Creative and Inquiry Learning: What makes good RE lessons.

1. A focus on significant concepts

2. Exploration of Religious Materials

3. Use of Religious materials that may raise contentious issues

4. Reflection and expression of pupils own experiences in life

5. Strategies that provide experiential learning

6. An approach that is child centered, enables expression of feelings and responses in a secure environment

7. A balance of human and religious experiences

8. Encouragement for pupils to take a critical view of what they encounter in RE lessons (Erricker et al, 2011)

9. High levels of pupil acivity

10. Inquiry based learning that involves effective and progressive questioning

11. Using pupils responses to progress further, deep and more complex learning.

12. Asking pupils raise issues and solve problems for themselves

13. Requiring higher level skills and active collaboration