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Lost sheep
Zacchaeus
Good Samaritan
Horizontal knowledge / Depth knowledgeLearningaboutreligion
Wicked Servant
Pharisee & the Tax
Collector Sower and the seed
Horizontal knowledge
Lacks cognitive challenge recall
Horizontal knowledge / Depth knowledgeLearningaboutreligion
Horizontal knowledge
Lacks cognitive challenge
“Pupils except in knowing about more stories, more festivals, more traditions, more buildings and more religions.
They have not made connections between the beliefs and teachings of each religion, neither do they understand what belonging to a religion involves.”
REsource Spring 2003
Barbara Wintersgill HMI
recall
Lost sheep
Horizontal knowledge / Depth knowledgeLearningaboutreligion
Horizontal knowledge
Lacks cognitive challenge
Depth knowledge
recall
simple understanding
understanding
depth understanding
don’t lose things
be nice to animals
Jesus is the Good Shepherd
morally or spiritually lost
suffering for the sake ofothers
Quantity
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Lost soul
Horizontal knowledge / Depth knowledgeLearningaboutreligion
Horizontal knowledge
Lacks cognitive challenge
Depth knowledge
recall
simple understanding
understanding
depth understanding
Quantity
Qu
alit
y
Critical thinking
carping fault finding
Horizontal knowledge / Depth knowledgeLearningaboutreligion
Horizontal knowledge
Lacks cognitive challenge
Depth knowledge
recall
simple understanding
understanding
depth understanding
Quantity
Qu
alit
y
Critical thinking
discernment
comprehension
the penny drops
they get it
Learningaboutreligion The pilgrimage to Makkah
Knowledge
factual recall knowledge
descriptive knowledge
ka’bah Makkah
five pillars ihram
circuits
running standing stoning
Observable knowledge
Earthlings in their
millions walk in circles.
hajj Islam
Learningaboutreligion The pilgrimage to Makkah
Knowledge
ka’bah Makkah
Islam
black stone
hajj
ihram
Explain why Muslims go on hajj
Observable knowledge
Simple understanding
More going on than meets the eye
To keep one of the five pillars.
To obey what it says in the Qur’an.
To do with what Muhammad did and what he told them to do on.
Explain why Muslims go on pilgrimage.
special
feel closer to God
descriptive knowledge
factual recall knowledge
Learningaboutreligion The pilgrimage to Makkah
Knowledge
Fctual knowledge
Descriptive knowledge
ka’bah Makkah
Islam
black stone
hajj
ihram
Observable knowledge
Understanding
More going on than meets the eye
It helps to strengthen their faith.
They feel that everyone in the eyes of God are equal.
It makes them feel they are part of the Ummah – the community of Islam
Explain why Muslims go on pilgrimage.
Explain why Muslims go on hajj
Learningaboutreligion The pilgrimage to Makkah
Knowledge
Factual knowledge
Descriptive knowledge
ka’bah Makkah
Islam
black stone
hajj
ihram
The climax of the Hajj
Observable knowledge
More going on than meets the eye
To think seriously about the Day of Judgement.
To ask God for forgiveness.
To show regret for all the wrong things they have done.
Depth understanding
Explain why Muslims go on pilgrimage.
Mount Arafat
The Mount of Mercy
Learningaboutreligion The pilgrimage to Makkah
Knowledge
More going on than meets the eye
Depth understanding
Al-Ghazali (1058 – 1111)Theologian & Philosopher
“Ihram cloth – when you put it on, remember the coffin cloth with which you will be clothed.”
The Revival of Religious Sciences p.205
Explain why Muslims go on pilgrimage.
To show regret for all the wrong things they have done.
To ask God for forgiveness.
To think seriously about the Day of Judgement.
Learningaboutreligion The pilgrimage to Makkah
Knowledge
More going on than meets the eye
Depth understanding
Al-Ghazali (1058 – 1111)Theologian & Philosopher
“Reaching at Arafat, fix your tent and wait there with a great penitent mind.”
The Revival of Religious Sciences p.205
Explain why Muslims go on pilgrimage.
To show regret for all the wrong things they have done.
To ask God for forgiveness.
To think seriously about the Day of Judgement.
Learningaboutreligion The pilgrimage to Makkah
KnowledgeBack story
More going on than meets the eye
Depth understanding
Al-Ghazali (1058 – 1111)Theologian & Philosopher
“and recite supplications as much as possible and seek the mercy of God.”
The Revival of Religious Sciences p.205
Explain why Muslims go on pilgrimage.
To show regret for all the wrong things they have done.
To ask God for forgiveness.
To think seriously about the Day of Judgement.
Learningaboutreligion The pilgrimage to Makkah
KnowledgeBack story
More going on than meets the eye
A dress rehearsal for the Day of Judgement.
Depth understanding
Al-Ghazali (1058 – 1111)Theologian & Philosopher
“Think of this journey as the journey for the next world.”
The Revival of Religious Sciences p.205
Explain why Muslims go on pilgrimage.
Ninian Smart 1927 - 2001
‘Religious education must transcend the informative’
Secular education and the logic of religion 1968
The word ‘understanding’ in RE
Understandingsympathetic
On the 9th day we all prayed at Mount Arafat.
It makes you think everyone must have been prayed for.
I am so glad I saved up for the money to get here.
John aged 14
There were many people there and all praying for family, friends and even people they didn’t know
This whole experience was totally mind blowing and a once in a life-time experience.
Imagine you are a Muslim who has completed their hajj.
Understandingcomprehension
Explain why Muslims go on
pilgrimage.
Learningaboutreligion
Write a letter to a friend explaining why they had gone on pilgrimage and how they felt.
The word ‘understanding’ in RE
On the 9th day we all prayed at Mount Arafat.
It makes you think everyone must have been prayed for.
I am so glad I saved up for the money to get here.
John aged 14
There were many people there and all praying for family, friends and even people they didn’t know
This whole experience was totally mind blowing and a once in a life-time experience.
The prayers a Muslim speaks on Mt. Arafat are believed to be the most effective they will ever make in their life.
They think about their lives and pray to God for forgiveness and mercy.
Anna’s answer shows critical thought about Islam.
Many come away changed by the experience feeling they must live a better life before it is too late.
Anna aged 13
The day is physically and spiritually close to what the real Day of Judgement will be like.
Her work shows critical discernment and genuine deeper understanding which is specific to Islam.
Imagine you have been asked to write for a website. Understanding
Learningaboutreligion
comprehensionUnderstanding
sympatheticExplore and explain some of the beliefs and ideas that lie behind the hajj which account for why the pilgrimage is so important to Muslim.
The word ‘understanding’ in RE
On the 9th day we all prayed at Mount Arafat.
It makes you think everyone must have been prayed for.
I am so glad I saved up for the money to get here.
John aged 14
There were many people there and all praying for family, friends and even people they didn’t know
This whole experience was totally mind blowing and a once in a life-time experience.
John’s answer shows no critical discernment when it comes to Islam.
His work consists largely of positive statements about religion in general.
Imagine you are a Muslim who has completed their hajj. Write a letter to a friend explaining why they had gone on pilgrimage and how they felt.
The prayers a Muslim speaks on Mt. Arafat are believed to be the most effective they will ever make in their life.
The day is physically and spiritually close to what the real Day of Judgement will be like.
They think about their lives and pray to God for forgiveness and mercy.
Many come away changed by the experience feeling they must live a better life before it is too late.
Anna aged 13
Understanding
Learningaboutreligion
comprehensionUnderstanding
sympathetic
The word ‘understanding’ in RE
Imagine you are a Muslim who has completed their hajj. Write a letter to a friend explaining why they had gone on pilgrimage and how they felt.
Imagine you have been asked to write for a website. Explore and explain some of the beliefs and ideas that lie behind the hajj which account for why the pilgrimage is so important to Muslim.
dispassionate task
religion individual
objective subjective
feelings
emotions
beliefs
ideas
critical discernment
public reasons
imaginative literary task
critical discernment
private emotions
public individual
lends itself to assessment does not lend it self to assessment
Understandingsympathetic
Understanding
Learningaboutreligion
comprehension