Welcome to Season 2 of the Flourishing Together podcast!

In episode 22, Ryan is joined by Shammi Rahman, the Equality and Diversity Advisor for HfL Education. Shammi has over two decades of teaching RE. She is a former member of the Advisory Board for the Children’s Commissioner for England, is currently a member of the expert advisory group for RE at Oak National Academy and sits on the Subject Consultative Forum for OCR RE and History.

Show Notes:

• Culham St Gabriel’s: Homepage - Culham St Gabriel's

• NATRE: Love Teaching RE! – NATRE

• Renovatio: Renovatio

Welcome to Season 2 of the Flourishing Together podcast!

In episode 21, Ryan is joined by Kathryn Wright, Chief Executive of Culham St Gabriel's Trust.

Show Notes:

• Promoting Freedom of Religion or Belief - Culham St Gabriel's

Welcome to Season 2 of the Flourishing Together podcast!

In episode 20, Ryan is joined by Karen Steele, a Senior Lecturer (Teaching) for PGCE Secondary Religious Education at the University of Worcester.

Show Notes:

• The Joy of Being Wrong video: https://www.templeton.org/discoveries/intellectual-humility 

• Podcast Conversations on Intellection Humility: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conversations-on-intellectual-humility/id1727425828

• Ian Church Intellectual Humility website including online course: https://www.ianchurch.com/copy-of-work-in-progress

Welcome to Season 2 of the Flourishing Together podcast!

In episode 19, Ryan is joined by Paul Hedges, Professor of Interreligious Studies at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.

Show Notes:

• Paul Hedges, Understanding Religion: Theories and Methods for Studying Religiously Diverse Societies
• The Pluralism Project: Case Studies | The Pluralism Project
• Religion Media Centre Morning News Bulletin: Morning News Bulletin - Religion Media Centre

Welcome to Season 1 of the Flourishing Together podcast!

In episode 15, Ryan is joined by Kate Adams, former primary teacher and now Professor of Education at Leeds Trinity University.

Show Notes:

• Adams, K. (2023) ‘Imaginary’ friends: the roles of imaginary/invisible companions in the classroom, Education 3-13
• Spiritual Playdate is a US website with resources to support social, emotional and spiritual learning for children aged 5-11. It includes free resources for educators.
• Play & Spirituality: A ten-minute interview with Dr Lakisha Lockhart hosted on the Real Kids, Real Faith website.

Welcome to Season 2 of the Flourishing Together podcast!

In episode 18, Ryan is joined by Jo Fraser-Pearce and Alexis Stones, academic researchers and colleagues based at the UCL Institute of Education.

Show Notes:

• Knowing Well in Religious Education: https://tinyurl.com/2svukws2
• Tackling social injustice through developing epistemic literacy in Religious Education: https://tinyurl.com/3btp6a6w

Welcome to Season 2 of the Flourishing Together podcast!

In episode 17, Ryan is joined by Anna Strhan, a Reader in the Department of Sociology at the University of York.

Show Notes:

• Anna Strhan and Rachael Shillitoe. Growing Up Godless: Non-Religious Childhoods in Contemporary England (Paperback) Growing Up Godless by Anna Strhan, Rachael Shillitoe | Waterstones
• Article: Becoming Humanist: Worldview Formation and the Emergence of Atheist Britain | Sociology of Religion | Oxford Academic

Welcome to Season 2 of the Flourishing Together podcast!

In episode 16, Ryan is joined by Neil Mercer, an Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Cambridge and Director of the study centre Oracy@Cambridge at the Cambridge college Hughes Hall (of which he is also a Life Fellow). 

Show Notes:

• Neil Mercer, Oracy: The Transformative Power of Finding Your Voice: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/467731/oracy-by-mercer-neil/9781847928566

• Voice21: Voice 21 | Oracy | United Kingdom

• Oracy Cambridge: Welcome - ORACY CAMBRIDGE

• English Speaking Union: The English-Speaking Union (ESU): Speak, listen, succeed

• 100 Ideas for Primary Teachers: Oracy: : 100 Ideas for Teachers Topsy Page Bloomsbury Education - Bloomsbury

• https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/100-ideas-for-secondary-teachers-oracy-9781801997331/

Welcome to Season 1 of the Flourishing Together podcast!

In episode 14, Ryan is joined by Dr. Dan Moxon, a researcher and practitioner specialising in inclusive youth participation.

Show Notes:

• Here's a good link to the Lundy model (has some other resources on child participation there too) https://eu-for-children.europa.eu/about/lundy-model_en#:~:text=The%20model%20has%20four%20main,are%20involved%20in%20important%20decisions.

• The Council of Europe (CoE) Links are here:

• CoE Democratic Schools network https://www.coe.int/en/web/campaign-free-to-speak-safe-to-learn/democratic-schools-network

• CoE Online training (all free) https://www.coe.int/en/web/learning-resources 

• CoE Reference framework of Competencies for Democratic Culture. https://www.coe.int/en/web/reference-framework-of-competences-for-democratic-culture/guidance-for-implementation

• SALTO PI Participation Pool Resource https://participationpool.eu/

Welcome to Season 2 of the Flourishing Together podcast!

In episode 15, Ryan is joined by Kate Christopher. Kate is a National RE Advisor and Senior Lecturer with the Initial Teacher Training team at Anglia Ruskin University

Show notes:

• Christian Climate Action https://www.stalbansdiocese.org/resource/christian-climate-action/

• Ministry of Eco-Education: Home | Ministry of Eco Education
• Let’s Go Zero: UK Climate Change • Let's Go Zero
• The Great Imagining: The Great Imagining | creative exhibitions about the future for people of all ages.
• ClimatEdPsych: ClimatEdPsych | Climate Resilience and Wellbeing in Education
• David Clough: Where Do Animals Belong in Christian Theology and Ethics? - David Clough - Sarx
• CEFAW Three-Teacher Case Study - RE:ONLINE