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Religious and moral education elective!

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For my elective moduel I have selected religious and moral education.

This first week we have been asked to look over three key religions. Christianity, Judaism and Islam and identify the key similarities and differences between the three. I have chosen two areas in which I will compare the two, Jesus and salvation are topics in which I wish to discuss.

Primarily, Jesus in Christianity is the second of the holy trinity, the son born of the Virgin Mary sent down from heaven to relieve all of humanity of there sins. In Judaism, Jesus is originally a Jewish person not one of great importance. So these two relgions differ greatly in terms of Jesus. In terms of Islam Jesus is viewed in a similar way to both. He is thought to have been sent from Allah (God) and be bore by Mary yet not a Devine person.

The second way in which I shall compare the three religious is their view towards salvation. In Christianity salvation can be achieved by “by grace in faith through Jesus Christ” Ephesians 2-8:9. In Judaism, salvation can be achieved through the grace of God and good deeds get there is no alignment with Christianity in terms of atonement. Finally in terms of Islam salvation is achieved when personal righteousness outweighs personal sin.

As I am now aware there are some parallels to the religions yet some extreme differences.

Reflective Commentary on the MA Primary Education Course

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This part of my eportfolio will allow me to reflection upon my professional development. Here is where I will reflect upon TDT’S as well as seeing the purpose and value of the educational process in University. I understand that reflection is extremely important for all professions, especially for teaching as the need to constantly improve and update your learning is so important, with the need to follow the GTC’s standards.

PROOF OF READING

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 SOCIAL MEDIA

During my time of the course I have learned that social media can be a good or a bad thing. Especially in within the education system, as children are becoming more and more engaged with technology. Prior to my time here I felt that social media was not for inside the classroom, and that online gaming belonged outside the classroom. However, upon reflection I have been able to develop my thoughts, whilst I still believe the use of facebook for children and teachers should be prohibited,( you can view this in my  The developing child TDT.docx ) I now believe that interactive sites and games does have some place in the classroom. This is after looking at our lectures Derek Robertsons blog about the theorist Vygosky “playing” minecraft which is a game that children like to play online. You can view this here http://http://hotmilkydrink.typepad.com/my_weblog/2014/08/if-vygotsky-played-minecraft.html .