Teaching Religion in the Classroom: 25 October 2008

• Meets on one Saturday in October
• 15-20 participants
• $25 fee (books purchased by the Outreach Center)
• Taught by Diane Moore, Harvard Divinity School and other secondary education teachers

Description: This workshop assists K-12 educators in teaching about religion and religions (Islam in particular) in the classroom through highlighting the problem of religious illiteracy and offering theoretical and practical ways it can be overcome. Discussion both with the presenters and among the educators will be an important part of the workshop. The workshop is free of charge and is open to only 20 registrants. Participants will receive a copy of Professor Diane Moore’s book, Overcoming Religious Illiteracy: A Cultural Studies Approach to the Study of Religion in Secondary Education, 2007, Palgrave Macmillan and The Wedding of Zein and other Sudanese Stories, 1991, Tayeb Salih, Heinemann.