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At the end of the last government there was a hurried attempt to make PSHE Education compulsory. This was despite the fact that they’d had thirteen years in government, and despite an ‘Every Child Matters’ agenda – which made it … Continue reading
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“We’re obsessed with grades because we’re obsessed with data.” – Schocken Today’s post is a continuation of some thoughts on independent learning: self-study, self-exploration, and self-empowerment. Shimon Schocken is a former dean at Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya. He’s also taught … Continue reading
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Today is the 50th anniversary of the release of The Beatles first record. “Love Me Do” made the charts at number 17. It was the start of a new phase in world music, and today around the globe people are … Continue reading
I shall assume that your silence gives consent. – Plato. Yesterday’s post highlighted the teaching of phonics and the three teaching unions that are protesting about the new phonics tests. Leaders of three teachers’ unions have written to MPs urging … Continue reading
On and on rage the arguments about “synthetic phonics” and their use in learning to read. Consider this delightful sentence I came across in Pedant’s Corner in the Guardian recently: “These are tools that everyone should have in her/his armamentarium … Continue reading
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Canons, Insults and Radical Poetry. It’s not often that I watch Prime Minister’s Questions on the Parliament Channel, but yesterday was quite a big day for British politics – what with the Commons debate about the Culture (!) Secretary, and … Continue reading
Hardly the dawn of the Age of Aquarius is it, but this week we shall finally see what the current government, or rather Mr Gove, wants our children to study in this bright new 21st century. Two “leaks” so far … Continue reading
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Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google, is surely a man who ought to know about the digital world. This Sunday he wrote the following article for the Observer, by way of responding to the Observer’s campaign to bring ‘coding’ … Continue reading
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The following is an extract from yesterday’s Guardian Education: What’s wrong with education? Teachers reveal all As the teaching union conference season gets under way, we ask what the everyday worries are in schools today. .
