Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Teaching Religions Chronologically or Based on School Culture? Your school is on a 50 minute period schedule and you are in the middle of teaching a unit on Southwest Asia in an ethnically diverse school. Your standards include comparing and contrasting the three major religions in this region: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. You decide the most logical way to teach religion is chronologically so you start with Judaism on Monday, then Christianity on Tuesday, and then teach Islam on Wednesday. On Wednesday afternoon the principal calls you in letting you know that a several of the parents of Muslim children are offended because you you taught Islam last and are assuming that you think it is not as important and/or you have an agenda. What would you tell the parents and how might you teach it differently next year? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) I would apologize to the parent and I too might just present it in the order in which history presents itself                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: This was an effective answer. Rated On: October 19, 2015 2:35 am Rated By: aqaWuR                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: I agree that is how I would have presented it. Good job. Rated On: March 6, 2016 5:19 pm Rated By: yNesuL                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: Why are you apologizing? You have nothing to apologize for. Teaching events in chronological order is a sound practice. They made an assumption, and while you should explain, you don't have to apologize for the way you taught. An explanation and a slight modification of the syllabus is in order, but you have nothing to apologize for. Rated On: March 6, 2016 6:32 pm Rated By: teVaGu                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: Thanks for sharing Rated On: March 6, 2016 9:30 pm Rated By: ReTepy                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: I would never do this! This is wrong. Rated On: March 5, 2017 9:18 pm Rated By: GyNyzu                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: this does not solve the problem Rated On: February 25, 2018 6:05 pm Rated By: uXysej