"There are some of the same ideas at the ranch--teaching people they can push their limits and do more than they thought, " like riding a horse or hiking an 8, 200-foot peak.
He is likely to stress the value of Catholic social teaching and link it with ideas of community-building contained in David Cameron's concept of the Big Society.
Cue the growing ranks of top universities and hoards of school teachers who freely share their resources, teaching and learning research and lesson ideas on the web.
Whatever the reasons, the stress on multiple disciplines, on crediting what people already know and moving people through new learning quickly, and on teaching something within the context of its relevance are all good ideas.
In recent years religious ideas have increasingly impinged on public life in ways unacceptable to New Atheist rationalism, from arguments over theteaching of "intelligent design" in schools to gay marriage and restrictions on embryonic stem cell research.