ISLAxCIRE Webinar - Engaged Religious Education
An engaging discussion with Afeefa Syeed, Director of the Center for Innovative Religious Education (CIRE), on how to design and implement an Engaged Religious Education.
This session explores a framework for intentional religious education and literacy through seven dimensions that encompass school culture, climate, and curriculum. Participants interacted on questions about their own school’s practices and programs as they align with the areas of Values and Beliefs, Intentional Action, Relationship, Meaning and Purpose, Awe and Wonder,
Takeaways:
1. Recognizing the elements of what engaged religious education are.
2. Identifying challenges and opportunities in their own context to implement engaged religious education.
3. Developing/creating their own implementable actions in relation to engaged religious education in their context.