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It’s important to understand that correlation is not the same as causality. Statisticians understand this, and so should teachers, parents and politicians, many of whom have traded on a false assumption about an inability to reach Level 4 in English … Continue reading
Reading an article on Michael Rosen’s blog this morning started me thinking about my own schooldays, and how in many ways today’s intellectual climate and mainstream ideas about education, schools and testing haven’t really moved on in this country since … Continue reading
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Here’s a thought for today. What if the so-called “world class” education systems that have been so painstakingly under construction in countries like the UK and the USA turn out to be very similar to the Titantic? * Made from … Continue reading
Last June we reported on some radical thoughts on education that we’d come across in Forbes’ online magazine – http://www.forbes.com/ Our blog post can be read here: http://3diassociates.wordpress.com/2012/06/16/forbes-radical-thoughts-on-education/ We’re referring back to it today in the light of our recent … Continue reading
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In our last post, we commented on the excellent article by Dr. Yong Zhao regarding his childhood instruction on how to handle water buffalo, and how it didn’t exactly prepare him for the world of work or indeed his future … Continue reading
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Since most European countries seem to find it impossible to learn ‘Finnish Lessons’ (Pasi Sahlberg) in their attempts to improve and ‘reform’ education, it’s very important that the majority of the East Asian countries which currently feature at the top … Continue reading
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Here’s a short polemic for the weekend regarding the state of our nation’s education system. My son and his friend informed me this morning that they had both passed their maths GCSE with a ‘B’ grade. My natural response was … Continue reading
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Consider this startling statement, which was printed as a strapline above an article in the Guardian newspaper this week: “For years, education promised to make us more equal. Finally, politicians are realising it achieved the opposite.” So we ask ourselves, … Continue reading
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These are extracts from an article the Guardian has just published about the world of education: Britain’s education system is being tested to destruction. A dated management dogma drives Michael Gove’s education reforms, not evidence of what works. by David … Continue reading
