School Task - Conversion To Islam

[agchristie]

Is this wise?

http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/02/20/school-sets-children-task-of-writing-letter-explaining-their-conversion-to-islam/

[Mamyalynne]

I haven't seen the curriculum of the school , so on that i can't comment.

[sherrardk]

Here you go - the national curriculum for RE - http://www.reonline.org.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/RE_Review_Summary-Curriculum-Framework.pdf

[pixie374]

Everything "should" include both sides, nailit. That's the point. This would have been just one piece of homework on the whole subject.

[Mamyalynne]

Ta Sherr.

[pixie374]

Page 11 on sherr's link gives the aims.

[nailit]

just read page 11 of sherrs link. Can you please point out where it mentions how to *objectively* reject barbaric religious practices?

[nailit]

//Everything "should" include both sides,//
Thats right isnt it?

[pixie374]

Yes, nailit. It doesn't push one way or another, just educating about the ways people think.

[sherrardk]

The national curriculum does not teach either rejection or acceptance on any religion - it's about knowing about different religions and expressing a view of them. Presumably pupils can express a 'dislike' of certain religions or religious practices provided that they can justify their views?

[nailit]

so just enlighten me again, where exactly does it show kids how to reject barbaric or stupid religious practices?
I seem to have missed it despite reading it several times.

[nailit]

//pupils can express a 'dislike' of certain religions//
Can pupils express a 'hatred' of certain religious ideologies? If not why not?
Why just a 'dislike'?

[sherrardk]

I reckon primary school pupils spend about 30 minutes a week on RE max. Mornings are spent on Literacy and Numeracy, afternoons are 2 1/4 hours long which have to include spellings, geography, science, history, PE (twice a week), Art, ICT, RE and afternoon break - the pupils are not going to be looking at ANY religion in enough detail to gain enough information to make much of a decision on any of them.

[nailit]

//pupils are not going to be looking at ANY religion in enough detail to gain enough information to make much of a decision on any of them.//
And thats so sad. Why arnt kids given the tools to make an informed descision?
Is it because we are so busy with brainwashing our kids with Islam?

[sherrardk]

Do you actually read replies and take the information in? They aren't learning much about any religion, there's only so much time to fit everything in. They aren't brainwashed about Islam or ANY religion. Isn't it a shame that parents can't equip their children with the tools to make an informed choice or do parents expect schools to 'teach' their kids everything?

[agchristie]

Wildwood > NO. Children are too young to understand the underlying purpose of the dogmatically unchanging intention Islam.

Many of the children would probably go online to obtain helpful tips to compose their letter [shudder].

[sherrardk]

I think some people are massively over thinking this - in primary school pupils do about 17 hours of RE over an entire year! And in secondary it will be about 33 hours, probably mixed in with some other stuff.

[naomi24]

Some of these posts convince me that the world has gone mad. The people who are setting these tasks should be utterly ashamed of themselves - but they're not because they're stupid - and there they are teaching the new generation with the blessing of those who can't see the wood for the trees. Sheesh!

[vetuste_ennemi]

Why Islam rather than Mormonism?

[Mamyalynne]

If you read the curriculum posted above, all Religions are touched upon.

Maybe next term we will have a similar question about a task for a different faith.

[naomi24]

^Well, that's alright then. The mind boggles.