Journal of Beliefs and Values Studies in Religion and Education

Edited by Dr William S. Campbell of the centre for Beliefs and Values, University of Wales, Lampeter. A biannual journal priced £40 a year for individuals and available from Carfax Publishing, Taylors & Francis Ltd, Customer Services Department, Rankine Road, Basingstoke, Hants, RG24 8PR, UK. Online information is available from < ahref="http://www.carfax.co.uk/jbv-ad.htm">http://www.carfax.co.uk/jbv-ad.htm. Email sales@carfax.co.uk.

An academic journal providing articles on theological reflections on education, education in religion, spirituality in education, empiricle perspectives on erligion and the spiritual life of children and adults.

The Shap Journal World Religions in Education

Edited by Erica Brown, W. Owen Cole, Mary Hayward, Nick Mead, Harun Rashid and Alison Seaman. Available from The Shap Working Party, c/o the NAtional Society's RE centre, 36 CAuston Street, London, SW1P 4AU. Tel. 020 7932 1194, FAx. 020 7932 1199, email: nsrc:@dial.pipex.com. Cost £6.00 including p&p or £9.00 including p&p for the Shap mailing which includes the Shap Calendar (see below).

A journal which seeks to promoting excellence in the study of religions at all levels and in all types of education.

The British Journal of Religious Education (BJRE)

The Triannual Journal of the Christian Education Movement Available from CEM, Royal Buildings, Derby, DE1 1GW, Tel. 01332 296655, Fax. 01332 343253, Email: cem@cem.org.uk. Avaliable for £34 per year (3 issues) but contact CEM first as it is available as a package with other RE mailings.

A Journal to support religious and moral education in schools, increasing awareness of teh often unstated beliefs and values by which people live adn ato articulate Christian perspectives on education.

RESOURCE

Professional Reflection on theory and practice in Religious Education, the Journal of the professional Council for Religious Education (PCfRE). Edited by John Logan, published three times a year to promote professional development. It is available from Available from CEM, Royal Buildings, Derby, DE1 1GW, Tel. 01332 296655, Fax. 01332 343253, Email: cem@cem.org.uk. Contact CEM for price information as it is available as a package with other RE mailings.

REtoday

A termly magazine for Teachers of RE published 3 times a year by CEM for £7.50 each or £20.60 per year from CEM, Royal Buildings, Derby, DE1 1GW, Tel. 01332 296655, Fax. 01332 343253, Email: cem@cem.org.uk. Contact CEM for price information as it is available as a package with other RE mailings.

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Religion, Education and Post-modernity
Andrew Wright RoutledgeFalmer, London and New York, 2004
ISBN:0-415-29870-9

Andrew Wright has been building the case for and definition of critical religious education over a number of works which have each been essential reading for serious consideration of the teaching of the RE (Spiritual Pedagogy (1998), Discerning the Spirit (1999) Spirituality and education (2000)). In this current volume he has outlined, in the context of postmodernism and more broadly education philosophy, the strongest articulation of his view to date. Indeed it can be considered an almost fatal broadside to liberal Religious Education, at least in its simple form. click here for full review

A Teacher's Handbook of Religious Education (Second Edition) A Teacher's Handbook of Religious Education (Second Edition)
Edited by Rosemary Rivett and Lat Blaylock, (CEM:Birmingham,2003)
ISBN 1-904024297

This 80 page book stands out among professional guides to Religious Education as the most practical and directly useful. The Sections are concise, relevant and helpful. It is full not only of information but practical ideas for teaching RE. The sections cover virtully all the topics touched on in all the other RE teaching text books put together. The section on Assessment, achievement and evlauation provides an excellent guide to understanding and implimenting the levels. This is not a guide to pedagogies, for which there is already a contender, but it does provide a good handle or staring point on all the key areas. For busy studetn teachers and busy experienced teachers who can;t remember the last time they could read a book, this is indispensible.
Chapters include: law and RE, Planning, Target setting, Assessment, Skills, Attitudes, a brief outline of the 6 taught religions and pretty much everything else. more.

Learning to Teach Religious Education in the Secondary School: A Companion to School Experience (Learning to Teach Subjects in the Secondary School)
Andrew Wright (Editor), Anne-Marie Brandom (Editor), (RoutledgeFalmer; 2000 )
ISBN: 0415194369

The standard text from trainee RE teachers, well researched and clearly written which pprovides a good companion for student teachers ging through initial teacher training. The books focus is on key areas which students need to show competances in which means there is no complete treatment of pedagogy or the philosophical of RE and it does not cover the non statutory levels. However, it is a very useful guide which updates some of the topics covered in Watson's work.
RE in the curriculum, RE in State and Faith Community Schools, programmes of Study, Pupil Learning, Language in RE, Assessment, SEN, KS4, 16+, Spirituality, Collective Worship, Moral Education, Resources, ICT and Professional Development

The Effective Teaching of Religious Education
By Brenda Watson, (LONGMAN:London,1993)
ISBN 0-582-08707-4

A standard text from trainee RE teachers, well researched and clearly written which provides a good grounding for beginners and a well articulated reminder for those in the profession who have not read it yet.
Chapters include: the purpose of RE, religious concepts, experiential RE, truth claims, teaching the Bible, assessment, school worship, Re and the curriculum, a glossary, recommended reading and index.

  Pedagogies of Religious Education
By Michael Grimmit, (McCrimmon Publishing Company: Essex,2000)
ISBN: 0855976217

The most important book about teaching RE available today. The book is a corrective to the many texts available to RE teaching professionals. Grimmit provides a critique of current trends in RE which he succesfully argues are undermining the subject. Chapter two provides a summary of the main pedagogies, that is theories of teaching RE. The following nine chapters are written by most of the important academics expoinding their pedagogies. In short, this book provides a professional with a guide to all the important RE teaching theories in the last 50 years. This book is very important as theories of teaching RE are lacking in many training courses and seldom feature in training courses. It should be on every RE teachers bookshelf, heavily thumbed of course.

Issues in Religious Education (Issues in Subject Teaching) 
By Lynne Broadbent ,Alan Brown (RoutledgeFalmer: London, 2002
; ISBN: 0415262534

A useful recent contribution in which different authors write on a range of debated topics in RE. A good complimentary text to spark of debates and discussions and a valuable addition to the RE professional's bookcase.

Teaching World Religions, A Teachers Handbook from The Shap Working Party
Edited by Clive Erricker (HEINMANN EDUCATIONAL:Scotland,1993
ISBN 0-435-30330-9
A very useful text with chpaters written by a number of specialists writing about teaching world religions and the religions themselves. An outsanding and resourceful collection.

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