Saturday, October 24, 2009

Humanist Perspectives for Primary Teachers

Humanist Perspectives 1

HUMANIST PERSPECTIVES 1
Everything primary teachers need to help include their non-religious pupils and get started on teaching about Humanism.

Intended mainly for absolute beginners, Humanist Perspectives 1 offers guidance and information for teachers, so that they can absorb some essential but straightforward concepts associated with Humanism to pass on to their pupils in their own way and time, at their own pace, and in the appropriate language.

Humanist Perspectives 1 refers to the recently published National Framework for RE, with its advice to include “secular philosophies such as humanism” and to Ofsted guidance on “social, moral, spiritual and cultural (SMSC)” education, and encourages teachers and advisers to adapt and select whatever is relevant to their local syllabuses and their pupils’ needs.

The materials are particularly relevant to syllabuses that include Humanism and / or advice to include children “of all faiths and none”. It includes clear and concise accounts of humanist ideas, history and ceremonies, further reading for those who want more, suggestions for class libraries, and some lesson ideas and plans.

These resources have been created with advice from primary teachers, and earlier versions have been used for many years in schools.

Pages are designed to be photocopied, so that a religious education or co-ordinator can easily make handouts for classes and share information and lesson ideas with colleagues. Every school should have at least one copy.

32 A4 pages, photocopiable, printed on good quality recycled paper

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