Hockerill Educational Foundation
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The Hockerill Educational Foundation was founded on the closure of Hockerill College, a Church of England (Diocese of Rochester) and Non-conformist churches, teacher training college, in 1978.
Objects
The foundation's purpose is to advance further and higher education, specifically but not exclusively in relation to religious education.
Hockerill Lectures
The Hockerill Lectures are delivered on an annual basis. The lectures are published annually and in ten-year collections.
1980 John Rae, What should be the aims of religious education?
1981 Priscilla Chadwick, Religious education – an unresolved tension
1982 Richard Harries 26 November Religious education and English literature
1983 John V Taylor The importance of not solving the problem
1984 Robert A. K. Runcie Morality in Education
1985 Robert Waddington The unknown, remembered gate : notes towards a pilgrim model of Christian education
1986 Mary Hall, Education through Encounter – a bridge quite near
1987 Shirley Williams, Education on the rack
1988 Clifford Longley, Time for a fresh vision
1989 Brian Gates The National Curriculum and Values in Education
1990 David H. Hargreaves The Future of Teacher Education
1991 Janet Trotter What is the role of the church colleges in the 1990s?
1992 John Polkinghorne 20 November 1992 A World We Can Understand and Live In
1993 John M. Hull, The Place of Christianity in the Curriculum: The Theology of the Department for Education.
1994 Tim Brighouse, 18 November, What is and what should be : a vision for the education service
1995 Peter Toyne, Education for citizenship at the Millennium
1996 Jack G. Priestley, 15 November, Spirituality in the Curriculum – Hockerill Lecture 1996, Hockerill Educational Foundation, Essex
1997 Edward C Wragg, School of Education, University of Exeter – If You Were The Next Millennium Would You Bother to Turn Up?
6:15 pm Friday 21 November 1997, New Theatre, King's College, London. Followed by tea and biscuits in the Council Room.
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