Religious Education SKE
The Religious Education (RE SKE) course will allow you to take an exciting route onto a Religious Education ITT. It will provide you with the confidence to teach RE at GCSE level and beyond where you will develop knowledge that will enable you to challenge your own students on questions about belief, values, meaning, purpose and truth, enabling those students to develop their own attitudes towards religious issues
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Typical Units of Study
Religious Education SKE students can study a fully funded 8 week course in preparation for Initial Teacher Training.
Main areas studied within the 8 week course are from within 6 key religions.
Some points of study from within these religions are:
- The key beliefs
- Worship and festivals
- Lifestyle
- Service
Update: We are no longer accepting applications for RE
DfE will only fund RE SKE if enrolled / place confirmed by 10th April 2024. If your conditional offer was made after 10th April 2024, you might be able to self-fund your SKE course - we have provided a link below to a provider that offers this
Introductory unit
RE SKE students start with an introductory unit on beliefs, teaching practices, philosophy and ethics of the 6 major world religions.
Other main unit titles
After the induction phase, your tutor will support you on the following RE units of study:
Buddhism
- The Key Beliefs
- The Buddha and the Four Noble Truths
- Worship and festivals
- Buddhist ethics
Christianity
- The Key beliefs
- Jesus Christ and salvation
- Worship and festivals
- The role of the church in the local and worldwide community
- The seven sacraments
- Worship
- The work of the Church
Hinduism
- The ideas about the nature of God and existence
- The beliefs about the nature of human life
- Worship and festivals
- Lifestyle
Islam
- The key Beliefs
- Authority
- Worship
- Duties and festivals
Judaism
- The key beliefs
- The Covenant and the mitzvot
- The synagogue and worship
- Family life and festivals
Sikhism
- The key beliefs
- The beliefs about the nature of human life
- Worship and service
- Festivals and lifestyle
