Annual Conference 2014 Lead Enable Serve The Rt Revd Dr Richard Cheetham Bishop of Kingston Chair of Southwark Diocesan Board of Education SDHTA Annual Conference 2014 Lead Enable Serve ID: 593351
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SDHTA Annual Conference 2014:“Lead, Enable, Serve”
The
Rt Revd Dr Richard CheethamBishop of Kingston Chair of Southwark Diocesan Board of Education
SDHTA
Annual Conference 2014Lead, Enable, Serve
What’s beneath the iceberg?Collective Worshipand School Ethos
Rt
Revd Dr Richard
Cheetham
Bishop of Kingston
and
Chair of SDBESlide2
Southwark Diocesan Board of Education
Our Vision
To promote Christian education and enable church schools and education chaplaincy to be at the heart of the mission and ministry of the Diocese of Southwark in the 21st CenturySlide3
Some current challenges in Education
Funding and control of education Academies, Free Schools, LEAs, DBEs,
DfESAim of good educationBritish valuesC of E / Muslim / Jewish etc schools in the state systemRE for a plural world / National Society reportPlace of collective worshipSlide4Slide5Slide6
SDHTA Annual Conference 2014:“Lead, Enable, Serve”
The
Rt Revd Dr Richard CheethamBishop of Kingston Chair of Southwark Diocesan Board of Education
Collective worship - the tip of the iceberg?
Common
valuesPhilosophy of education
Beliefs
Plural society
IndividualismSlide7
Church & Education in 21st Century UK
Sociological perspectives:
the changing place of religionReligion as private, individual choiceReligion as contested (multiple world views)Religion as controversial (especially post 9/11)Pervasive vague spiritualityYoung people – Generation YSlide8
Church & Education in 21st Century UK
Philosophy of Education
Traditional – education as induction into “truth” / transmission of traditionLiberal – education to produce free thinking people. Knowledge based entirely on experience and reasonPost-Liberal – challenges ideas of an overarching rationality, and exclusion of religion to a private, subjective domainSlide9
Church & Education in 21st Century UK
Theological issues
Knowledge and belief distinctionRelativism and absolutism“Truth” claimsCommon moral values – source?Slide10
Pluralism
Religious “Truth”
Freedom of the individualNature of educationIndividualism & community Multi-faith societyCommon valuesTolerancePrivatisationof belief
Collective worshipSlide11
Inclusivity:
“that unity thing”Freedom of choice and personal integrity:
“this individual thing”The heart of an act of collective worship: moral, spiritual or religiousInfluence of the teacher: “an awesome responsibility”4 major themes in the dataSlide12
The understanding of religious belief which underlies collective worship
IndividualFreely chosen
RelativePragmaticReligious belief as “an individually chosen, private, practical guide to living”Slide13
What’s beneath your iceberg?
What is your collective worship saying about the deep beliefs, values and ethos of your School?
Explicitly? Implicitly?