I AM @ work
By Rupert Kaye, ACT Chief ExecutiveIt is one thing to say we strive to live out Paul’s injunction in Colossians 3:23-24 (that, whatever we do, we should work at it with all our heart, as though working for the Lord, not for people), it is quite another thing to put it into action in a meaningful way. In an educational context, what does it mean to plan and teach lessons ‘for the Lord, not for people’? How does a Christian Ofsted inspector or HMI go about the business of inspecting ‘for the Lord’? What does school leadership ‘for the Lord’ look like? Read the full article...
1 Corinthians 13
By Rupert Kaye, ACT Chief ExecutiveI may be fluent in all 94 languages spoken by the families of students at my school, but if I am not courteous and respectful, parents will say I am unapproachable; pupils will say I never listen; other members of staff will say I am arrogant. A voice void of compassion is about as welcome as the sound of a dentist’s drill … or fingernails being slowly scraped down a chalkboard! Read the full article...
The New Fundamentalists
A critique by Rupert Kaye, ACT Chief ExecutiveThe promotional trailer for The New Fundamentalists (Channel 4, Dispatches, 6 March 2006) showed school desks in the middle of an empty classroom in the form of a cross whilst the voice-over talked about the rise of Christian fundamentalism in schools in the UK. I tuned in, fully expecting that Rod Liddle (the investigative journalist fronting the programme) would visit ten or twenty Christian schools to find out if, how and why they are distinctive. After all, there was plenty for him to have got his teeth into... Read the full article...
The Best Teacher
(Revised for the 21st Century by Rupert Kaye)He never taught a lesson in a classroom. He never used an interactive white board. Not once did he use PowerPoint to make His case. He did not have internet access … or a computer … or even electricity. Read the full article...
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