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Where we're getting curriculum wrong Part 2: Powerful knowledge
Dec 12, 2019 |
Category: curriculum
In part 1 of this blog series I discussed the importance of cultural capital, where we might be getting it wrong, what it consists of, and how to resolve the problem of 'dead white men'.
Where we're...
A broad and balanced approach to English teaching and the curriculum
Jun 29, 2018 |
Category: English
Having launched a stream of invective against the use of 'balance' as a weasel word in my last post, I want to offer a more nuanced take on what I think balance ought to mean.I see the purpose of a cu...
The problem with dead white men - a reply to Mary Bousted
Jun 09, 2018 |
Category: Featured
Apparently, Mary Bousted, joint general secretary of the NEU teaching union has announced that England is “hurtling forward to a rosy past” with its emphasis on knowledge.She is reported as having sai...
Teaching to make children cleverer - Part 3
Jan 10, 2018 |
Category: curriculum
As discussed in Part 1 of this series of posts, it seems probable that the best way to use education to increase children's cognitive capacities is to increase the quantity and the quality of what the...
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