the system of family‑based relationships and obligations that connect people across generations and households

an individual or cultural way of seeing and understanding things

Western, Educated, Industrialised, Rich, Democratic; suggested by Joseph Henrich to describe common Western ways of thinking

a person's way of understanding, experiencing and responding to the world

Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic: worldviews and context

Religious education

Personal worldviews and organised worldviews

Blending worldviews and changing worldviews

Living harmoniously with different worldviews

In this unit pupils will consider how worldviews are highly contextual and that western worldviews look very different to others. They will consider how worldviews may be blended or change over time. They will reflect on how we live and respond to worldviews we may not agree with in todays society.

Worldviews: how do I see the world and does everyone see the same way?

WEIRD thinking was identified by Joseph...

Roughly what percentage of the world’s population lives in WEIRD societies?

People in WEIRD societies often trust social...

The WEIRD lens can cause people to assume Western norms are...

A lens for understanding life and experience

Behaviour is often guided by underlying...

Which factor most strongly shapes a personal worldview?

What distinguishes an organised worldview?

Believing kindness matters and acting kindly

Which example shows a worldview influencing life?

Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic: worldviews and context

Lesson outcome