Dr Jack Williams
williamsj.bsky.social
Dr Jack Williams
@williamsj.bsky.social
RE teacher in Yorkshire. PhD in Philosophy of Religion from University of Edinburgh.

http://jackwilliamsphilosophy.co.uk
Thank you for dedicating the last 5 years to making it!
July 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Any current/prospective RE teachers looking for an introduction/subject knowledge development which goes beyond just teaching the "Big Five", this is an excellent resource. keepingit101.com #TeamRE
Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's introduction to Religion Podcast
keepingit101.com
July 22, 2025 at 5:49 PM
how much more focused teacher training is on how people learn and how teachers can design lessons with that in mind.
July 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Obviously many caveats to this and school teaching involves many other elements around engagement, long-term retention, scaffolding and deliberate practise. But having both taken a course for teaching undergrads during my PhD and recently completed a PGCE, I was struck by...
July 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Started with some basic context about Guru Nanak & Sikhi (when, where, etc). Then introduced the story of Guru Nanak and the River - watched video then read as a class. Next lesson we're going to be story detectives looking for any secret meanings in the text and they're all very excited!
January 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Starting with Guru Nanak (including some context) and the story of the river. Reason for hermeneutics is I find a lot of my pupils still think religious stories are worthless because they're obviously false. Hoping to help them see meaning beyond the literal - a transferable skill for RE & beyond
December 21, 2024 at 10:44 AM
Do you have any to recommend? I'm quite new to Sikhi so working it out as I go along!
December 19, 2024 at 7:03 PM
Thank you! I will do tomorrow
December 17, 2024 at 7:59 PM