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Armitage Lecture Series

18 Mar 2024

This year’s Armitage Lecture saw us welcome Teachers and Heads from other Anglican schools and colleges across the country. The lecture was given by Dr Paul Burgis, Principal at PLC Croydon, who introduced some ideas from his upcoming book "AND, NOT, OR, WITH: The 'Good' in Education."

"What is called The Enlightenment has given humanity many new capacities. STEM programs flourish in schools and provide a framework for critical thinking. This is largely based on the word NOT. We are teaching students that all is not as it seems. We must probe deeper. This is important. Yet NOT is not the only important conjunction for thinking. Magnanimity and generosity are at the heart of learning. AND, OR and WITH also matter. And they matter to Christian educators, who sometimes find themselves as the object of the NOT claims."

Click below to watch a livestream recording of the 2024 Armitage Lecture.

 

Previous Armitage Lectures 

 

Watch the 2023 Armitage Lecture by Dr. Ruby Holland, titled "What We Have Learned About the Nature of Anglican Education Since Archbishop Peter Jensen’s Seminal Armitage Lecture," in the video below:

Click below to watch a livestream recording of the event.

Watch the 2019 Armitage Lecture by Dr Timothy Wright, titled "Radical Autonomy or Radical Dependence?" with a response from Dr Paul Burgis (PLC Sydney) in the video below:

 
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Watch the 2018 Armitage Lecture by Dr Brian Rosner, titled "You Do You? Identity Formation and Anglican Schooling" in the video below:

Watch the 2017 Armitage Lecture by Dr Julie McGonigle, titled "A consideration of how the theological virtue of hope can energise a school" in the video below:

 
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Watch the 2016 Armitage Lecture by Rev. Dr David John Sandifer, titled "Cultivating innocence: Character formation in the age of porn”, with a response from Jann Robinson in the video below:

 
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Watch the 2015 Armitage Lecture by Professor David Smith, titled "Hospitality to the stranger and cross-cultural learning” in the video below:

Watch the 2014 Armitage Lecture by Dr Timothy Wright, titled "Excellence-an Augustinian Tension”, with a response from Professor Trevor Cairney in the video below:

 
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Watch the 2013 Armitage Lecture by Dr Julie Townsend, titled "In the 21st century, should we be educating males and females, or educating human beings?” with a response from Dr Bryan Cowling in the video below:

 
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Click below for the 2012 Armitage Lecture by Darrell L Bock, titled "A Look at Spiritual Formation: How The Spirit Shapes our Identity and Character?” with a response from Milton Cujes.

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Click below for the 2011 Armitage Lecture by Briony Scott, titled "What is the measure of success for a Christian School?” with a response from The Rev Dr Michael Jensen.

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Click below for the 2010 Armitage Lecture by Rev Dr Bruce Winter, titled “Learning for living or just for earning a living? Schooled for service”, with a response from Judith Poole.

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Click below for the 2009 Armitage Lecture by Archbishop Peter Jensen, titled “Is there such a thing as Anglican Education?” with a response from Dr Timothy Wright.

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Click below for the 2008 Armitage Lecture by Archbishop Dr Trevor Cooling, titled “Setting the Vision: The Calling of the Christian Teacher in the 21st Century World”, with a response from The Rev Dr Bill Salier.

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Click below for the 2007 Armitage Lecture by Dr Simon Longstaff, titled “Ethics and the Mission of Anglican Education”.

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Click below for the 2006 Armitage Lecture by Dr Grant Maple, titled “A Biblical Theology of Childhood and Adolescence”.

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Click below for the 2005 Armitage Lecture by Rev Dr Andrew Cameron, titled “Anglican Schooling in a Pluralistic Society".

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