INSET / Initial Teacher Training
 IES
offers a range of opportunities to RE advisers and other educationalists
involved with In-Service Training. Similar programmes are also available
to RE lecturers and groups of trainee teachers. IES staff
are all practising Hindus and simultaneously well experienced in
Western thought and culture. They are also familiar with the educational
world and its ethos, as well as some of the challenges that RE faces.
Their services are available either at your workplace or at the
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Programmes at your School, College or Teachers
Centre
Our lecturers can help in three principal ways, as follows:
Teaching about Hinduism
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to enhance teachers' own knowledge
and understanding of Hinduism (which is difficult to glean
simply from textbooks) and to give them confidence in teaching
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to make sense of the great diversity
of belief and practice found within the tradition; |
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to help teachers come to grips
with unfamiliar terms and concepts; |
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on any number of subjects ranging
from Vedanta philosophy to Hinduism in Britain today. |
Helping R.E. staff develop ideas for teaching
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to demonstrate how Hinduism provides
material for colourful and exciting learning; |
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to share experiences and ideas
for teaching; |
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to help teachers make the faith
accessible and yet avoid trivialisation or misrepresentation; |
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to explore through demonstrations,
the use of story, dressing-up, the arti ceremony and
Hindu culture (on such topics as animals, weather, customs,
food, dress, music, art, buildings, holy men, religious beliefs
and rituals, moral issues and so on); |
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to help teachers develop practical
skills, useful in the classroom, such as stringing flower
garlands or making divas using traditional ghee
wicks; |
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to explore the use of artefacts
and relevant literature; |
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for the specialist and non-specialist
at all Key Stages. |
Displaying and Supplying Artefacts & Literature
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take-away support materials; |
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free 'Fact Sheets'; |
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a full display of quality books,
murtis, incense holders, arti
trays, posters, bindis and saris, with possibilities
to discuss their use and significance. |
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| "...The presentation
and delivery were both informative and enjoyable. It was
brilliant the way up-to-date changes in RE were incorporated
into the programme of activities and the practical workshops
and discussion. I can honestly say that this was one of
the most useful and well run courses that I've ever attended."
Joy White,
Advisory Teacher for RE
(Croydon)
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Programmes at the Temple
INSET Visits to Temples:
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Presentations to groups of INSET
teachers are also possible should they choose to visit one
of our centres. They can then directly experience the
mandir, take notes and photo's, and perhaps consider the possibilities
for school visits. Parties can
either visit during the week, usually as a twilight session,
or at the weekend, often as part of an LEA residential course.
We also offer self-contained residential facilities to small
groups of teachers. Our largest centre, Bhaktivedanta Manor,
features the Educational Resource Centre which is open to
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Open Days:
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Each summer IES organises
at least one "Open Day for Teachers" comprised of
two separate units. The first is an afternoon training session
focusing on a specific theme (e.g. "The Use of
Story in Hinduism"). The second unit, a "resource
and cultural evening", is helpful to teachers considering
school visits and includes a conducted tour, a demonstration
of the arti ceremony and a presentation of Indian music, dance
and theatre. The event is concluded with a sumptuous Indian
vegetarian meal. |
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| "...a supportive atmosphere
for a visit and a great resource for teachers."
Phil Emmett,
Advisor / Inspector for RE
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TRAINEE TEACHERS!
The IES publication:
Resource File on Hinduism
is available free of charge. Please contact us if you'd like a
copy!
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