How can we help pupils to make sense of Science-Religion encounters in the classroom, when so little dialogue and discussion happens at the planning stages of curriculum development?
The National Institute for Christian Education Research (NICER) Research Centre provides materials for teachers, beginning teachers, curriculum designers, teacher educators and researchers interested in this topic.
Although studies have explored school pupils’ attitudes concerning science and religion, there has been little research on beginning teachers’ experiences in their development and formation and not much is known about how big questions are framed in classrooms or the extent of teachers’ experiences of the science/religion encounter. This project addresses the gap, develops informed responses for teacher education and finds some preliminary understandings of the impact of the use of that knowledge in teacher education programmes.
Click here to explore their work and toolkits, which tackle questions like:
- ‘What are science/religion encounters and how can I prepare for them?’
- ‘How can I foster collaboration between the RE and science departments in my school?’
- ‘How can I use questioning to explore the unexpected without losing control?’
