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Narnian Virtues talks

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Professor Mark Pike will be speaking in Exeter on July 8th to teachers about Narnian Virtues. Professor Mark Pike will be speaking on July 4th in Ilkley, Yorkshire to school leaders about leadership character. Professors Pike and Lickona are due to be speaking about Narnian Virtues in South Korea in September.

43rd Association for Moral Education (AME) Annual Conference

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In November 2017, Peter Hart and Shirley-Anne Paul gave presentations at the 43rd Association for Moral Education (AME) Annual Conference in St. Louis. Peter presented on the topic, ‘Home Involvement in Character Education: Lessons from the Narnian Virtues’ Shirley gave a presentation on the topic, ‘An Evaluation of Year 1 of The Narnian Virtues Character...

C.S. Lewis Foundation ‘Oxbridge’ Summer Institute

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In July-August 2017 Professor Mark Pike delivered two workshops at the C.S. Lewis Foundation ‘Oxbridge’ Summer Institute in Cambridge. He took delegates through curriculum material for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian, as well as delivering a plenary address.

Teacher training day for Narnian Virtues schools

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On 20th July the Narnian Virtues team delivered a one day training course covering the key elements of the curriculum for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian. Copies of the key presentations can be found here:

Association for Character Education Annual Conference

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Professor Mark Pike, Dr Shirley-Anne Paul and Dr Peter Hart delivered a workshop at Association for Character Education Annual Conference at Kings Langley School in Hertfordshire, on 14th July 2017. They took delegates through key activities from the curriculum for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

New Narnian Virtues Curriculum published

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At the end of May the revised curriculum for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and the new curriculum for Prince Caspian were shared with participating schools. A greater range of activities has been introduced for the second year of the project, as well as an increased focus on English skills. If your school is interested...

Narnian Virtues in Texas and Oklahoma

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On 4th April 2017 Professor Mark Pike delivered the Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion Lecture in Texas. On 7th April he spoke at the 20th Annual C.S. Lewis & Inklings Conference, Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, Oklahoma. He completed his trip to the USA with a talk at the Southwestern Assemblies of God University in...

Prof Lickona delivers seminar on Digital Character at The Centre for Policy Studies in Education, University of Leeds

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In January 2017 Prof Tom Lickona visited the Centre for Policy Studies in Education (CPSE), University of Leeds, and delivered a seminar on ‘Digital Character:  What could a school-response to the challenges of pornography look like?’. In the seminar Tom discussed why pornography has problematic consequences for young people and how teachers and parents can...