Visits, visitors, persona dolls and interfaith dialogue

Ackroyd, Rebekah ORCID logo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7557-9985 , Elton-Chalcraft, Sally ORCID logo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3064-7249 and Kotwal, Imran (2024) Visits, visitors, persona dolls and interfaith dialogue. In: Elton-Chalcraft, Sally, (ed.) Teaching religious and worldviews education creatively, 2nd edition. Learning to Teach in the Primary School Series . Routledge Taylor & Francis, Abingdon, UK, pp. 151-174. Full text not available from this repository.

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003361480-11

Abstract

This chapter examines the theoretical and empirical basis for making use of visits, visitors, interfaith dialogue and persona dolls to support creative teaching and learning in Religion and Worldviews/Religious Education (R&W/RE). It looks at the theory of place-based learning and ideas from pedagogies of Religious Education and dialogic pedagogy in relation to visits and visitors. The chapter also provides practical ideas for how teachers can use visits and visitors in R&W/RE, including a list of key questions regarding practicalities, ideas for during and after the visit and a possible framework for a visit. Teachers are encouraged to critically reflect on their own positionality as part of this. Insights from a Muslim faith visitor highlight the importance of using visitors in R&W/RE as well as key considerations about how teachers can make the most of such opportunities. The benefits of online visits and visitorsare also examined. Persona dolls are explored as visitors for younger children and the chapter sets out how a persona doll's character can be developed and used creatively.

Item Type: Book Section
Publisher: Routledge Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9781003361480
Departments: Institute of Education > MA Programmes (Education)
Depositing User: Anna Lupton
Date Deposited: 18 Jun 2024 15:33
Last Modified: 18 Jun 2024 15:33
URI: https://insight.cumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/7733
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