6. Overview
Dispositions to be taught:
"A disposition is a prevailing quality of character marked by an inclination, or will,
to act in a particular way or by a tendency to a certain kind of action."
The following 24 dispositions have been agreed, and might be clustered with cluster questions,
e.g. into six sets of four (see clustering example 1 and clustering example 2).
The above dispositions are:
to act in a particular way or by a tendency to a certain kind of action."
The following 24 dispositions have been agreed, and might be clustered with cluster questions,
e.g. into six sets of four (see clustering example 1 and clustering example 2).
- interdependent and therefore that it will be appropriate to cluster them for pedagogical purposes.
- in a hierarchy of values religious traditions and historic civilisations will order the individual dispositions differently.
- for pedagogical reasons the dispositions may warrant a difference in emphasis at each key stage.
The syllabus should be taught as a spiral curriculum in which all the clusters are taught with appropriate Key Questions at each of the following stages:
- Key stage 1 (ages 5-7)
- Key stage 2a (ages 7-9)
- Key stage 2b (ages 9-11)
- Key stage 3 (ages 11-14)
- Key stage 4 (ages 14-16)
- Sixth form (ages 16-18)
Number and content of religious traditions to be taught
The following religious traditions must be used and taught:- Christianity must be used and taught in the main at each Key Stage.
- The religious tradition[s] of children in the classroom must be used and taught.
- The religious tradition[s], which will broaden and deepen the curriculum, should be used and taught.
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