religious education

[misstunbridg]

hiya, i am going into year 11 and have chosen to stay on at school and eventually go on to study religious education. i would like to teach this when i am older. is this difficult to do? if there are any RE teachers around please could you give me some advice.

[spudqueen]

Maybe your own RE teacher would be able to help.

[misstunbridg]

I have done, i want other opinions aswel!!!!!

[Dinosaur2]

I personally find religious and spiritual education a fascinating area of study but in our celebrity seeking/ materialist world I suspect that it is one of the most difficult subjects to get across to children in our secularly minded society - probably second only to modern foriegn langauges. I would look at psychology or philosophy as good subjects to combine with religious studies or alternatively look for religious studies as part of a combined humanities course.

[harvue]

I am a teacher and in our mixed ability secondary school the kids love RE as the teachers are great. If you are good at teaching and want to do it then it doesn't matter what the subject is. Always respect the pupils and be don't take yourself too seriously! I have taught some RE and it has so much potential. If you like it- go for it!

[misstunbridg]

thankyou for all your help!!
love misstunbridge