Religious Studies: Teaching the controversy as an out of field teacher

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Dr Jennifer Bleazby, a teacher educator and researcher from Monash University, Victoria, Australia talks about best practices to help your students learn and critique religions, philosophies and world views. She explains how the subject Religious Instruction differs from General Religious Education in Australia. Dr Bleazby argues teaching GRE well is needed now more than ever to encourage tolerance of different perspectives. Chances are, out of field educators will teach GRE as part of humanities/social sciences, but there’s a shortage of teachers with ‘religious studies’ university qualifications. And the next time you use Cosmic Kids Yoga in your secular classroom, beware of the possible backlash. Dr Bleazby explains what you can do to be more ‘mindful’ of the sensitivities.