The units of learning based on Big Ideas for RE are probably quite different from anything you have worked with previously. A central principle is the flexibility of the units and indeed the whole programme. See also 'Develop your own "Big Ideas for RE" curriculum'...
How to navigate the Big Ideas for RE website as an RE Curriculum Developer. The main purpose of the website is to provide a guide for those developing the RE curriculum. Many teachers head straight over to the Exemplars to access the detailed...
Big Ideas ‘Big Ideas’ is a technical term proposed by Wiggins and McTighe (2005) to refer to the main overarching ideas that students need to understand in order to grasp a subject in the school curriculum in a way which is transferable to life beyond the...
What do people mean when they talk about worldviews? The Report from the Commission on RE in England, set up by the REC (Religious Education Council of England and Wales), in 2018 recommended that we rename the subject Religious Education (RE) ‘Religion and...
The Big Ideas for RE were developed under the direction of Dr Barbara Wintersgill in collaboration with (in alphabetical order): Alan Brine Denise Cush Dave Francis Rob Freathy Felicity Henchley James Holt Julian Stern Janet Orchard Michael J. Reiss Linda Rudge Joy...
The Exemplars for the Big Ideas for RE Project were produced by an expert team of teachers and advisers, working with our core editors. CONTRIBUTORS: Sarah Bareau Maddy Bloomfield Stacey Burman Kate Christopher Denise Cush Roxy Fearns Dave...
These days we have access to more evidence of people’s attitudes to religion than ever before. For example from the national census, held every ten years (the next census will be in 2021). Another important source of information are the British Social Attitudes...
In the beginning… Exploratory work at Exeter University established that : Big Ideas were being used successfully as a basis of organising both subject curricula and the whole curriculum in several countriesIn none of these countries had Big Ideas been used in...