The document discusses proposed changes to the new curriculum for Religious and Moral Philosophy (RMP). The changes include: 1. Shifting the focus from imparting knowledge to developing depth and breadth of understanding through exploration of core issues. 2. Encouraging students to reflect on how beliefs about origins affect views of morality, fairness, and human purpose and ethics. 3. Adapting tasks to prompt reflection on how elements of various creation stories might influence behavior and perspectives.

2. changes to rmps in new curriculum no change to content (in terms of areas to be covered)- more changing way you teach (4 capac) move towards depth & breadth emphasis on exploration, rather than imparting of knowledge core issues are to be made more explicit in re this becomes learning ‘philosophical’ meanings rather than abstract facts

3. Literacy Outcomes taking fair share in helping people become confident communicators... 21st Century definition of ‘text’ (a medium through which ideas, experiences, opinions can be communicated). has both modern and ancient import losing the ability to interpret symbolically (or in keeping with genre)

4. Creation Stories

5. Creation Stories Unit pre-existing unit on creation myths of ancient cultures Becomes about the secret meanings in the stories... how does where (we believe) we came from affect how we live or what we believe is right and wrong? Is morality a social creation? Can it be absolute if we don’t believe in a ‘god’? Can we, then, really believe in ‘fairness’?

6. symbolism

7. inuit story Does the fact they believe they came about by accident help us to understand traditions of infanticide? Is fear useful or a hindrance?

8. what we did... tasks altered to encourage development of four capacities (Black Box, AifL...) more ‘believable’ creation stories added exercises that encourage reflection on how believing elements of these stories might change the way we act or see the world.

9. genesis

10. evolution

11. questions like... can we still believe that humans should act differently from animals? what exactly is our telos or purpose in the world? are we completely wasting our time with what we call ethics