Save the date: 21-24 August 2025 EFTRE Conference
The next conference of the European Forum for Teachers of Religious Education (EFTRE) will take place on 21-24 August 2025 at the Protestant Theological University in Budapest, Hungary. This was decided by the board of the European network at its meeting in February. At the invitation of Eszter Kodacsy-Simon, board member from Hungary, the conference…
Reflection by our new chair Bert Roebben
At the conference taking place in Rome in August 2023, EFTRE elected a new chair for its organisation. Bert Roebben is professor of Religious Education at the at the Faculty of Catholic Theology of the University of Bonn. He is passionate about teaching and researching learning processes in the field of religions and worldviews in…
New and familiar faces – the Executive and Board of EFTRE
A new group of family members has taken over the leadership of EFTRE. The conference in Rome in August 2023 was also the place and time for the regular General Assembly of the Forum, which is electing the members of the board and the executive, the steering bodies of EFTRE. Executive For the executive, the…
EFTRE conference in Rome – the story of a European summer
A fan, a good mood and a lot of expertise made the conference of the European Forum for Teachers of Religious Education (EFTRE) in cooperation with Snadir (Italian teachers’ association) from 24-27 August 2023 a special experience. Teachers of religion and religious educators from schools, associations and universities from all over Europe gathered in Rome…
IRENE – Network for Innovative Religious Education: education for religious diversity
The IRENE project for the development of religious education was launched in December 2020, in the wake of the pandemic. The project is part of the EU’s Erasmus+ program. The name of the project network, IRENE, is an abbreviation of its English project description “Innovative Religious Education Network: educating to the religious diversity.” Among the…
Welcome to the XVth EFTRE Conference in Rome 24th-27th of August!
Bridges over Troubled Waters – RE in changing times This Conference is taking place in Rome 24th -27th of August in 2023. It isan opportunity for academics, practitioners and others interested in the education of teachers of religious education or in the teaching of religious education across Europe. Each Conference has a local and an…
EFTRE conference planning gets concrete
“Building bridges over troubled waters – RE in changing times.” This is the theme of the next EFTRE conference, which will take place from 24 to 27 August 2023. The Executive Board of EFTRE is in the middle of preparations and was able to meet in presence in November 2022 for the first time after…
CoRE report Religion and worldviews: the way forward
CoRE report Religion and worldviews: the way forward “The Commission on Religious Education (CoRE) has spent the last two years listening to evidence from a wide-range of concerned parties including pupils, teachers, lecturers, advisers, parents and faith and belief communities. We have received over three thousand submissions. We have been excited and encouraged by the…
New material for RE from Big Ideas
Big Ideas for Religious Education: https://bigideasforre.org/ is an approach to curriculum, teaching and learning used around the world was a key influence on the development of the Commission on Religious Education (CoRE) national entitlement has been developed by RE professionals with many years of experience at local and national level
Material about Online workshop on “Longing for peace – Strategies for the RE classroom”
EFTRE Online Workshop – April 2022 Following discussions within the Executive Committee of EFTRE as to how best to respond to the conflict in Ukraine, two decisions were made. The first was to issue a statement on the EFTRE website highlighting the importance of education in developing inter-religious and intercultural understanding, and affirming that “Peacebuilding,…
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