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Diocese of St Albans Schools Team
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    S2 E18: ‘Are debates even appropriate in RE?’: knowing well in RE with Jo Fraser-Pearce and Alexis Stones

    06/05/2026 | 51 mins.
    Welcome to Season 2 of the Flourishing Together podcast!

    In episode 18, Ryan is joined by Jo Fraser-Pearce and Alexis Stones, academic researchers and colleagues based at the UCL Institute of Education.
    Show Notes:
    Knowing Well in Religious Education: https://tinyurl.com/2svukws2
    Tackling social injustice through developing epistemic literacy in Religious Education: https://tinyurl.com/3btp6a6w
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    S2 E17: Non-religiosity and RE: considering students and curriculum encounters with Anna Strhan

    23/04/2026 | 18 mins.
    Welcome to Season 2 of the Flourishing Together podcast!

    In episode 17, Ryan is joined by Anna Strhan, a Reader in the Department of Sociology at the University of York.
    Show Notes:
    Anna Strhan and Rachael Shillitoe. Growing Up Godless: Non-Religious Childhoods in Contemporary England (Paperback) Growing Up Godless by Anna Strhan, Rachael Shillitoe | Waterstones
    Article: Becoming Humanist: Worldview Formation and the Emergence of Atheist Britain | Sociology of Religion | Oxford Academic
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    S2 E16: Oracy and RE with Neil Mercer

    18/03/2026 | 29 mins.
    Welcome to Season 2 of the Flourishing Together podcast!

    In episode 16, Ryan is joined by Neil Mercer, an Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Cambridge and Director of the study centre Oracy@Cambridge at the Cambridge college Hughes Hall (of which he is also a Life Fellow). 
    Show Notes:
    Neil Mercer, Oracy: The Transformative Power of Finding Your Voice: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/467731/oracy-by-mercer-neil/9781847928566
    Voice21: Voice 21 | Oracy | United Kingdom
    Oracy Cambridge: Welcome - ORACY CAMBRIDGE
    English Speaking Union: The English-Speaking Union (ESU): Speak, listen, succeed
    100 Ideas for Primary Teachers: Oracy: : 100 Ideas for Teachers Topsy Page Bloomsbury Education - Bloomsbury
    https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/100-ideas-for-secondary-teachers-oracy-9781801997331/
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    S1 E14: Empowering students as agents of change with Dan Moxon

    04/03/2026 | 19 mins.
    Welcome to Season 1 of the Flourishing Together podcast!

    In episode 14, Ryan is joined by Dr. Dan Moxon, a researcher and practitioner specialising in inclusive youth participation.

    Show Notes:
    Here's a good link to the Lundy model (has some other resources on child participation there too) https://eu-for-children.europa.eu/about/lundy-model_en#:~:text=The%20model%20has%20four%20main,are%20involved%20in%20important%20decisions.
    The Council of Europe (CoE) Links are here:
    CoE Democratic Schools network https://www.coe.int/en/web/campaign-free-to-speak-safe-to-learn/democratic-schools-network
    CoE Online training (all free) https://www.coe.int/en/web/learning-resources 
    CoE Reference framework of Competencies for Democratic Culture. https://www.coe.int/en/web/reference-framework-of-competences-for-democratic-culture/guidance-for-implementation
    SALTO PI Participation Pool Resource https://participationpool.eu/
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    S2 E15: What might an ecologically minded RE look like? with Kate Christopher

    11/02/2026 | 25 mins.
    Welcome to Season 2 of the Flourishing Together podcast!

    In episode 15, Ryan is joined by Kate Christopher. Kate is a National RE Advisor and Senior Lecturer with the Initial Teacher Training team at Anglia Ruskin University

    Show notes:
    Christian Climate Action https://www.stalbansdiocese.org/resource/christian-climate-action/
    Ministry of Eco-Education: Home | Ministry of Eco Education
    Let’s Go Zero: UK Climate Change • Let's Go Zero
    The Great Imagining: The Great Imagining | creative exhibitions about the future for people of all ages.
    ClimatEdPsych: ClimatEdPsych | Climate Resilience and Wellbeing in Education
    David Clough: Where Do Animals Belong in Christian Theology and Ethics? - David Clough - Sarx
    CEFAW Three-Teacher Case Study - RE:ONLINE

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About Flourishing Together

Reflecting on Journeys of Hope and Stewardship in Education. Join Ryan, The RE and Christian Ethos Adviser to the Diocese of St Albans Schools Team as each episode he talks to colleagues from the world of education to explore a different topic, where he'll be asking for their wisdom and their top-tips.
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