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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.
‘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.'
A recording of Dr Burgis’ lecture is available here.