Deborah Taylor

- degree in Psychology from Lancaster University. Whilst I was at university studying Psychology, I began to think I wanted to eb a teacher due to work experience and volunteer work. However, owing to my psychology background I was not sure what subject I could teach. It was a careers guidance officer who suggested RE and pointed out that a lot of RE deals with moral and social issues. After university, I took a year out as I was unsure whether I wanted all the work and commitment of a PGCE course. It was during this year that I found a passion for teaching and decided this was a career I wanted to pursue. I gained some classroom experience and decided that RE and philosophy was the subject that could inspire pupils and encourage greater community cohesion. It was also one that allows great creativity in the classroom.