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Founding Meeting of ISREV 1978 - Programme

International Standing Seminar on Religious Education and Value Potential (ISREV)
Founding Meeting: Birmingham University Faculty of Education (U.K.)

Monday July 3rd to Thursday July 6th 1978

Programme  (Original typescript below)

Pre-Seminar

Sunday, 2nd July

A cold buffet supper will be available from 18.00 for those arriving Sunday.

Monday, 3rd July

08.30               Breakfast

                        Please make your own arrangements for lunch

The Seminar begins at 14:00

14.00               Introductions, welcomes, conference briefing.

                        Chairman: John Hull

14.30 – 15.30  Norman Sprinthall: “Promoting ethical development during adolescence: rationale, instruction and some findings.”

                        Chairman: Edwin Cox

15.30 – 16:15  Afternoon Tea

16.15 – 17.15  Leslie Francis: “The development of a scale to measure six dimensions of Christian belief.”

                        Chairman: David Tiedeman

17.15               Reception (sherry) by the University of Birmingham Faculty of Education.

                        The Dean of the Faculty: Professor Philip H. Taylor

18.00               Dinner

19.00 – 20.00  David Tiedeman and Anna Miller-Tiedeman: “Human potential and education: our values and others’ fears.”

20.00 – 21.00  Lucie Barber: “A model of integrated personality and its application.”

                        Chairman: Brian Gates

21.00               Bar open

Tuesday, 4th July

08.00               Breakfast

09.00 – 10.00  John Peatling: “The particularity of potential: religious thinking as an example of a developmental problem.”

                        Chairman: Roger Murphy

10.00               Coffee

10.30 – 11.30  Edwin Cox: “Religious education as a study of human decisions, choices and commitments.”

                        Chairman: Ralph Mosher

11.30 – 12.30  Trond Enger: “The parents’ priority in deciding the education of their children: consequences for the aim and the content of religious education in comprehensive schools.”

                        Chairman: Dev. Ramnaut 

12.30               Please make your own arrangements for lunch

14.00 – 15.00  Jean Holm: “What does ‘understanding a religion’ mean in a secular education context?”

                        Chairman: Foeke Kuiper

15.00 – 16.00  Gabriel Moran: “A twentieth century model for religious education.”

                        Chairman: Rod Orange

16.00               Afternoon tea

16.30 – 17.30  K. E. Bugge: “Religious education and national identity.”

                        Chairman: Desmond Brenna 

18.00               Dinner

19.00 – 20.00  William Chapman: “Jurisprudence and the roots of morality: a probe initiated by Robert Dworkin’s Taking Rights Seriously.”

                        Chairman: Peter Woodward

20.00 – 21.00  Delbert Schultz: “Lutheran law/gospel theology and education.”

                        Chairman: Brian Hill

21.00               Bar open

Wednesday, 5th July

08.00               Breakfast

09.00 – 10.00  John Hull: “Can a Christian be an educated person? Critical openness and some problems for theology.”

                        Chairman: John Littleton

10.00               Coffee

10.30 – 11.30  Brian Gates: “Fantasy as a vehicle of transcendence.”

                        Chairman: Michael Grimmitt

11.30 – 12.30  Shirley Kerr: “Teaching religious education by means of concepts.”

                        Chairman: Alan Loosemore 

12.30               Please make your own arrangements for lunch

14.00 – 15.00  Maria Harris: “Education for prayer and spirituality.”

                        Chairman: Edward Hulmes

15.00 – 16.00  Jack Hogbin: “Religious education in integrated humanities programmes: problems and possibilities.”

                        Chairman: Lois Sprinthall

16.00               Afternoon tea

16.30 – 17.30  Bill Gilbert: “Religious and Church education in Ottowa.”

                        Chairman: Vida Barnett

18.00               Dinner

19.00 – 20.00  Jack Dalziel: “Religious education in South African government schools.”

                        Chairman: Anne Miller

20.00 – 21.00  John Greer: “Religious and social education in Northern Ireland: some recent developments.”

                        Chairman: Dan Hardy

21.00               Bar open

Thursday, 6th July

08.00               Breakfast

09.00 – 10.00  Brian Hill: “Teacher commitment and teaching for commitment.”

                        Chairman: John Peatling

10.00               Coffee

10.30 – 11.30  Ralph Mosher: “School democracy”.

                        Chairman: Jean Holm

11.30 – 12.30  Business session:  Chairman: John Hull

12.30               Bar open

13.00               Lunch


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