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Visions for RE

In forming a vision for RE in your school, you may like to use the words of the Religious Education Council of England and Wales (REC) quoted in the draft non-statutory national framework for religious education (QCA, 2004), but sadly dropped from the final version:

Religious education asks about meaning and purpose in life from beginning to end. It gives space for individual reflection and wondering who and why; it explores Christianity, other principal religions and world views, and how they affect the fabric of personal and social life; it identifies the reality of evil, injustice and suffering and it opens up visions of how life for all the world's citizens may be transformed by truth, beauty and goodness (p3).

Or these words about education generally, from the UN Declaration of Human Rights:

Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups (Article 26).

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