Professor Morris: scathing review of Bible in Schools material

A religious studies professor says lessons provided by the country’s largest Bible in Schools organisation are not suitable for state schools.

Victoria University professor of religious studies Paul Morris said the syllabuses used by the Churches Education Commission, which runs religious classes in about 600 state schools, taught religion, rather than taught about religion.

Morris reviewed two CEC syllabuses obtained by the Secular Education Network called Launch 1 and Life Choices. Continue reading

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