Year 11 - Religious education
Religion and worldviews in your employment
Religion or belief in the workplace: how do we work together?
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Unit Summary
In this unit pupils will study how religious and non-religious worldviews interact in the workplace. Taking case studies across a range of work environments they will consider how issues of religion may impact how people may work together and what considerations may be made.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to explain how and why religious literacy and emotional intelligence will be connected to your future career.
Key Notes
- Religious literacy is valuable in careers where interacting respectfully with diverse communities is essential.
- Being knowledgeable about beliefs and practices can foster trust and strengthen professional relationships.
- Religious literacy can enhance emotional intelligence by encouraging empathy, awareness and sensitivity toward others.
- Core values like honesty and compassion create positive working relationships across all fields of employment.
Vocabulary To Learn
- emotional intelligence: the ability to recognise, understand, manage, and effectively respond to your own emotions and the emotions of others
- religious literacy: knowledge of how religions, worldviews and beliefs shape lives
- values: the fundamental beliefs and core principles that define what is most important to you
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Studying religion and worldviews only prepares you to become a clergy member or work in a church or other religious institution.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Religious literacy is valuable in careers where interacting respectfully with diverse communities is essential. Being knowledgeable about beliefs and practices can foster trust and strengthen professional relationships.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'emotional intelligence'
the ability to recognise, understand, manage, and effectively respond to your own emotions and the emotions of others.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Studying religion and worldviews only prepares you to become a clergy member or work in a church or other religious institution. Correction: Religious literacy develops skills and values that are valuable across many professions including healthcare, wellbeing, finance and hospitality.
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