Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Some of these proposed free schools could cause concern

12:47 PM | Posted by Free Game Zone | | Edit Post

creationist curriculum Sheffield The proposed free Christian school is not the only thing that may raise eyebrows, said

Phil Beadle

behavior management policy of the Christian Schools family begins with a quote from Proverbs: "Foolishness is bound in the heart of the child." It ends with a dissertation on the causes and reasons for only "appropriate" body.

Company, led by Bethany Independent School in Sheffield, said: "To comply with applicable law, no physical discipline is used at school Bethany." However, devotes several paragraphs on its website to explain why hitting children can be a good thing.

"Withhold not correction from the child," he said, quoting Proverbs again. "If you beat him with the rod, he will not die. Beat with the rod, and thou shalt deliver his soul from hell." He concludes: "physical discipline is not child abuse, retention is"

Christian Family Schools Ltd has asked to open a free school in Sheffield, divided into small units, to educate about 1,000 students. On the site there is a FAQ section, where the key areas of action are discussed, for example, "The training program includes NFSC creationism?" "Yes." Why? Because the story of creation is "relevant to all areas of the program." The "everything" is bold.

Bethany

The school bases its program on the book of Genesis. "Students have the opportunity ... for better understanding and vision of British institutions and services through the carefully planned curriculum based on the book of Genesis "Genesis to be famous, of course, for the analysis of institutions that were not even a twinkle in God's eyes during the time of creation.

  • This could worry anyone who believes that teaching the creation story in this way is not appropriate for a school seeking public funds. These concerns are mitigated, however, the most recent Ofsted School Bethany, who concludes that it is a good school and in particular that "the willingness of students to develop spiritual, moral, social and cultural development is outstanding in all respects . "
Until, one realizes that the Ofsted report in question was not directed by Ofsted, but by an independent inspection, the Bridge Schools Inspectorate, which depends on the Ofsted. Bridge Schools Inspectorate, led by David Freeman, is a "specialist in the faith of the inspection," commissioned by Ofsted to inspect schools belonging to the trust "of the Christian Schools and the Association of Muslim Schools in England".

According to the website of the Free School, Bethany School was planning to welcome David Freeman earlier this month in another aspect: this time at the head of the Christian training organization Highlight the school free "you want to use for teacher training." He and his team were to take a course, faith in their classroom ("Do you teach with a Christian perspective?"). What an interesting day it was -. Unfortunately, it was canceled

The inspection report notes Bethany school as an example of good practice in school, an activity in which "students dress up as characters from different books and participate in a concluded that "the Bible is the best book." "You might wonder how big the sample size was of books, or the conclusion that this activity, at best, disturbing sounds anti-intellectual, at worst, rather than the next door neighbor of Homer Simpson rejected as too easily


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