Ways of Knowing: a Toolkit (Secondary)

Handling texts

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  8.1 Schools of thought: who is Jesus? (Ways of Knowing: a Toolkit, secondary)Resource 8.1 to support 'Ways of Knowing: a Toolkit' secondary edition, section 8: Handling texts. 5 teaching and learning steps with suggestions of how textual sources might be used to explore the question 'Who is Jesus?' Note: this is the first online resource for the title (sections 1-7 do not have online resources).
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  8.2 Schools of thought: who is Jesus? 3 summaries (Ways of Knowing: a Toolkit, secondary)Resource 8.2 to support 'Ways of Knowing: a Toolkit' secondary edition, section 8: Handling texts. Summaries of three textual sources from within the Christian community which might be used to explore the question 'Who is Jesus?'
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  8.3 Interpreting Jesus: three perspectives (Ways of Knowing: a Toolkit, secondary)Resource 8.3 to support 'Ways of Knowing: a Toolkit' secondary. Sheet to use with students using a Biblical extract from Matthew and how it might be viewed from the three scholarly Christian sources summarised on Resource 8.2.

The causes of non-theism: a multidisciplinary investigation

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  9.2 What factors influence people towards theism or non-theism? (Ways of Knowing: a Toolkit, secondary)Resource 9.2 to support 'Ways of Knowing: a Toolkit' secondary edition, section 9: The causes of non-theism, which takes a multi-disciplinary look at Explaining Atheism's (EA) research project on the topic. Sheet provides a selection of potential causes tested by the EA researchers.
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  9.3 Am I more likely to be theist or non-theist? (Ways of Knowing: a Toolkit, secondary)Resource 9.3 to support 'Ways of Knowing: a Toolkit' secondary, section 9. Two-page questionnaire with a selection of statements: students are to mark which are more likely to be made by a theist or non-theist.
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  9.5A Sample survey from Explaining Atheism: thinking style (Ways of Knowing: a Toolkit, secondary)Resource 9.5A to support 'Ways of Knowing: a Toolkit' secondary. This sheet lists questions which can help ascertain the respondent's 'thinking style'.
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  9.5B Thinking styles: responses (Ways of Knowing: a Toolkit, secondary)Resource 9.5B to support 'Ways of Knowing: a Toolkit' secondary. This sheet lists typical responses to questions on 9.5A which can help ascertain the respondent's 'thinking style'.
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  9.5C Sample survey from Explaining Atheism: CREDs (Ways of Knowing: a Toolkit, secondary)Resource 9.5C to support 'Ways of Knowing: a Toolkit' secondary. Survey question sheet from a further development of the CREDs (credibility-enhancing displays) measure.
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  9.5D Sample survey from Explaining Atheism: Non-theistic Socialisation (Ways of Knowing: a Toolkit, secondary)Resource 9.5D to support 'Ways of Knowing: a Toolkit' secondary. Survey sheet with questions from EA's research project to help measure non-theistic socialisation.
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  9.6 Results: which factors have an impact on theism and non-theism? (Ways of Knowing: a Toolkit, secondary)Resource 9.6 to support 'Ways of Knowing: a Toolkit' secondary. Provides a reminder of the five categories of factor, as described in the EA project, and the results showing which factors had an impact on theism or non-theism.
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  9.7A Results: socialisation factors have most impact (Ways of Knowing: a Toolkit, secondary)Resource 9.7A to support 'Ways of Knowing: a Toolkit' secondary. This sheet provides 'probability' details of two of the three factors with most impact on theism.
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  9.7B Results: other factors have some impact on non-theism (Ways of Knowing: a Toolkit, secondary)Resource 9.7B to support 'Ways of Knowing: a Toolkit' secondary. This sheet provides 'probability' details of two other factors, indicating their impact on non-theism.
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  9.8 Predictors of non-theism: digging deeper (Ways of Knowing: a Toolkit, secondary)Resource 9.8 to support 'Ways of Knowing: a Toolkit' secondary. Predictors of non-theism are listed in a table, with percentage indication of impact on non-theism.
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  Ways of knowing: links with RE Today publications (Ways of Knowing: a Toolkit, secondary)Information for the teacher: how 'ways of knowing' are employed in other RE Today publications: Challenging Knowledge in RE series (including a survey of impact on confidence in teaching multidisciplinary approach in RE), Investigating Worldviews series and Understanding Muslims, Understanding Islam.

Ways of Knowing: icons

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  Ways of Knowing: a Toolkit, secondary – icons as pdfsIcons from 'Ways of Knowing: a Toolkit', secondary edition, in pdf format (in zipped folder). For use in classroom displays and presentations by owners of the book. Icons are copyright of RE Today Services and allowed for classroom use only by schools and teachers who own the 'Ways of Knowing' book. See sections 5 to 7 of the book for explanations and detail.
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  Ways of Knowing: a Toolkit, secondary – icons as jpgsIcons from 'Ways of Knowing: a Toolkit', secondary edition, in jpg format (in zipped folder). For use in classroom displays and presentations by owners of the book. Icons are copyright of RE Today Services and allowed for classroom use only by schools and teachers who own the 'Ways of Knowing' book. See sections 5 to 7 of the book for explanations and detail.