This gallery contains 4 photos.
At this halfway point in the UK’s general election campaign we could maybe take stock and consider the bigger picture, particularly with regard to education and our values as a society. “We will find neither national purpose nor personal satisfaction … Continue reading
This gallery contains 1 photo.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05nvgq0#auto Radio 4’s Midweek programme this week introduced Sir Anthony Seldon as “an experienced headmaster, writer and happiness guru”, which seems a tad flimsy given that Seldon, as headmaster of Wellington College, is a long serving and highly regarded head … Continue reading
This gallery contains 2 photos.
The Butler Education Act became legislation 70 years ago this week. This important Act made education free for all and established our system based on local education authorities. It also legislated for independent schools and gave schools the freedom to … Continue reading
This gallery contains 1 photo.
Following yesterday’s post, here’s the link to the Telegraph article which reported details of Tony Little’s criticisms of government education policy – http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/10485148/Teaching-being-turned-into-a-service-industry-says-Eton-head.html Teaching being turned into a ‘service industry’, says Eton head The headmaster of Eton College warns that … Continue reading
This gallery contains 3 photos.
A recent article in the Times Educational Supplement indicates the direction of travel of education systems throughout the world (though not, regrettably, in the UK and the USA): http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storyCode=6358749 The article’s headline – “Curriculum – Singapore heads in a bold … Continue reading
This gallery contains 5 photos.
The Compass/NUT Education Inquiry was launched at Portcullis House on Monday 10th June 2013. It will run for a year and aims to be inclusive in nature as we look for a better future for education in the United Kingdom. … Continue reading
This gallery contains 8 photos.
Bhutan is a small, mountainous country to the north of India, also bordering China, Nepal and Tibet. It has a population of less than 1 million and is the first nation to express its “wealth” as a measure of its … Continue reading
This gallery contains 1 photo.
This is the final part of our three-part series on the characteristics of those individuals who, through education and through life’s experiences, have highly developed multiple intelligences beyond mere ‘IQ’ – according to psychologist Abraham Maslow. The following descriptors, along … Continue reading
This gallery contains 2 photos.
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
3D Eye 