Unbelievable? 26 Feb 2011 - RE and indoctrination in education

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The UK Government recently outlined a White Paper that threatens to demote Religious Education to a peripheral subject in the curriculum. More info on the campaign to have it reinstated here: http://www.reactcampaign.co.uk/ Mark Roques of Reality Bites regularly leads RE workshops for students - he says we need more engaging ways of teaching RE. He also claims there is a hidden curriculum in education indoctrinating students into an individualistic, secularist worldview. Andrew Copson, CEO of the British Humanist Association also wants good RE teaching but disagrees with Mark's conclusions about hidden agendas in education causing consumerist attitudes among students. They also debate whether an atheist worldview can account for our belief in reason and freewill. For Mark Roques and Worldview RE resources see http://www.realitybites.org.uk View the Reality Bites paper on secular indoctrination in education http://www.realitybites.org.uk/downloads/RealityBites_Education-Indoctrination-and-God.pdf For Andrew Copson and the BHA see http://www.humanism.org.uk For more Christian/non-Christian debate visit http://www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable or get the MP3 podcast http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes If you enjoyed this programme you may also enjoy: Unbelievable? 29 Jan 2011 - Why do we value human life? Subversive Story Teller Mark Roques & atheist Paul Thompson Unbelievable? 2 Aug 2008 - Faith & School - do they mix? Jan Ainsworth & Andrew Copson debate. Join the discussion at the Premier Community http://www.premiercommunity.org.uk/group/unbelievable and via Facebook and Twitter

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0:30.0	Well, welcome along to Unbelievable, the show that aims to get you thinking every Saturday afternoon here on Premier Christian radio.
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0:42.2	UK slash Unbeliev unbelievable is the web page of this show
0:45.8	where you can download not only this program but many, many more besides.
0:49.1	I'm Justin Brawley, your host for the next hour and a half
0:51.8	and it's my pleasure to welcome into the studio
0:53.6	two guests as we look at a subject that we've been covering in some depth in the
0:57.5	last week here on Premier Christian radio, Religious Education in our schools.
1:02.0	You're unbelievable. religious education in our schools. My guest today are Andrew Copson, he is chief executive of the British Humanist Association,
1:10.0	and Mark Rock, who is a storyteller and director of Reality Bites, which is the National Training Ministry
1:15.3	of the West Yorkshire School of Christian Studies.
1:18.4	We're asking today on the program that gets Christians and non-Christians talking,
1:22.0	what is the role of Ari in schools?
1:25.0	Andrew was formerly the representative of the British Humanist Association for Education,
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