The Joint Association of Classical Teachers (JACT) was a
UK organisation for the encouragement of the teaching of
Classics in schools and universities. It was merged into the
Classical Association
The Classical Association is a British learned society in the field of classics, aimed at developing classical study and promoting its importance in education.
Constitution
The association was founded on 19 December 1903, and its objects are def ...
with effect from 2 January 2015. The JACT Summer Schools Trust (JSST) continues to run the four JACT summer schools.
Purpose
To quote the JACT website, "The Association was founded in 1963 to improve and maintain the quality of the teaching of classics, and for this purpose to provide means by which teachers of classics may help one another and enabling them to reinterpret the traditional discipline in terms appropriate to the present day."
Schemes
To this end, they organize a number of well-supported events, in particular the annual JACT Ancient Greek summer school, which takes place for a fortnight at
Bryanston School
Bryanston School is a public school (English independent day and boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) located next to the village of Bryanston, and near the town of Blandford Forum, in Dorset in South West England. It was founded in 1928. ...
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Dorset
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They also hold the annual Jowett-Sendelar Classics Essay competition, for students around the UK, which gives cash prizes to the winners.
See also
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Association for the Reform of Latin Teaching
References
External links
Classical Association website
Teacher associations based in the United Kingdom
Classical associations and societies
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