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Creative pedagogies for promoting religious tolerance and diversity in schools<\/strong><\/p>\n 24th June 2025, 1:30 \u2013 4:45pm<\/p>\n Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, Wilson C Building, Birch and Chestnut Seminar Rooms The Open University Religious Studies team is collaborating with the Understanding the The workshop is offered free of charge, with financial support from the Culham St Gabriels Professor John Wolffe<\/td>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Creative pedagogies for promoting religious tolerance and diversity in schools 24th June 2025, 1:30 \u2013 4:45pm Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, Wilson C Building, Birch and Chestnut Seminar Rooms Directions to Walton Hall | Estates The Open University Religious Studies team is collaborating with the Understanding the Interplay project […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/religious-studies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/religious-studies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/religious-studies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/religious-studies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/religious-studies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1863"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/religious-studies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1927,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/religious-studies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1863\/revisions\/1927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/religious-studies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/religious-studies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/religious-studies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nDirections to Walton Hall | Estates<\/p>\n
\nInterplay project and HFL Education to deliver a workshop exploring the challenges of managing
\nreligious diversity in schools in the face of the recent upsurge of anti-Semitism, Islamophobia
\nand other forms of religious hate and prejudice. The emphasis is on prevention rather than cure.
\nWe believe our work has significant strategic and interdisciplinary potential and we are
\nparticularly keen to engage with school senior leaders. This event is therefore aimed at head
\nteachers and educational leaders in secondary education, further education and sixth forms as
\nwell as at teachers in history, film and media studies, religion & worldviews and civic education.
\nYou will be introduced to two exciting methodologies. The first draws on historical resources
\nand uses film making to stimulate students to reflect positively on their own experience and to
\nlearn from that of others, hence building resilience against more hostile voices. The second
\nuses Lego building with students to explore ideas of identity, belonging and participation, to
\nreflect on the idea of citizenship and the relationship with religion or worldview. There will be an
\nopportunity in a practical session for participants to try out some elements of the processes for
\nthemselves.<\/p>\n
\nTrust. Please email retopea@open.ac.uk to book your place including details of your school,
\njob title and roles held. Final details will be sent in due course to those registering.<\/p>\n\n\n
\n Time<\/strong><\/td>\n Details<\/strong><\/td>\n Location<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 12:00-1:00pm<\/strong><\/td>\n Lunch available (pay at till with credit\/debit card)<\/strong><\/td>\n OU Hub<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1:00 \u2013 1:20pm<\/strong><\/td>\n Coffee and Tea<\/strong><\/td>\n Wilson C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1:20 \u2013 1:30pm<\/strong><\/td>\n Welcome and introductions<\/p>\n Birch and
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\nSeminar
\nRooms<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 1:30 \u2013 2:00pm<\/strong><\/td>\n Why we need educators and school leaders to provide educational spaces for positive dialogue and meaningful reflections.<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n Shammi Rahman, HFL Education<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2:00 \u2013 2:45pm<\/strong><\/td>\n Docutubes and methodology<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n Participant feedback and examples<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n RETOPEA Team, OU<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2.45 – 3.30 pm<\/strong><\/td>\n Understanding the Interplay methodology<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n Martha Shaw (LSBU) and Alexis Stones (UCL\/IOE)<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 3:30 \u2013 4:15pm<\/strong><\/td>\n Extended Tea break and experimentation<\/strong><\/td>\n Breakout
\nrooms
\navailable<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 4:15 \u2013 4:45 pm<\/strong><\/td>\n Feedback, Q&A and Close<\/td>\n Birtch and
\nChestnut
\nSeminar
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