
The Humanist Organisation: http://www.humanism.org.uk
Religious Education Stories: http://www.sln.org.uk/storyboard/ Chapter 7: Concepts and imagination
· An interview with Olivera Petrovich: http://www.science­spirit.org/article_detail.php?article_id=128
· E­text of ‘Your God is too small': http://www.newchurches.com/public/resources/reading/docs/YourGodisTooSmall­Phillips.pdf
· Einstein and the relativity train: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~scdiroff/lds/QuantumRelativity/RelativityTrain/RelativityTrain.html
· The National Gallery: http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/
· The Louvre: http://www.louvre.fr Chapter 8: Truth­claims and thinking skills
· · · · · Mind Friendly Learning: http://www.salt.cheshire.gov.uk/mfl/thinkingskills.htm
RE Thinking: http://www.rethinking.co.uk
SAPERE: http://www.sapere.org.uk
Stamford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/sellars/
Mind Mapping: http://www.peterussell.com/mindmaps/mindmap.html
Chapter 9: Interpreting scripture
· Bible: http://www.biblesociety.org o Christian projects: http://www.christianprojects.org.uk Organises an annual Bible camp for secondary pupils. o Bible ventures: http://www.bibleventures.org/ Takes a roadshow round to primary pupils.
· Bible and culture: http://www.dayone.uk/ad
· Qur’an on­line (English): http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/qmtintro.html
· Torah online (English): http://bible.ort.org/intro1.asp?lang=1
· Guru Granth Sahib on­line: http://www.sikhnet.com/s/GuruGranthSahib
· Sacred Texts online: http://www.sacred­texts.com/hin/index.htm
· Vedas on­line (English): http://www.sacred­texts.com/hin/index.htm
· Buddhist Sutras on­line (English): http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/Buddhism/sutras.html Chapter 10: RE and the rest of the curriculum
· · · · · · · · SMSC: http://www.smsc.org.uk/
SRSP: http://www.srsp.net
REEP: http://www.reep.org
Oxfam: http://www.oxfam.org.uk
Christian Aid: http://www.christianaid.org.uk
Film and Faith: http://www.refuel.org.uk/curric/xphase/filmfaith/
ACT: http://www.teachingcitizenship.org.uk/
Citized: http://www.citized.info/ Chapter 11: Worship and education
· The Assemblies website: http://www.assemblies.org.uk/
· Teachernet assemblies: http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/teachingandlearning/assemblies/
· Guidelines on Collective Worship: http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/management/atoz/c/collectiveworship/