Owen Cole has taught at all stages of education from primary school to university. He began his teaching career as a very conventional Christian supporting the daily act of collective worship punctiliously and arguing with head teachers who did not observe the requirement that they were breaking the law. The content of Religious Education (RE) was Christian and its purpose to persuade children of its truth if not to convert them. His dogmatic approach changed radically in the light of experience. The author is now of the firm opinion of a need to be pragmatic. He would abolish school worship...
Owen Cole has taught at all stages of education from primary school to university. He began his teaching career as a very conventional Christian suppo...