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Dr.
John Hedley Brooke was the Andreas Idreos Professor of
Science & Religion and Director of the Ian Ramsey Centre at
the University of Oxford, where he was also a Fellow of Harris
Manchester College. Before moving to Oxford in 1999 he was Professor
of the History of Science at Lancaster University. He is a former
President of both the British Society for the History of Science
and the Historical Section of the British Association for the
Advancement of Science. Between 1989 and 1993 he was Editor of
The British Journal for the History of Science. In 1995,
jointly with Professor Geoffrey Cantor, he gave the Gifford Lectures
at the University of Glasgow. His main books are Science and
Religion: Some Historical Perspectives (Cambridge University
Press, 1991); Thinking About Matter: Studies in the History
of Chemical Philosophy (Ashgate, 1995); and (with Geoffrey
Cantor) Reconstructing Nature: The Engagement of Science &
Religion (T & T Clark, 1998). He directs the European
Science Foundation project on Science and Human Values and recently
co-edited Science in Theistic Contexts, published as Osiris
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Martin
Rogers is the recently retired Director of the Farmington
Institute for Christian Studies at Harris Manchester College,
Oxford University, where he was an Associate Fellow. At
the Farmington Institute he developed, for RE teachers, the Farmington
Fellowships, the Farmington Millennium Awards and the Farmington
Institute Special Needs Millennium Awards. He studied at Heidelberg
and Cambridge (Natural Sciences and History). After a short
spell in industry he taught chemistry at Westminster School before
becoming Headmaster of Malvern College (1971) and Chief Master
of King Edward's School Birmingham (1982). He was Chairman
of the Headmasters Conference in 1987. He was seconded as a Nuffield
Research Fellow to the Nuffield Chemistry Project from 1962 to
1964 and as Salter's Company Schoolmaster Fellow at the Department
of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College, London in 1969. Among
his publications are: John Dalton and the Atomic Theory
(1965), Chemistry and Energy (1968), Chemistry: facts,
patterns and principles (1972) (co-author) and Francis
Bacon and the Birth of Modern Science (1976). He edited
the Nuffield O-Level Sample Scheme, (1965), the Foreground
Chemistry Series (1968) and the Farmington Papers from
1993 to 2001. |
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Jean
Bews Jean Bews lives, writes and teaches in the Shropshire/Worcestershire
borders. She has published KS2 materials on myths and religious
stories and contributes freelance articles to educational magazines.She
is currently an upper primary teacher with curriculum leadership
in RE and Citizenship at a large Shropshire primary school, and
is a Lead Student Mentor linked to University College Worcester.
Jean has a first degree in Philosophy from Warwick University
and is working for an M.A. in Education. She has served on Shropshire
SACRE and has contributed to the writing of KS3 materials for
SRSP. Her interests include the Philosophy of Science, Ancient
Philosophy and linguistics, as well as Philosophy for Children. |
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Alison
Brown is the schools' adviser for Derby Anglican diocese;
before this she taught for 11 years in primary schools in the
Derbyshire area. She works with teachers, headteachers and whole
schools to develop and enhance the teaching of religious education
in the primary school. Alongside this work she has been involved
in writing a Locally Agreed Syllabus, in teaching on the Stapleford
centre's postgraduate diploma in RE and in wider involvement in
the RE world as a committee member of the Professional Council
for Religious Education. |
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Maria
Dent is a Science AST and Second in department
at da Vinci Community College, Derby. She has also worked in the
primary phase, with responsibility for both RE and science. Before
teaching, she worked as a Microbiologist (MSc Bacteriology) and
a Clinical Scientist in Oncology; she is published in NK
cell research and ovarian cancer (effect of growth factors and
a joint project with the USA on drug testing). Maria is
a committee member of the Association for Science Education, and
is currently working for an MA (Education) researching the development
of thinking skills through learning styles. |
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Paul
Hopkins is now a freelance consultant on ICT and RE,
as well as senior lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University. He
was previously a lecturer in Education at the Open University
and variously a senior teacher, Head of Humanities and RE and
Science teacher at Secondary schools in Lincolnshire, Derbyshire
and North Lincolnshire for a number of years. He runs a number
of national and international web sites associated with Religious
Education. Holding degrees in Science, Theology and Education
he has published widely in these fields and has a national and
international reputation on ICT and RE. He is the project manager
and joint ICT advisor and webkeeper for the project. |
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Susanna
Ainsworth. After ten years of teaching RE in secondary
schools, Susanna was appointed Director of Education at St Albans
Cathedral where, for the next twelve years, she ran an award-winning
programme offering the building as a multi-curricular resource
across all phases of learning. She is now a freelance education
consultant and also administers the trials for the SRS Project. |
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