Reflections on Religion and Worldviews Education (RE)
Part 1: Keeping Faith in Religion and Worldviews Education (RE) by Dave Francis and Denise Cush We have both dedicated our working lives, and even quite a bit of our retirement to date, to the...
Author: Dave Francis
Dave Francis is an adviser for religious education and spiritual, moral, social and cultural development, currently working with Dr Barbara Wintersgill and Prof Denise Cush on the Big Ideas for RE project. He was a teacher of RE for 14 years, including ten as Head of a Department of Religion, Philosophy and Social Education, and has since held advisory posts in several local authorities and, notably, as Lead Consultant for REonline. Dave is member of the Steering Group of the Sea of Faith Network and writes the Worldviews Navigator column of Sofia.
Worldviews Navigator: Understanding the obvious
Is it just older people who begin most of their conversation starters with, “What I don’t understand is…”? You can complete the sentence with your favourite bugbear: “…why people think it’s OK to drop litter...
Big Ideas for Religion and Science in Education: The Scopes Monkey Trial 100 years on
By Denise Cush, Dave Francis, Philippa Hulme & Michael J. Reiss Since its inception, in 1989, the Sea of Faith Network has been proactive in launching several educational projects and programmes. Notably, in 2013, Solarity¹...
Event date: 16 April 2025
The Sea of Faith Network and Education
Dave Francis looks back on the achievements of the network in its educational projects and their possible impact and considers the challenging question of ‘where next’?
The Sea of Faith Steering Group
At the 2024 Sea of Faith AGM a motion changed the ‘tag line’ statement of purpose of the network. For the health of the network, it would be good for more members to engage with...
Reviewing the purpose of the Sea of Faith Network
At the 2024 Sea of Faith AGM a motion changed the ‘tag line’ statement of purpose of the network. For the health of the network, it would be good for more members to engage with...
Worldviews Navigator
Five and a half hours at Heston West service station
is not, I suspect, everyone’s idea of fun;
