Mulberry School for Girls is a large inner-city non-faith school whose intake is largely Bengali Muslim. The GCSE long and short course results in RE are well above the National average. Anne Fayter, one of the Joint HODs, uses a dynamic and strongly visual learning technique to develop understanding of a range of Christian perspectives regarding attitudes to other faiths. Working in groups, the KS4 students are given a Christian definition of inclusivism, exclusivism or pluralism. Each group converts the text into a simple diagram. Reforming into different groups the students use their diagrams to explain the different perspectives. The aim is that by the end of the lesson every student will have a clear understanding of all three attitudes and most will recognise the religious and philosophical reasons that underlie them. They will also have set of three diagrams in their books providing an efficient GCSE revision tool.

Video Series: KS3-4 RE
Release Date 2005