A last word to Mark Chater, Trevor Cooling and Marius Felderhof from an educationalist

Abstract

As a classroom teacher of RE, I am glad to be asked to join this interesting conversation. Mark Chater’s main question, the matter of who decides what goes in the curriculum, is a crucial educational one which should be asked repeatedly. On this we must be curious, not just vigilant. As subject teachers the content of the curriculum is our staple, and to borrow the analogy from Mary Myatt, it is like the food in a meal. However stylish the restaurant décor is and how attentive the staff, the meal will not be enjoyable one if the food is ‘stale’ and unappetising (Myatt 2018, 24).