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Where we're getting curriculum wrong Part 1: Cultural capital

Dec 11, 2019 | Category: curriculum
Where we're getting 'cultural capital' wrong The concept of 'cultural capital' is increasingly on the agenda in the schools I visit. No doubt this is in large part down to Ofsted. The latest inspectio...
#cultural capital #ED Hirsch Jr #cultural literacy

On gimmicks

Oct 02, 2016 | Category: learning
What is a gimmick? The dictionary defines it as "a trick or device intended to attract attention, publicity, or trade." So, putting a cartoon tiger on a packet of breakfast cereal in order to attract...
#Daniel Willingham #cultural capital #Daniel Kahneman #opportunity cost #gimmicks #Rory Sutherland

What to know: the importance of cultural capital

Apr 04, 2012 | Category: reading
Let's face it, we need to know to stuff if we're going to have anything resembling a successful life. But what is it we need to know? As an English teacher I have a fair bit of fairly arcane knowledge...
#knowledge #Daisy Christodolou #Reading #cultural capital #Janet Street Porter #Shakespeare

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