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23/03/2004
CCEA launches interactive RE resource
The Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) today launched an innovative interdenominational learning resource to help students produce top quality coursework and examination answers for CCEA GCSE Religious Studies.
Speaking at the launch of the ‘CrossTalk’ CD-ROM, Gavin Boyd, Chief Executive of CCEA, said the resource would provide young people with an "enjoyable and interactive learning experience, enabling them to view and learn about the interiors of church buildings from all over Northern Ireland without ever leaving the classroom".
"It allows GCSE students to explore the significance of church buildings, architecture and furnishings, and explores the similarities and differences of these features in the five main Christian denominations in Northern Ireland: Baptist, Catholic, Church of Ireland, Methodist and Presbyterian," he added.
CrossTalk is now available for use in all post-primary schools and Colleges of Further and Higher Education throughout Northern Ireland.
It addresses part of Section B of CCEA’s GCSE Religious Studies specification: ‘The Christian Church explored through Contrasting Denominations’.
Contributors to CrossTalk include: Rev. Ken Newell, Fitzroy Presbyterian Church; Right Rev. Monsignor Ambrose; Macauley PP, St Brigid’s Catholic Church, Belfast; Canon Walter Lewis, St Thomas’ Church of Ireland; Rev John Nelson, University Road Methodist Church; Pastor Gordon Darragh, Windsor Baptist Church; Pastor David McMillan, Windsor Baptist Church and Mr Paul Carswell, St Bride’s Primary School (Belfast).
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Speaking at the launch of the ‘CrossTalk’ CD-ROM, Gavin Boyd, Chief Executive of CCEA, said the resource would provide young people with an "enjoyable and interactive learning experience, enabling them to view and learn about the interiors of church buildings from all over Northern Ireland without ever leaving the classroom".
"It allows GCSE students to explore the significance of church buildings, architecture and furnishings, and explores the similarities and differences of these features in the five main Christian denominations in Northern Ireland: Baptist, Catholic, Church of Ireland, Methodist and Presbyterian," he added.
CrossTalk is now available for use in all post-primary schools and Colleges of Further and Higher Education throughout Northern Ireland.
It addresses part of Section B of CCEA’s GCSE Religious Studies specification: ‘The Christian Church explored through Contrasting Denominations’.
Contributors to CrossTalk include: Rev. Ken Newell, Fitzroy Presbyterian Church; Right Rev. Monsignor Ambrose; Macauley PP, St Brigid’s Catholic Church, Belfast; Canon Walter Lewis, St Thomas’ Church of Ireland; Rev John Nelson, University Road Methodist Church; Pastor Gordon Darragh, Windsor Baptist Church; Pastor David McMillan, Windsor Baptist Church and Mr Paul Carswell, St Bride’s Primary School (Belfast).
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